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EXACT MATCHES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
rath1, m. (gs. ~a).1. (a)Lit: Bestowal, grant; grace, favour; gift, bounty. ~ fáistine, gift of prophecy. De ~ Dé, by the grace of God. ~ ó rí, king’s bounty. (b) (In phrase) Níl rí ná ~, ~ ná ríocht, orthu, nothing is right with them; neither luck nor grace attends them. 2. Prosperity. ~ a chur ar dhuine, to bring, to wish, prosperity to s.o. Bhí ~ ar an tír, the country was prospering. Tá ~ agus bláth, ~ agus rathúnas, orthu, they are in a flourishing condition. Faoi ~, succeeding, prospering. Bhí sé de ~ orm ceann a fháil, I had the good fortune to get one. Chuaigh siad ó ~ orm, they went to loss on me. Chuir siad ó ~ na bliana mé, they ruined the year for me. ~ Dé ort! ~ ó Dhia ort! Go gcuire Dia (an) ~ ort! God prosper you! ~ (Dé) ar an obair! God bless the work! Iron:~ Dé ar an obair lae sin! If that is a day’s work, then God help us! S.a. cúl12, smacht13. 3. Abundance. ~ a dtorthaí, the abundance of their fruit. Má tá an ~ de agat, if you have much of it. 4. Usefulness, good. Cad é an ~ a chuir tú ar an airgead? To what use did you put the money? Níl aon ~ orm, liom, ag a leithéid sin, I am no good at that sort of thing. Níl aon cheann de ~ agam, I haven’t one which is any good. Tá sé (curtha) ó ~ agat, you have rendered it useless.
rath2, f = raithneach.
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PHRASES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ní bheidh rath ná ~ ar a leithéidí sin, the likes of those cannot prosper.
Rugadh an rath, an saibhreas, leis, he was born lucky, born to fortune.
Rath do cheirde ort! May you prosper at your trade; may you get your deserts.
~ le rath, ne’er-do-well.
Go gcuire D~ rath ort, God prosper you.
Bhain mé ~ dá rath, I gave him up as a failure.
Bhí siad ag imeacht ó rath, they were doing no good, were going to ruin.
~ lán de rath an Spioraid Naoimh, a vessel full of the bounty of the Holy Spirit.
Rath na raithní orthu! Long may they flourish!
Is é an ~ gan rath é, he is a worthless sot.
Ní bhíonn an rath ach mar a mbíonn an ~, there can be no progress without discipline.
I d~ a ratha, in the flood-tide of his prosperity.
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