ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Distressed gentlewomen, mná uaisle i ngátar.
They are in great extremity, tá siad i ngátar mór, in angar mór.
To have need, stand in need, be in need, of sth., a bheith i ngátar ruda; rud a bheith de dhíth ort.
To be in needy circumstances, bheith ar an gcaolchuid, i ngátar.
To stand in need of sth., rud a bheith de dhíth ort, bheith i ngátar ruda.
This sum will tide us over, cuirfidh an tsuim seo thar an ngátar sinn.