TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
scata, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~í). 1. Crowd; group, drove, pack. ~ daoine, crowd of people. Chruinnigh ~ beag timpeall orainn, a small crowd gathered round us. ~ páistí, group of children. ~ caorach, drove of sheep. ~ géanna, flock of geese. ~ madraí, pack of dogs. Tá ~ de chailíní dóighiúla aige, he has a bevy of handsome daughters. Ná lig isteach an ~ bithiúnach sin, don’t admit that rascally mob. 2. Large number (of things). ~ leabhar, prátaí, a large number of books, of potatoes. ~ éisc, large catch of fish.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí scata ina dhiaidh ~, there was a crowd trailing after him.
Scata a bhailiú, to gather a crowd.
Scata ~ daoine, big crowd of people.