TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tearc, a. (gsm. ~, gsf. & comp. teirce, npl. ~a1). Few, scarce; meagre, scanty; sparse, thin. Tá iasc ~ i mbliana, fish are scarce this year. Is ~ duine a casadh orm, I met very few people. Is ~ na cairde atá aige, he has but few friends. ~ i ndaoine, sparsely populated. Beatha thearc, scanty fare. Corp tanaí ~, thin meagre body.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tearc i mbeatha a ~ samhla, few in life can compare with them.
Ar an ~, i d~, on short rations, in straitened circumstances.