TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
troisc1, v.i. (vn. -oscadh, pp. ~the). Fast. Troscadh sa Charghas, to fast in Lent. Troscadh ar fheoil, to abstain from meat. Throisc mé ar an tobac, I refrained from smoking. Hist:Troscadh ar dhuine, to fast against s.o. (in order to obtain demand or request).
troisc2 : trosc1.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá troscadh ar an A~, (each) Friday is a fast day.
~ troisc, mouth of cod-fish;
Troscadh ~, complete fast.
1. ~ ae troisc, cod-liver oil.
Troscadh ~, fast with abstinence from flesh-meat.
Troscadh agus ~, fast and abstinence.
~ 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.