TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
callán, m. (gs. -áin). Noise, clamour. ~ a dhéanamh, to make a noise. ~ a thógáil, to create a noise, cause a disturbance. ~ cainte, loud talk. ~ páistí, the noise, loud voices, of children. Beidh ~ faoi seo, this will create a storm. Níl ann ach ~, it is only talk, bluster.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Gleo, callán, a dhéanamh, to make a tumult, a clamour.
An mothaíonn tú an callán atá acu? Do you hear the noise they are making?
Shíothlaigh an callán, the noise died away.
Thosaigh an callán acu, they began to get noisy.
Thost an comhrá, an callán, the conversation, the noise, ceased.