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prepositionréamhfhocal 1 relationship of part to whole a slice of cake slisín císte, píosa de cháca most of the time formhór an ama, an chuid is mó den am the worst of it an chuid is measa de ten years of his life deich mbliana dá shaol the rest of her life an chuid eile dá saol a slice of this cake píosa den cháca seo, smut den chíste seo eat your dinner, all of it ith do dhinnéar, é ar fad; ith do dhinnéar, é uilig these hands of mine mo chuid lámh, mo lámhasa, mo dhá lámh féin 2 relationship to set they played six matches and won four of them d'imir siad sé chluiche agus bhuaigh siad ceithre cinn acu it was hard on all of us bhí sé dian orainn uile the largest of the islands an ceann is mó de na hoileáin, an t-oileán is mó 3 in date, sequencede prep cmu the 28th of March an t-ochtú lá fichead de Mhárta, an t-ochtú lá is fiche Márta 4 relationship to membership or elements a list of subjects liosta ábhar a herd of cattle tréad bó 5 relationship of container to contents a cup of tea cupán tae a box of Christmas cards bosca cártaí Nollag, bosca de chártaí Nollag 6 relationship between quantity and thing measured a litre of petrol lítear peitril a spoonful of honey spúnóg mheala, lán spúnóige de mhil for hundreds of years ar feadh na gcéadta bliain 7 relationship of quality, feature, etc to person or thing the colour of the wallpaper dath an pháipéir bhalla the smell of cooking boladh cócaireachta the width of two seats leithead dhá shuíochán it tasted of fish bhí blas éisc air 8 relationship of person/ or thing to quality, feature etc a man of medium height fear meán-airde, fear measartha ard this is of great importance tá tábhacht mhór ag baint leis seo, is den ríthábhacht é seo topics which are of interest to readers ábhair a bhfuil suim ag léitheoirí iontu, ábhair ar spéis le léitheoirí iad she has more of an accent than I have tá blas níos láidre aici ná atá agamsa you were in too much of a hurry bhí an iomarca deifre ort, bhí barraíocht deifre ort 9 relationship between sth and material it's composed of a wall of stone balla cloiche a piece of toast píosa tósta the shed was built of timber cró adhmaid a bhí ann, bhí an cró déanta as adhmad 10 relationship between sth and thing or person to which it pertains the history of Anglo-Irish relations stair an chaidrimh Angla-Éireannaigh 11 relationship between people or animals a sister of Seán's deirfiúr de chuid Sheáin, deirfiúr le Seán an old friend of mine seanchara de mo chuid, seanchara liom 12 relationship between sb and place or organisation the captain of the Clare team captaen fhoireann an Chláir the President of Ireland Uachtarán na hÉireann Department of Finance an Roinn Airgeadais 13 ownership that car of yours an carr sin agat, an carr sin leat we were at the house of a school friend bhíomar i dteach cara scoile linn, bhíomar i dteach de chuid cara scoile linn 14 relationship of action and person who does itde chuid cmu this habit of hers an nós seo dá cuid, an nós seo atá aici 15 relationship of general term to sth more specific that identifies it this type of weapon an cineál seo airm his eyes are sort of blue cineál gorm atá a shúile a better class of merchandise earraí de chineál níos fearr, cineál níos fearr earraí it's our only hope of finding them is é sin an t-aon dóchas atá againn go bhfaighimid iad a boy by the name of Peadar buachaill darb ainm Peadar the city of Cork cathair Chorcaí in the event of fire i gcás dóiteáin, sa chás go dtarlaíonn tine I brought a coat in case of rain thug mé liom cóta ar eagla na báistí 16 geographytíreolaíocht relationship between feature and location the hills of Connemara cnoic Chonamara Gulf of Mexico Murascaill Mheicsiceo 17 relationship between person and discovery etc the theory of Darwin teoiric Darwin 18 relationship between sb/sth and time, event event of the year imeacht na bliana Kerry person of the year Ciarraíoch na bliana 19 relationship between scale and measurement on it at a temperature of 120 degrees Celsius ag teocht 120 céim Celsius, ag teocht de 120 céim Celsius 20 relationship of sth and its quantity or size a salary of fifty thousand euro tuarastal caoga míle euro, caoga míle euro de thuarastal an increase of two euro ardú dhá euro, ardú de dhá euro 21 expressing age he died at the age of fifty bhásaigh sé in aois a chaoga bliain, fuair sé bás agus caoga bliain slánaithe aige a child of three months leanbh trí mhí 22 expressing time the morning of Friday the twenty third of August maidin Aoine an tríú lá fichead de Lúnasa the years of the Famine blianta an Ghorta, blianta an Drochshaoil at the time of his death ag uair a bháis, ar uair a bháis 23 expressing duration two weeks of training coicís traenála a period of unrest tréimhse chorraíola 24 relationship between description and sb/sth an angel of a daughter aingeal iníne, aingeal d'iníon, iníon álainn a hell of a voice guth iontach 25 relationship between adjective and person it's good of you to come is maith uait teacht, is deas uait teacht, ba lách uait teacht it was stupid of me ba sheafóideach an mhaise dom é 26 relationship between sth and action management of funds bainistiú cistí referral of a complaint atreorú gearáin the murder of a woman dúnmharú mná the driver of the car tiománaí an chairr the baking of bread bácáil aráin 27 relationship between subject action the laughter of my friends gáire mo chairde the rising of the sun éirí na gréine 28 relationship of artistic work etc and author etc the poems of Ó Direáin dánta Uí Dhireáin, dánta an Direánaigh 29 relationship of artistic work etc to their subject a photograph of the bridge grianghraf den droichead a picture of a ship pictiúr de long, pictiúr loinge 30 about, concerning the history of the school stair na scoile his knowledge of Irish music a chuid eolais ar cheol na hÉireann she was certain of one thing bhí sí cinnte faoi rud amháin, bhí sí cinnte de rud amháin her friend didn't even know of her plans ní raibh a cara fiú amháin ar an eolas faoina cuid pleananna he told me of his time in jail d'inis sé dom faoin am a chaith sé sa phríosún 31 relationship between mental state and object or cause you should be ashamed of yourself ba cheart náire a bheith ort they were sick of the sight of me bhí siad tinn ag féachaint orm we're very proud of you táimid an-bhródúil asat he was critical of government policies bhí sé milleánach faoi pholasaithe an rialtais she got bored of the course d'éirigh sí tuirseach den chúrsa 32 effect and cause she died of cancer an ailse a thug a bás, an ailse ba chionsiocair lena bás, fuair sí bás le hailse that had the effect of keeping prices low dá bharr sin coinníodh na praghsanna íseal he was ill of a fever bhí sé tinn le fiabhras 33 location north of Sligo ó thuaidh de Shligeach, taobh thuaidh de Shligeach at the back of the house ar chúl an tí she was walking ahead of me bhí sí ag siúl romham 34 relationship between event and time I wear this of a Sunday caithim é seo ar an Domhnach they go there of a weekend téann siad ansin ag an deireadh seachtaine 35 in compound prepositions out of thin air anuas ón spéir in spite of d'ainneoin, in ainneoin land instead of food talamh in áit bia, talamh in ionad bia

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