1 noun MUS, LIT in song, poemloinneog fem2 c m ucurfá masc4 c m u2 noun usually pejorative repeated complaint etcport masc1 c m uthat's your constant refrainsin é an seanphort céanna a bhíonn agat i gcónaí, tá sé sin ina sheanbhailéad agat3 verb INTRANSITIVEstaon verb c m uto refrain from alcoholstaonadh ón alcól, an t-alcól a sheachaint, fanacht glan ar an alcólthey'll refrain from publishing the namesní fhoilseoidh siad na hainmneacha