TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
deasca1, m. (gs. ~). 1. Dregs, lees; sediment. ~ fíona, an bhairille, dregs of wine, of the barrel. 2. Barm, leaven, yeast. ~ a chur in arán, to leaven, add yeast to, bread. 3. After-effects, (ill-) consequences. Tá a dheasca fós orm, I am still suffering from the effects of it. ~ an tslaghdáin, na bruitíní, after-effects of the cold, of the measles. An ~ a bhaint as duine, to make s.o. suffer the consequences (of his act). Lig sé amach a dheasca orm, he vented his spleen on me. 4. Geol: Drift. 5. De dheasca, in consequence of. Chaill sé a shláinte dá dheasca, he lost his health in consequence of it. Dá dheasca sin, in consequence of that.
deasca2 : deasc1.