TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Leagan amach simplí
caoineadh, m . (gs . & pl . -nte ). 1. vn . of caoin 3 . 2. Keen, lament. Bean chaointe, keening woman (at wake, funeral). Níl bean, fear, a chaointe le fáil, there is no one left to mourn for him. S.a. badhbh 1, cluiche 1 (c ). 3. Crying, weeping. Racht caointe, fit of crying. Glór caointe, whimpering voice. 4. Elegy. 5. A form of metre (common in elegies).
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí sí ag caoineadh an t-~ a bhí sí ag caint liom, she was weeping while she was talking to me.
Ag caoineadh go h~, crying aloud.
Ag ~eadh os a chionn, keening, lamenting, over him.
Leanbh ag ~eadh, a child crying.
~ caointe, funeral rites, games.
Choscair sé é féin ag caoineadh, he convulsed himself crying.
Caoineadh ~, distressful crying.
Chráigh sé é féin ag caoineadh, he distressed himself crying.
Bhí sé ag caoineadh go raibh ~ ina chroí, he cried his heart out.
Bhuail ~ caointe í, she took a sudden notion to cry.
~adh a chluiche caointe, his funeral rites were held.
Bhí ~ caointe uirthi, she wanted to cry.
~ caointe, sound of crying; whinging sound.
~ caointe, plaintive cry.
~ (caointe) a chur ort féin, to hang one’s lip; to pout, cry.
Bhí ~ caointe ar an leanbh, the child was blubbering, whimpering.
~ gáire, caointe, feirge, fit of laughter, of crying, of anger.
Ag caoineadh go ~, crying vehemently.
Tá ~ caointe sa leanbh, the child has taken a fit of sobbing.
Thosaigh sí ag caoineadh, a chaoineadh, she began to cry.
Ag caoineadh go h~, crying desolately.