TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
méaraíocht, f. (gs. ~a). (Act of) fingering; (act of) fiddling, playing, toying (ar, le, with). Ag ~ ar éadach, fingering cloth. Ag ~ ar ghruaig, passing fingers through hair. Ag ~ ar théada, fingering, plucking, strings. Níl sé ach ag ~ ar a chuid, he is only fiddling with his food. Ná bí ag ~ leis na páipéir sin, don’t fiddle with those papers. Cad chuige a bhfuil tú ag ~ ansin? Why are you groping about there with your fingers? (Var:méaráil f)