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duine
MASCULINE NOUN
person
duine as Corcaigh
a person from Cork
an duine sin?
who is that person?
duine
MASCULINE NOUN
one
person
duine beirt
one or two people
duine de na cailíní sin
one of those girls
bhí muid ag súil le triúr agus níor tháinig ach duine
we expected three but only one person came
Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms
duine
MASCULINE NOUN
GENITIVE SINGULAR
duine
PLURAL
daoine
Iontrálacha gaolmhara
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daoine
NOUN IN PLURAL
people
is breá liom labhairt le daoine
I like talking to people
is cuma liom cad a cheapann daoine
I don't care what people think
duine uasal
gentle person
gentleman
gabh mo leithscéal, a dhuine uasal
excuse me, sir
a dhaoine uaisle!
ladies and gentlemen!
duine ar bith
anybody
anyone
níl duine ar bith anseo
there is nobody here
phósfainn duine ar bith!
I'd marry anybody!
níor tháinig duine ar bith
nobody came
duine éigin
someone
somebody
duine éigin ag an doras
somebody is at the door
thug duine éigin dom é
somebody gave it to me
duine éigin eile
someone else
duine fásta
an adult
is duine fásta
I'm an adult
bréagáin do dhaoine fásta
toys for adults
STAITISTICÍ · STATISTICS
Is é duine an 23ú focal is minice úsáid sa Ghaeilge. Tagann sé chun cinn uair amháin i ngach 246 focal.
Duine is the 23th most frequently used word in Irish. It occurs once in every 246 words.
Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples
duine amháin
one person
daoine áirithe den bharúil go...
certain people are of the opinion that...
duine de na mná ádhúla a bhfuil na fir de shíor ina ndiaidh
I am not one of those luvcky women who are constantly chased by men
bhí na céadta daoine ag an chruinniú poiblí
there were hundreds of people at the public meeting
bhí slua mór daoine bailithe timpeall an agus dreach an bhróin ar a n-aghaidh
a large crowd of people was gathered around the house with looks of sadness on their faces
thosaigh daoine ag filleadh ar ais abhaile
people started returning home
is féidir le daoine aisling a bheith acu agus í a bhaint amach
people can have dreams and achieve them
duine anabaí
an immature person
ann don duine sin
no such person exists
duine aonair
individual
do dhaoine aosta amháin an club seo
this club is not not just for elderly people
an duine ar tugadh an t-airgead
the person to whom the money was given
sibh ar na chéad daoine a tháinig anocht
you are one of the first people who came tonight
bhí breis is fiche duine ann
there were more than twenty people there
mhéad duine a bhí ann?
how many people were there?
is maith liom cabhrú le daoine
I like helping people
is breá liom bheith ag caint le daoine
I like talking to people
daoine óga is a chaitheann drugaí
drugs are taken mostly by young people
na céadta duine
hundreds of people
sin é an duine céanna
that's the same person
rinne siad iarracht úsáid na Gaeilge a chur chun cinn i measc daoine óga
they tried promoting the use of Irish among young people
maith liom daoine cúngaigeanta
I don't like narrow-minded people
cúpla duine
a couple of people
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
seo duine de na daoine nár íoc an táille
this one of the people who didn’t pay the fee
thosaigh daoine ag tuirlingt den traein
people started getting off the train
cuireann [duine] [ainm] ar [rud]
[somebody] calls [something] [a name]
daoine deasa
nice people
an mise an duine deireanach?
am I the last person?
le cuimhne na ndaoine
it is withing living memory
bíonn an-chuid daoine ag teacht anseo i rith an tsamhraidh
a lot of people come here in the summer
cuid de na daoine
some of the people
[duine] ar a chomhairle féin
[somebody] does what he likes
glacaigí mo chomhairle agus bígí san airdeall ar an duine seo!
take my advice and beware of this man!
cnámharlach an duine
the human skeleton
is duine cliste é
he's a smart person
duine cineálta
a kind person
cibé duine a rinne é, íocfaidh as
whoever did it, he will pay for it
is duine ciallmhar é
he is a reasonable person
an duine seo?
who is this person?
duine cáiliúil
a famous person
is mise an t-aon duine anseo
I am the only person here
fadhbanna na ndaoine óga
young people's problems
duine éigin anseo
somebody is here
ainmníodh go poiblí na daoine a bhí ciontach
those guilty were named publicly
d'aimsigh duine eile a raibh taithí eitilte aige
he found another person who had flying experience
bréagáin do dhaoine fásta
toys for adults
tháinig 10,000 duine amach ar na sráideanna in agóid in éadan an fhoiréigin
10,000 people came out on the streets in protest against the violence
gach duine againn
every one of us
bíonn an spórt ina dhlúthchuid den saol ag daoine atá folláin
healthy people have sport as an intergral part of their lives
cosnaíonn airgead daoine a fhostú
it costs money to employ people
is mise duine acu
I am one of them
daoine á n-adhlacadh sa reilig sin le míle bliain
people have been being buried in the cemetery for a thousand years
tubaistí nádúrtha agus de dhéantús an duine
natural and man-made disasters
an dara duine
the second person
dar ndóigh, sin ar eolas ag gach duine
of course, everybody knows that
cuidíonn muid le daoine gan dídean
we help homeless people
is dócha nach dtiocfaidh mórán daoine
probably not many people will come
ghlacfadh na daoine leis sin
the people would not accept that
is eisean an duine is saibhre ar dhroim na talún
he is the richest person on the face of the world
go raibh maith ag gach duine a tháinig
thanks to everybody who came
i measc na ndaoine
among the people
is iomaí duine sa tír seo nach léann leabhar ar bith ó cheann ceann na bliana
many a person in this country doesn't read a book the whole year
chuidigh siad le lear mór daoine
they helped a great deal of people
an chuid is de na daoine anseo
most of the people are here
an raibh mórán daoine ann?
were there many people there?
bhí níos fiche duine ann
there were more than twenty people there
scaip an scéal ó dhuine go duine
the news spread from person to person
duine óg
a young person
duine saibhir
a rich person
is duine saoraigeanta é
he's a free spirit
an duine eile
the other person
is mian linn go mbeadh daoine sláintiúla ag deonú fola
we want healthy people to give blood
tháinig daoine ina sluaite
people came in crowds
bíonn fáilte roimh dhaoine nua i gcónaí
new people are always welcome
is duine den teaghlach í
she is a member of the family
chuir ceist ar an duine sin
I asked that person a question
mothaíonn na daoine i mbaol
the people feel in danger
tagann na mílte daoine bliain i ndiaidh bliana chun páirt a ghlacadh san fhéile
thousands of people come year after year to take part in the festival