TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
eorna, f. (gs. ~). Barley. ~ bheag, bere. Gráinne ~, barleycorn. An ~ nua, the new (season’s) barley; welcome change of food. Is é an ~ nua sibh a fheiceáil arís, it is just wonderful to see you again. An ~, John Barleycorn. Sú na h~, spirits distilled from barley. Uisce ~, barley-water. (Var:gs. ~n)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Eorna cholgach, awny barley.
Talamh a chur faoi eorna, to put land under barley.
~ chruithneachta, eorna, ear of wheat, of barley.
~ eorna, cruithneachta, barley, wheat, grain.
1. ~ coirce, cruithneachta, eorna, oat-, wheat-, barley-, seed.
~ na heorna, juice of barley, whiskey.
Níl mórán uabhair san eorna sin, that barley is hardly flourishing.
~ na heorna, the juice of the barley, whiskey.