TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
miotaigh, v.t. (vn. -tú m, gs. -ithe). Bite, pinch, nibble; whittle away. Ag miotú an chíste, nibbling at the cake. Ag miotú an airgid, using up the money little by little. Ní bheifí i bhfad á mhiotú, it wouldn’t take long to whittle it all away.