TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tréimhse, f. (gs. ~, pl. -sí).1. Lit: Three-month period, quarter, season. 2. Period, term. (a)Physiol:~ iompair, period of gestation. Med:~ ghoir, incubation period. Astr:~ rothlaithe pláinéid, period of planet’s revolution. (b)~seirbhíse, period of service. ~ na laethanta saoire, the holiday period. Chaith mé ~ bliana ann, I was there for a period of a year. I gceann ~, after a time. Meteor:Tréimhsí geala, bright periods. (c)~a chur le rud, to set a term on sth. Fadú ~, extension of period. Sa ~ atá dlite, in the allotted time. S.a. reacht 2.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Duine a fhostú (ar feadh tréimhse, le hobair a dhéanamh), to hire s.o. (for a period, to do a job).
Tréimhse ~, very long period.
Tréimhse mheabhrach, period of consciousness; lucid interval.
Tréimhse phríosúnachta a chur isteach, to serve a term of imprisonment.
Tréimhse nach ~ ná mí, a period not exceeding a month.