TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
gaiste1, m. (gs. ~, pl. -tí). Noose, snare, trap. ~ a chur, to set a trap. Breith ar rud i n~, to take sth. in a trap. Bheith ceaptha, gafa, i n~, to be caught in a trap. Teacht as ~, to escape from a trap; to get out of a difficulty. Bheith i ngaistí duine, to be in the toils of s.o.
gaiste2 : gaiseadh.
gaiste3, var. comp. of gasta.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá an ~ buailte (agus an gaiste tabhartha), the die is cast.
Gaiste a chur, to set a trap.
I ngaiste, in a trap, trapped.
Líon, gaiste, a inleadh, to fix a net, a trap.
Gaistí a chur ar ~, to set snares.