TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
mionaigh, v.t. & i. 1. Break into small pieces, comminute; mince, shatter, powder. Clocha a mhionú, to pulverise stones. Feoil a mhionú, to mince meat. Tobac a mhionú, to shred tobacco. Airgead a mhionú, to change money. Fear a mhionaigh múrtha, a man who shattered walls. 2. Grow small, diminish; crumble, disintegrate. Mhionaigh an clár faoi mo chosa, the board crumbled under my feet. Mhionaigh an pór, the seed diminished. Mhionaigh a chrábhadh, his piety dwindled. Is beag nár mhionaigh mo chroí, my heart was nearly torn apart.