TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
scil1, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eanna). Skill. ~ a bheith agat i rud, to be skilled at sth. Má tá ~ i bhfigiúirí agat, if you are good at figures. Níl ~ agam san aimsir, I am not a judge of the weather. Cás a chuaigh thar ~ na ndochtúirí, a case that baffled the doctors. Bíonn sé ag ligean ~e air féin, he pretends to be an expert.
scil2, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eanna). Squill.
scil3, v.t. & i. 1. Shell. (a) Hull, husk. Arbhar, pis, a ~eadh, to shell corn, peas. Pónairí a ~eadh, to string beans. Almóinní a ~eadh, to blanch almonds. Ruacain, oisrí, a ~eadh, to open cockles, oysters. (b) Shed ear, husk or shell. Coirce, cnónna, ag ~eadh, oats, nuts, shelling. Ag ~eadh na bhfaighneog, shedding the pods. (c) Flake off. Clocha, móin, ag ~eadh, stones, turf, flaking. 2. Divulge; prate, prattle. Rún a ~eadh, to let out a secret. Rud a ~eadh le duine, to babble sth. to s.o. ~tú orm, you split on me. Bíonn siad ag ~eadh leo, they chatter away about everything; they talk incessantly.
scil4, m = scileadh.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~í scilte, meilte, rósta, shelled, ground, burnt, almonds.
Scileanna aonair, individual skills.