TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
fuaire, f. (gs. ~). 1. Cold, coldness. (a)~ na cré, an tseaca, na cruach, the coldness of clay, of ice, of steel. Tá an lá ag dul i bh~, the day is getting cool. Dá fhuaire an aimsir, however cold the weather. Rud a ól as a fhuaire, to drink sth. cold. (b) (Of indifference, neglect) ~ fáilte, cainte, carthanachta, coldness of welcome, of speech, of friendship. Gnó a ligean i bh~, to let an affair lose interest, be neglected. Obair na ~, poor, indifferent, work. S.a. fad 5. 2. gsf. & comp. of fuar1. (Var. of 1:~acht f)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An rud a théann i bh~ téann sé i bhfuaire, what is long delayed loses its appeal.
Ag ithe na feola fuaire, backbiting, slandering, people.
An cnoc is airde (is é is fuaire), the highest hill (is the coldest).