weep1, s.Dreas m goil.To have a good hearty weep, uisce do chinn a chaoineadh.
weep2 .1v.i.aGoilim, caoinim, silim deora. She wept, bhris an gol uirthi. To weep bitterly, gol go géar goirt; caoineadh go bog úr. She wept for joy, ghoil sí le barr áthais. That's nothing to weep over, about, (i) ní haon ábhar goil, caoineacháin, an méid sin; (ii) Iron: sin mar is fearr. I could have wept to see them . . ., bhí mé i riocht caointe ag breathnú orthu . . . (With cogn. acc.) To weep tears, deora fpl a shileadh. b(Of wall, sores etc.) Sileann. Weeping willow, saileach shilte. 2v.tr.He wept himself to sleep, bhí sé ag gol gur thit a chodladh air. To weep away the time, an t-am a chaitheamh ag caoineadh.