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poor

adjectiveaidiacht
1. lacking money
2. not good, not high
3. weak, lacking ability
4. lacking sth desirable
5. expressing pity
SubformsSainfhoirmeacha
PhrasesNathanna
 adjectiveaidiacht 1 lacking moneybocht adj1 cmudearóil adj1 cmudealbh adj cmu we were very poor bhíomar an-bhocht the people were desperately poor bhí na daoine beo bocht, bhí na daoine ar an anás the country is getting poorer tá an tír ag éirí níos boichte as poor as a church-mouse chomh bocht leis an deoir 2 not good, not highdroch- prefdona adj3 cmuolc adj1 cmu that boy has a very poor appetite níl goile ar bith ag an mbuachaill sin he has a poor chance of success níl mórán seans ann go n-éireoidh leis, drochsheans go n-éireoidh leis she retired because of poor eyesight d'éirigh sí as an obair toisc go bhfuil a hamharc go dona she's in poor health níl an tsláinte go maith aici, tá drochshláinte aici, tá sí ag éileamh I have a poor memory tá droch-chuimhne agam, tá cuimhne bhocht agam they have a poor opinion of her níl mórán measa acu uirthi, tá drochbharúil acu di, ní shíleann siad mórán di they got poor results fuair siad drochthorthaí, bhí a gcuid torthaí go dona the place is in a poor state tá drochbhail ar an áit, tá drochdhóigh ar an áit, níl cuma ná caoi ar an áit the salary is poor tá an tuarastal go holc 3 weak, lacking abilitydroch- prefdona adj3 cmuolc adj1 cmu they have a poor grasp of Spanish níl mórán Spáinnise acu poor learners foghlaimeoirí laga she's a poor singer is drochamhránaí í I'm a very poor swimmer níl maith ar bith ionam ag snámh, tá mé uafásach ag snámh he's a poor loser is fuath leis cailleadh, is beag is lú air ná cailleadh to be poor at art bheith go dona ag an ealaín 4 lacking sth desirable a country poor in natural resources tír atá gann ar acmhainní nádúrtha, tír atá ar bheagán acmhainní nádúrtha to be poor in spirit bheith bocht ó spiorad 5 expressing pitybocht adj1 cmu poor girl, she didn't stand a chance an cailín bocht, ní raibh seans ar bith aici poor me! nach mé an trua Mhuire! poor old me was left to look after the house fágadh mise i mo chréatúr ag tabhairt aire don teach, cé a fágadh i mbun an tí ach mise, fágadh mise bocht ag coimhéad an tí poor souls, I thought na créatúir, a dúirt mé liom féin poor thing an créatúr, an créatúr bocht, an diabhal bocht poor you - I understand how you feel a chréatúir - tuigim duit; a dhuine bhoicht, is mór an díol trua thú SubformsSainfhoirmeacha → -poor→ the poor PhrasesNathanna a poor man's sth it's just a poor man's Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce don duine bocht é a poor second (also nó a poor third) 1 low priority the shopping comes a poor second in my case is in áit na leathphingine atá an tsiopadóireacht i dtaca liomsa de homework comes a poor second to football is tábhachtaí go mór fada peil ná obair bhaile 2 in race etc she came in a poor second tháinig sí isteach sa dara háit i bhfad taobh thiar den té a bhuaigh
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