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breacadh

  1. Iontráil:
    Sampla(í) Úsáide:
    Act of making spotted, variety of colours. Bearrád ba ghile ná an t-aol is an breacadh bhí tríd le scéimh (song), A cap whiter than lime with beautiful designs on it. Breacadh an lae, the dawn.
  2. Iontráil:
    Sampla(í) Úsáide:
    b- an lae = dawn.
  3. Iontráil:
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):
    picking, roughening (of millstone)
    Sampla(í) Úsáide:
    a' breacadh na bróine le bior iarainn, ar cholbh na bróine - an tan a bheith an bhró ro-shleamhain (1). ní caoirigh iad go mbreaca siad, ní ba go ndubhaigh siad, sheep become whiter and black cattle blacker with maturity (13).
  4. Iontráil:
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):
    roughening
    Sampla(í) Úsáide:
    a' breacadh na bróine le bior iarainn
  5. Iontráil:
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):
    streaks of different colour, markings
    Sampla(í) Úsáide:
    tá breacadh an scadáin ionntú, .i. tá do lorgain breac ag a' tinidh (Sb). Vb.: ní caoirigh iad go mbreaca siad, ní ba go ndubha siad, sheep are not mature or full grown until they brighten in colour, nor cows until they become fully black (when younger, black cattle are usually brownish in colour) (MMt).
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