EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
scáthán, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). Mirror. 1. Looking-glass. ~ láimhe, hand-mirror. ~ bearrtha, shaving-mirror. ~ piara, pier-glass. Amharc sa ~, to look in the mirror. 2. Fig: ~ na córa, mirror of justice. 3. Fig: Centre of attraction. Tá sí ina ~ súl, she is the cynosure of every eye. Ba é an ~ ban ar aonach é, he attracted the women wherever he went. Lit: Rinneadh ~ dínn do dhaoine, we became a spectacle unto the world.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ cathaoireach, scátháin, back of chair, of mirror.
A ~ sa scáthán, his reflection in the mirror.
Scáthán láimhe, hand-mirror.
Do ~ a fheiceáil i scáthán, to see one’s reflection in a mirror.
~ i scáthán, shadow in a mirror.