Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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ar mhaithe le (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

  1. for the sake of, for the good of
    ar mhaithe lena anamfor the good of his soul
    • Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 6
      ə wα̃hə l′eihə hein′ ə n′i:s ə kαt krɔ:nαn
      Ar mhaith léithe féin a níos an cat crónán. (conventional orthography)
      [It is] for her own sake that the cat purrs.
      (literally, “…makes a purr”)
      N′i: gə ho̤mlα:n ə wα̃hə l′eʃ ə wUNtæʃt′ə αχ wα̃hə l′eʃ ə f′l′eiʃu:r
      ní go hiomlán ar mhaithe leis an bhuntáiste ach [ar] mhaithe leis an phléisiúr (conventional orthography)
      not altogether for the sake of profit but also for pleasure

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 52