TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tallann1, f. (gs. -ainne, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. Ant: Talent. ~ óir, airgid, gold, silver, talent. 2. Talent, gift. ~ an cheoil, gift for music. An ~ a thíolaic Dia air, the gift that God bestowed on him. 3. Impulsive spirit; impulse, fit. ~ fir, manly impulse. ~ feirge, fit of anger. Bhuail ~ oibre é, he had a sudden fit of industry. ~ uaigneach, ghruama, lonely, moody, fit. Tá ~ mhaith ann, he has good impulses. Tagann sé ina thallanna air, he gets it in fits. Cibé ~ a bhuail é, whatever notion he took. De réir mar a bhuaileadh an ~ é, whenever he felt like it. (Var: m; pl. ~acha)
tallann2, f. (gs. -ainne). Lit: Reproach, disgrace. (Var: tallainn f)