TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tointe, m. (gs. ~, pl. -tí). Thread; strand, stitch. ~ a chur i snáthaid, to thread a needle. Níl ~ (éadaigh) air, he hasn’t a stitch (of clothes) on him. Bhí mé sna tointí déanacha, I was in tatters. ~ na beatha, thread of life. ~ gruaige, strand of hair. ~ gréine, ray of sunlight. Ar aon ~ amháin, in single file.