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á
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being done
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tá [rud] á [dhéanamh]
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[something] is [being done]
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tá teach nua á thógáil anseo
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a new house is being built here
Iontrálacha gaolmhara
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á úsáid
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being used
in use
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bhí an teach seo á úsáid mar theach cúirte
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this house was being used as a courthouse
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bhí an Ghaeilge á húsáid acu mar theanga rúnda
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they were using Irish as a secret language
STAITISTICÍ · STATISTICS
Is é á an
687ú focal
is minice úsáid sa Ghaeilge.
Tagann sé chun cinn uair amháin i ngach 8,052 focal.
Á is the
687th
most frequently used word in Irish.
It occurs once in every 8,052 words.
Samplaí gaolmhara
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tá airgead mór á íoc le scéimeanna cultúrtha gach bliain
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big money is being paid to cultural schemes each year
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Tá teach á ligint ar cíos i lár na cathrach.
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A house is available for rent in city centre.
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tá córas nua á bheartú acu
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they are planning a new system
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Ná bí á shlogadh!
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
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Don't gulp it down!
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Bhí na spiairí á bhfaire le tamall.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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The spies were being observed for a long time.
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Is cosúil go raibh na hionsaithe seo á mbeartú ag saighdiúirí Osama Bin Laden le cúpla bliain.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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The attacks were apparently being planned by Osama Bin Laden's soldiers for several years.
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Bhíodh raon fairsing ábhair faoi chaibidil iontu agus tuairimí á nochtadh faoi achan rud faoin spéir.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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They [ie. blogs] were dealing with a wide range of topics and giving opinions on everything under the sun.
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Ní raibh a bhean marbh ach cupla mí go rabhathas á rá i modh rúin go raibh sé ag smaoineamh ar cheann eile a tharraingt air.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
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His wife was only dead for a couple of days when people started saying in secret that he was thinking of helping himself to a new one.
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Táthar á chur sin air, cibé acu fíor bréag an scéal.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
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That's what they say about him, be it true or false.
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B'fhéidir nach mbeadh sé mar seo [an teaghlach á cur as seilbh] da mbíodh sé féin níos tábhachtaí.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
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Maybe things wouldn't be like this [the family being evicted] if had been more economical/thrifty.
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Bhí a chár á ghreadadh ar a chéile le fuacht.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
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His teeth were chattering from cold.
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teanga mharbh í nach mbíonn á labhairt ach seanduine thall is abhus
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it is a dead language spoken only by a few old people here and there
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tá an brabús á charnadh
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the profit is accumulating
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tá "Ceathrú Gaeltachta" á beartú i mBéal Feirste
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a "Gaeltacht Quarter" is being planned in Belfast
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tá daoine á n-adhlacadh sa reilig sin le míle bliain
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people have been being buried in the cemetery for a thousand years
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tá siad á n-adhradh ag an bpobal inniu ach déanfar dearmad glan orthu amárach
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people worship them today but they will be all fogotten tomorrow
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tá teach á ligean ar cíos i lár na cathrach
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a house is available for rent in city centre
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oíche amháin mhothaigh sé go raibh sé á thachtadh agus thit sé ina chnap ar an urlár
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one night he felt he was choking and fell in a heap on the floor
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Tá Gluais Tí Pota Focal faoi cheadúnas Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike agus ar fáil le híoslódáil anseo.
Pota Focal House Glossary is under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike licence and can be downloaded here.
Tá inneachar an bhosca ‘Staitisticí’ bunaithe ar Liosta Minicíochta Focal Gaeilge atá faoi cheadúnas Open Database License.
The content of the ‘Statistics’ boxes is based on Irish Word Frequency List which are under the Open Database License.
Tá sonraí Ghluais Tí Pota Focal á n-úsáid in LingoBrain, cluiche foghlama focal le haghaidh na nguthán póca.
Data from Pota Focal House Glossary is used in LingoBrain, a vocabulary learning game for mobile phones.
