TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
drochdhóigh1, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eanna). Poor hope, poor expectation. ~ a bheith agat as duine, to have little confidence in s.o. Ins: ~ shaoil, unsound life.
drochdhóigh2, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eanna). 1. Bad state. Tá ~ air, he is in a bad way, badly off. 2. Bad manner. Tá ~ aige (le daoine), he is tactless. ~ le rud a dhéanamh, a bad way of doing sth.