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moill
FEMININE NOUN
delay
moil mhór
a big delay
moil bhreise
an additional delay
moill coicíse
a fortnight’s delay
moill seachtaine
a week’s delay
moill cúig mhí
a five months’ delay
moill ar [rud]
[something] is late
moill ar na busanna arís
the buses are running late again
bíonn moill ar litreacha gan cód poist
letters without a postcode tend to be delayed
moill bheag orm
I’m running late a little
beidh moill seachtaine ar an obair
the work will be delayed by a week
cuireann [X] moill ar [Y]
[X] delays [Y]
cuireadh moill trí orm san aerfort
I was delayed in the airport by three days
chuir an trácht moill orm
the traffic delayed me
cuireadh moill ar sheirbhísí traenach i mBaile Átha Cliath
train services in Dublin were delayed
cuireadh mhoill bhreise air
he was delayed even further
Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms
moill
FEMININE NOUN
GENITIVE SINGULAR
moille
NOMINATVE PLURAL
moilleanna
GENITIVE PLURAL
moilleanna
Iontrálacha gaolmhara
Related entries
gan mhoill
without delay
tuarascáil le foilsiú gan mhoill
a report is to be published without delay
tiocfaidh muid gan moill ar bith
we will come without any delay
déanfaidh muid é gan a thuilleadh moille
we'll do it without further delay
STAITISTICÍ · STATISTICS
Is é moill an 1,059ú focal is minice úsáid sa Ghaeilge. Tagann sé chun cinn uair amháin i ngach 13,607 focal.
Moill is the 1,059th most frequently used word in Irish. It occurs once in every 13,607 words.
Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples
geall le cinnte go mbeidh moill orainn
it is almost certain that we will be late
mar is gnách, moill ar an bhus
as usual, the bus is late
Níl an teach ach cúig nóiméad ón ollscoil, ach fós bíonn an-mhoill orm.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
I only live five minutes from the college, but still I am very late.
Bhí eagla ár gcraicinn orainn go gcuirfidís moill ar an mbus.
We were scared shitless that the bus would be late.
moill bheag orm.
I'm running late a little.