TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
cruimh, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eanna). 1. Maggot; larva, grub. ~ cháise, cheese-maggot. ~ chapaill, grub of tiger moth. ~ ithreach, larva of beetle. Ag obair chomh dian le ~ ithreach, working very hard. ~ snáthaide móire, crane-fly grub, leather-jacket. Tá an chruimh faoin bhfiacail, sa tsróin, aige dúinn, he has it in for us, he nurses a resentment against us. 2. Tiny insect, worm. ~ arbhair, chadáis, corn-, boll-, weevil. ~ phucháin, fluke-worm. (Var:pl. ~e)