PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Thug siad mo bhás leis an ocras, they starved me to death, famished me.
D’fheannfadh an áit sin naoscach, a snipe would starve in that place.
Bheith ar an n~, to be starving, destitute.
Duine a chur do ghorta, i n~, to starve s.o.; to ruin s.o.
Bhí ~ ocrais orm, I was starving with hunger.