ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
He has (but) few friends, is beag, tearc, na cairde atá aige.
They are fewer now, is lú, is teirce, anois iad.
There the houses are fewest, ansiúd is lú, is teirce, is gainne, atá tithe.
Lean diet, cothú tearc; ocras tar éis altaithe.
Poverty of ideas, teirce f smaointe.
Thinly scattered houses, tithe tearca fánacha.
Sparsely populated country, tír atá tearc i ndaoine.