something

pronounforainm 1 unspecified thingrud éigin cmu something is missing tá rud éigin in easnamh something happened tharla rud éigin there's something wrong with it tá rud éigin mícheart leis I have something to tell you tá rud éigin le rá agam leat something has to be done caithfear rud éigin a dhéanamh she found something cheaper fuair sí rud éigin níos saoire give them something to read tabhair rud éigin le léamh dóibh bring something to lie on tabhair leat rud éigin le luí air I've thought of something else smaoinigh mé ar rud éigin eile that's something else altogether sin rud eile ar fad that'll give them something to think about tabharfaidh sé sin ábhar machnaimh dóibhthat's saying somethinghave something to do withhave something against sb 2 significant thingrud éigin cmu that tells us something deir sé sin rud éigin linn we both got something out of it fuair an bheirt againn rud éigin as, bhí maitheas éigin ann dúinn beirt it means something to him tá sé tábhachtach aige it counts for something tá maitheas éigin ann, tá tairbhe de chineál éigin ann, tá fiúntas éigin ann she had a certain something bhí rud éigin ar leith ag baint léi well, that's something anyway bhuel, ní beag sin ar aon nós that's always something tá sé níos fearr ná a dhath there's something in what he said tá dealramh lena ndúirt sécome to somethingmake something of o.s. 3 characteristic, feelrud éigin cmuiarracht éigin it had something of the comical about it bhí rud éigin greannmhar faoi, bhí iarracht éigin den ghreann ann there's something about him that I don't like tá rud éigin faoi nach dtaitníonn liom there was something about their story that concerned him bhí rud éigin faoina scéal a chuir imní air 4 (also nó something or other) forgotten or unknown detailrud éigin cmu she's five foot something tá sí cúig troithe rud éigin her name was Máire something or other Máire rud éigin an t-ainm a bhí uirthi he does something or other in the council tá post de chineál éigin aige sa chomhairle they're collecting for something or other tá siad ag bailiú do rud éigin nounAinmfhocal 5 pleasant thing find that special something for your partner faigh an bronntanas speisialta sin do do pháirtí adverbdobhriathar 6 informalneamhfhoirmeálta a lot it bothered me something terrible chuir sé isteach go mór orm 7 approximatelyrud éigin cmu it's something around €1500 tá sé rud éigin ar nós €1500, tá sé thart ar €1500 it's been there for something over 300 years tá sé ansin le breis agus 300 bliainsomething like SubformsSainfhoirmeacha → -something PhrasesNathanna something of a 1 rather, quite I've got something of a reputation for it tá saghas clú orm dá bharr she's something of a hero of his tá sí ina saghas laoch aige why she sent it is something of a mystery níl a fhios ag aon duine cén fáth ar sheol sí é it's something of a mystery to me ní thuigim beag ná mór é it was something of a surprise ní raibh aon choinne leis 2 rather good she's something of an expert on the subject is saineolaí ceart í ar an ábhar he's something of a cook tá sé maith ag cócaireacht to be something else (also nó to be quite something; to be really something) bheith dochreidte the food was something else bhí an bia dochreidte, bhí an bia iontach to come to something if our efforts come to something má bhíonn rath éigin ar ár n-iarrachtaí, má thagann tairbhe éigin as ár n-iarrachtaí it's come to something when ... is bocht an scéal é nuair ...is olc an scéal é nuair ...tá cúrsaí go hainnis nuair ... to do something rud éigin a dhéanamh we must do something caithfimid rud éigin a dhéanamh to give sb something for their trouble I gave him something for his trouble chuir mé mo lámh i mo phóca dó as ucht a chabhrach, chúitigh mé a shaothar leis to have something on sb eolas éigin a bheith agat faoi dhuine to make something out of nothing rud éigin a dhéanamh as neamhní or something informalneamhfhoirmeálta nó rud éiginnó a leithéid are you deaf or something? an bhfuil tú bodhar nó rud éigin? tell him I'm sick or something abair leis go bhfuilim breoite nó rud éigin get a matchstick or something faigh lasán nó a leithéid or something like that (also nó or something of that sort; or something of the kind) nó rud éigin mar sinnó a leithéid sinnó rud éigin den sórt sin he was only sixty or something like that ní raibh sé ach seasca nó rud éigin mar sin to get something for nothing rud éigin a fháil in aisce you can't get something for nothing ní féidir a dhath a fháil gan a dhath something like 1 similar I thought you'd say something like that cheap mé go ndéarfá rud éigin mar sin have you thought about something like teaching? ar smaoinigh tú ar mhúinteoireacht nó a leithéid? 2 approximatelytimpeall cmuthart ar cmu we had something like 5000 visitors bhí timpeall 5000 cuairteoir againn that's saying something is mór an ní é sin le rání beag sinní beag sin le rá she was worse than me and that's saying something bhí sise níos measa ná mise agus is mór an ní é sin le rá you want to make something out of it? (also nó do you want to make something of it) informalneamhfhoirmeálta ar mhaith leat rud éigin a dhéanamh faoi?

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