TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
doghrainn, f. (gs. ~e). Distress, affliction; strait, difficulty. Dua agus ~, difficulty and distress. Doilíos agus ~, sorrow and affliction. Bheith i n~, to be in dire straits, in distress. Tá ~ mhór air, he is in great affliction, very ill. Lit: Fear a bhriseadh gach ~ rompu, a man who used to remove all obstacles from their path. (Var: doghraing)