Duinnín agus an Bótun
Dineen and the Mistake
Botún, pl. -i, a smith’s paring knife; an unfledged bird; misfortune, irreparable mistake; ní raibh aon bhotún. ‘na béal nuair d’ith sé an fheoil … rinne mé mo bhotún …
- ‘Aitheim’ arsa an Duinníneach agus é ag taibhsiú taobh thiar
den gheolaí mór le rá, an t-aindiagaí Abraham Tomkins, sa Leabharlann Náisiúnta.‘Umf,’ a d’fhreagair Abraham.
‘Fágaimis Dia as an áireamh, cad ann a chreideann tú?’ a d’fhiafraigh an Duinníneach de.
‘Ahem!’ said Dineen to the eminent geologist looming behind him, the atheist Abraham Tomkins, in the National Library.
‘Umf,’ answered Abraham.
‘Let us leave God out of the reckoning, what do you believe?’ Dineen asked him.
taibhsigh loom v geolaí geologist m aindiagaí atheist m áireamh Count(ing), enumeration; census m