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ar son
PREPOSITION
for
for the benefit of
ar son [ruda]
for [something]
íobairt ar son na tíre
sacrifice for the country
Iontrálacha gaolmhara
Related entries
ar son na cúise
for the sake of cause
for the causecuisle
FEMININE NOUN
Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples
atá ar son an rúin?
Who is nn favour of the motion?
Cén t-ainm atá ar mhac Thomáis?
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
What is Thomas' son's name?
Thréig a tír dhúchais ar son poist mar fheighlí linbh le teaghlach in Éirinn.
'Beo!', beo.ie
She abandoned her native country for a job as a child minder with a family in Ireland.
Is maith a rinne an fhírinne a inse, agus ar a shon sin bhainfear duit.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
It's a good thing you told the truth, and for that I'll leave you alone.
Goidé a dhíth ort ar a shon?
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
What do you want for it?
raibh an fear sin ach ar shon grinn.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
That man was only joking.
ar shon gnoithe an iarraidh seo.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
He means business this time.
D'fhulaingeodh rud ar bith ar a sonsa.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
He would put up with anything for her.
níor vótáil mórán daoine ar a son, agus bhrí sin, chaill a suíochán sa Pharlaimint
not many people voted for her, and therefore, she lost her seat in Parliament
rinne íobairt ar son na tíre
he made a sacrifice for the country
ar son an rúin
in favour of the motion