TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ciafart, m. (gs. & npl. -airt, gpl. ~).1. Unkempt, dishevelled, person. Cíor do cheann is ná bí i do chiafart mar sin, comb your hair and take that unkempt appearance off you. Bíonn sí ina ~ go headra, she never tidies herself in the morning. 2. Confused, bewildered, person. Tá mé i mo chiafart ag na páistí sin, those children have me moidered. Ná déan ~ den leanbh, don’t get the child all mixed up. Tá sé ina chiafart le hólachán, he is fuddled with drink. (Var:~án m)