EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
spéis, f. (gs. ~e). 1. Fondness, affection. Gean is ~, love and affection. ~ a thabhairt do dhuine, d’áit, to become attached to a person, to a place. Chuir sé ~ inti, he took a liking to her; he fell in love with her. Ná cuir do ~ i maoin shaolta, don’t set your heart on worldly wealth. 2. Interest. ~ a chur i rud, to take an interest in sth. Níl ~ agam ann; ní ~ liom é, I am not interested in it. Más ann atá do ~, if that is what concerns you. Ní fhaighim ~ ina chomhrá, I find his conversation uninteresting.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Amhras, spéis, sonrú, a chur i rud, to doubt, to take interest in, to notice, sth.
Spéis a mhúscailt i rud, to excite interest in sth.