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EXACT MATCHES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ocrach1, m. (gs. & npl. -aigh, gpl. ~). Hungry person. Bia don ~, food for the hungry.
ocrach2, a1. Hungry. 1. Bheith ~, to be hungry. Páistí ~a, hungry children. Tá cuma ~ air, he has a hungry look. 2. (a) Marked by, inducing, hunger. Na blianta ~a, the lean years. Tá an sliabh ~, the mountain air induces hunger. (b) Poor, barren. Talamh ~, hungry soil. (c) Poverty-stricken. Tír ~, a hungry land. (d) Mean, miserly. Rud ~, miserable creature.
PHRASES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bíonn ocrach ~, a hungry person eats ravenously.
Bia don ocrach, food for the hungry.
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