TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
bochtaineacht, f. (gs. ~a). 1. Poverty. Dul i m~, to become impoverished; to get into poor condition. 2. Meanness. 3. Humiliation. (Var: bochtacht, bochtaine f, bochtanacht, bochtanas m)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bochtaineacht agus ~, poverty and insignificance.
Ag cásamh na bochtaineachta, lamenting poverty.
Ní thuigeann sé an bhochtaineacht, he has no conception of poverty.