TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
bacaigh1, v.t. (vn. -cú m, gs. -ithe). Lame.
bacaigh2. 1 : bacach1. 2. gsm. of bacach2.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ fir, bacaigh, able-bodied man, beggar.
Ag imeacht i g~ bacaigh, going about looking, dressed, like a beggar.
Chomh ~ le carraig, le bun crainn, le bianna ar mhaide bacaigh, as firm as a rock, as a tree-stump, as the ferrule on a beggar’s staff.
~ bacaigh, beggar’s staff.