Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): seift

Focail chosúla: seict · seilt · seirt · seist · seit

Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla Ó Dónaill, 1977 An Foclóir Beag Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991 English–Irish Dictionary de Bhaldraithe, 1959 Gramadach Foghraíocht

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TORTHAÍ IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA

seift, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eanna). Shift, device, expedient, resource. ~ a dhéanamh duit féin, to shift for oneself. Déanfaimid ~ éigin, we’ll manage somehow. ~ a bhaint as rud, to use sth. as a device; to make use of sth. Ní raibh de sheift agam ach é, it was my only expedient, the only thing I could do. ~ a bheith ionat, to be resourceful; to be able to shift for oneself. Fear gan ~, a man of no resource. An t~ dheireanach, the last resource. Deireadh gach ~e an déirc, begging is the last resort. S.a. gá1. (Var: ~ef)

ABAIRTÍ IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA

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Múineann ~ seift, necessity is the mother of invention.

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An ~ de sheift seo, this make-do expedient.