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ar socar

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ar socar

  1. (Ulster) at rest, at a standstill
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      Sin sé lá na seachtmaine a bhí ag dul thart, ⁊ an Domhnach ar socar.
      That is the six week-days passing away, and the Sunday at a stand-still.