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EXACT MATCHES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
suaill1, f. (gs. ~e). (Sea)-swell. Is túisce ~ ná gaoth, a swell precedes a storm.
suaill2, a. & s. & adv. Lit: (With copula, expressed or implied) 1. (As a.) Small, insignificant, trifling. (Is) ~ a thairbhe duit, it is of little benefit to you. (Is) ~ an t-olc do rinne sé, little harm did he do. ~ gach duine go Dia, everybody is of little account compared with God. 2. (As adv.) (Is) ~ nár éag sé, he nearly died. (Is) ~ má, hardly, scarcely. Ach ~, almost. 3. (As s.) ~ díobh a tháinig slán, few of them escaped alive. Le ~, for a short time. Ba ~ go, it was not long until.
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