éiginn
sf Force, violence, compulsion. 2 Straits, hardship. 3 Difficulty. 4 Necessity, distress. 5 Rape. 6 Oppression. 7(TS) Steep hillside nearly impassable. Thug e a h-éiginn, he committed rape, he violated her; tha e 'na éiginn, he is distressed; thog e air éiginn a shùil, he raised his eye with difficulty; beò air éiginn, just alive, and that is all; air éiginn, with much ado, scarcely, with difficulty; nuair is éiginn, when it is necessary; tein'-éiginn, forced fire, [for particulars see under tein'-éiginn]; bu rabhadh na h-éiginn e, it was an emergency warning; an rud a chuir an earb air an loch — an éiginn, what made the hart take to the loch — necessity.
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