TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
cruachás, m. (gs. -áis, pl. ~anna). Predicament; difficulty, distress. Bheith i g~ , to be in a difficulty. Tá ~ airgid air, he needs money badly. Tú féin a chur i g~ le rud, to get oneself into a fix over sth. Riar sé ar a g~, he provided for them in their distress.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Duine a chur i gcumhacht, i gcruachás, i gcontúirt, to put s.o. in power, in a difficulty, in danger.
~ a dhéanamh do scoil nua, do dhuine i gcruachás, to ask for subscriptions for a new school, for a person in distress.
~fidh cailleach i gcruachás, even a worm will turn.