TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
corcán, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). 1. Pot. 2. F: Pot-belly.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ an chorcáin leis an gciteal, the pot calling the kettle black.
Chuir sé ~ sa chorcán, he dinted the pot.
Chomh ~ le hairne, le bac, le cleite an fhéich, le gual, le pic, le sméar, le tóin corcáin, le Poll Tí Liabáin, as black as a sloe, as a hob, as a raven’s feather, as coal, as pitch, as a berry, as the bottom of a pot, as Erebus.
Chuir sí an flainín ina ~ sa chorcán, she folded the flannel into the pot.
Tá an corcán ag ~ean uaidh, the pot is leaking.
5. ~ pota, corcáin, pot-hook.
Tá an corcán ag cur thar ~, the pot is overflowing.