easpach, a1. Lacking, wanting; missing, lost; deficient, defective. Bheith bocht ~, to be poor and needy. Scilling ~, a shilling short. Táimid triúr ~, we are three short. Pian ~, pain of loss. Ball ~, defective article. ~ i gcéill, defective in reasoning, wanting in sense. ~ i gcolainn, defective, deformed, in body. S.a. feoil 1.