TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
deachú1, f. (gs. ~n, pl. ~na). Tenth part, tithe. ~ a íoc, to pay tithes. Caithfear ~ na sláinte a íoc, one cannot escape minor ailments. Beidh a chuid féin ag an ~, something must be sacrificed. Tá a dheachú íoctha aige, he has paid his share, sacrificed enough. Duine, rud, a thabhairt don ~, to let s.o., sth., go to the dickens. Hist: Cogadh na nDeachúna, the Tithe War.
deachú2, m. (gs. -chaithe). 1. vn. of deachaigh1. 2. Decimation.