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tuilleamh could be a grammatical form of: tuill »
EXACT MATCHES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tuilleamh, m. (gs. -llimh). 1. vn. of tuill1. 2. (a) Earning. Is túisce ~ ná tuarastal, wages must be earned first. (b) Desert, merit. Masla gan ~, gratuitous insult. (c) Earnings, wages. Mo thuilleamh bliana, my year’s earnings. Bhí ~ maith ann, there was good money to be earned there. Fear tuillimh, wage-earner. (d) ~ buí, ~ mbuidhe = tuilleamaí. (Var:gs. tuilleata; tuilleachtaint f, tuilliúint f, tuillmheadhm)
PHRASES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ Dé a thuilleamh, to bring down the wrath of God on oneself.
~ a thuilleamh, a tharraingt ort féin, to gain oneself a bad name.
~ a thuilleamh, to earn reproach, opprobrium.
~ a thuilleamh, to earn respect.
Do chuid, do bheatha, a thuilleamh, to earn one’s living.
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