TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
spallaíocht, f. (gs. ~a). 1. Masonry: (Act of) spalling. 2. (Act of) trifling, flirting, philandering (le, with); flirtation. 3. (Act of) chipping (ar, at); (act of) bickering. 4. Bits, snatches; smattering. ~ cheoil, snatches of song. Tá ~ léinn aige, he has a smattering of learning. Tá ~ aithne agam air, I know him slightly.