Pota Focal Intergaelic
agar | ágar | ar | ga | gair
Gluais TíHouse Glossary Gluais Beo!Beo! Glossary TeasárasThesaurus BriathraVerbs
gann ganntanas gaofar gaois gaol gaosán gaoth gar garáiste garbh garchabhair garda Garda gardáil gariníon garlach garmhac garpháiste garraí garraíodóir garraíodóireacht
gar
ADJECTIVE
DO NOT CONFUSE WITH: gearr
close
near
in proximity
gar do [áit]
close to [somewhere]
muid an-ghar don teorainn
we are very close to the border
Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms
gar
ADJECTIVE
GRADED FORM
gaire
PLURAL
gara
STAITISTICÍ · STATISTICS
Is é gar an 655ú focal is minice úsáid sa Ghaeilge. Tagann sé chun cinn uair amháin i ngach 7,640 focal.
Gar is the 655th most frequently used word in Irish. It occurs once in every 7,640 words.
Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples
gar don abhainn
it's near the river
an ndéanfá gar dom? - go breá, cad atá uait?
would you do me a favour? - okay, what do you need?
gar do lár an bhaile, in aice leis an ionad siopadóireachta
it's near the centre of town, beside the shopping centre
gar don leabharlann.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
It is near the library.
gar don chéibh nua.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
It is near the new pier.
i mo chónaí gar do Luimneach.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
I live near Limerick.
cois farraige ach gar don chathair freisin.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
It's beside the sea but close to the city as well.
i mo chónaí i dteach beag, gar do lár na cathrach i mBaile Átha Cliath.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
I live in a small house, close to the city centre in Dublin.
Níl gairdín ar bith agam, faraor, ach páirc mhór, an-ghar do mo theach.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
I have no garden, alas, but there's a big park very close to my house
bheadh gar domhsa duitse a bheith ag caint leo.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
There'd be no point for you or me talking to them.
raibh gar leis cur ina n-éadan.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
There was no point in him opposing them.
Is mór an gar gan an duine bocht a bheith istigh.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
It's a good thing the poor man isn't in.
An ndéanfá gar dom? - Go breá, cad atá uait?
Would you do me a favour? - Fine, what do you need?
Níl gar a bheith ag caint.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
There's no point saying anything.