TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ascar1, m. (gs. & npl. -air, gpl. ~). 1. Fall (from horse, etc.). Baineadh ~ as, he got a fall (off sth.). Cuireadh as ~ na diallaite é, he was thrown out of the saddle. 2. In ~, entangled, caught. In ~ san fheamainn, entangled in the seaweed. Chuaigh na maidí rámha in ~ orthu, their oars got mixed up. Chuaigh an bhó in ~ sa chriathrach, the cow got stuck in the bog. Is ar éigean a thug siad as an ~ í, they were hardly able to free her from her entanglement (in bog, cleft).
ascar2 = oscar2.