EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
troscadh, m. (gs. -aidh, pl. -aí). 1. vn. of troisc1. 2. Fast. Bheith i do throscadh, to be fasting. Chuaigh mé ann i mo throscadh, I went there fasting, without having breakfasted. ~ a dhéanamh, to fast, to observe an ecclesiastical fast. An té a bhfuil ~ air, he who is bound to fast. Má tá ~ ar fheoil, if flesh-meat is forbidden. Lá troscaidh, fast-day. ~ an anama, Ember-days. S.a. tréanach1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá troscadh ar an A~, (each) Friday is a fast day.
Troscadh ~, complete fast.
Troscadh ~, fast with abstinence from flesh-meat.
Troscadh agus ~, fast and abstinence.
Troscadh sa Charghas, to fast in Lent.
Troscadh ar fheoil, to abstain from meat.
Troscadh ar dhuine, to fast against s.o. (in order to obtain demand or request).