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verbbriathar 1 express in words transitiveaistreachabair verb cmu say 'thank you!' abair 'go raibh maith agat!' I said nothing ní dúirt mise dada what will you say? cad a déarfaidh tú? they say it's too dear deir siad go bhfuil sé ródhaor I'd say she was annoyed déarfainn go raibh sí míshásta who says you can't? cé a deir nach féidir leat? he said a couple of words to me dúirt sé cúpla focal liom, labhair sé cúpla focal liom what a thing to say a leithéid de rud le rá I don't believe a word he says ní chreidim focal dá ndeir sé they can't say what caused it níl siad in ann a rá céard ba chúis leis I must say I was surprised caithfidh mé a rá go raibh ionadh orm he said 'Wait!' dúirt sé 'Fan!' 'Wait!' said Colm. 'Fan!' arsa Colm. 2 recite prayer, poem, etc transitiveaistreachabair verb cmu say a prayer for me abair paidir ar mo shonsay one's piece 3 informalneamhfhoirmeálta tell sb to do sth transitiveaistreachabair verb cmu she said to leave it here dúirt sí é a fhágáil anseo if he says not to wait má deir sé gan fanacht you'll do as I say déanfaidh tú mar a déarfaidh mise leat 4 give opinion transitiveaistreachceap verb cmusíl verb cmu I say we should wait ceapaimse gur chóir dúinn fanacht, sílimse gur chóir dúinn fanacht I would say so déarfainn é, is dóigh liom é Is that the reason? I'd say not! An é sin an chúis? Ní déarfainn é!, An é sin is cúis leis? Ní dóigh liom é! what do you say we go back? fillfimid, céard a cheapann tú?; rachaimid ar ais, cad é do bharúil? 5 what people think transitiveaistreachabair verb cmu people said that it was haunted deirtí go raibh taibhsí ann, bhí sé ráite go raibh taibhsí ann it's said that the climate is changing deirtear go bhfuil an aeráid ag athrú, tá sé ráite go bhfuil an aeráid ag athrú I don't care what anyone says is cuma liom céard a deir aon duine they say you shouldn't swim alone deirtear nár cheart duit snámh i d'aonar intransitiveneamhaistreachabair verb cmu as they say mar a deirtear, mar a deir siad, mar atá ráite so they say sin é a deirtear, sin é atáthar a rá he's got problems or so they say tá fadhbanna aige nó sin é a deirtear; tá fadhbanna aige, más fíor 6 mean, imply transitiveaistreachabair verb cmumaígh verb cmu I'm not saying they're bad people níl mé ag rá gur drochdhaoine iad, níl mé ag maíomh gur drochdhaoine iad what exactly are you saying here cad go díreach atá á rá agat anseo, cad é go díreach atá tú a mhaíomh anseo 7 convey idea transitiveaistreachcuir in iúl cmu what does this decision say about the association's values? cad a deir an cinneadh seo maidir le luachanna an chumainn? what the film is saying is that ... is é atá á rá sa scannán ná go ... what does it say when they don't even respond? cad atá le tuiscint as nuair nach bhfreagraíonn siad fiú? 8 give information transitiveaistreachabair verb cmu I got a message saying the match was off fuair mé nóta ag rá go raibh an cluiche ar ceal it doesn't say what time ní deir sé cén t-am 9 show indirectly transitiveaistreachinis verb cmuléirigh verb cmu your clothes say a lot about you insíonn do chuid éadaí go leor fút what does its colour say about its condition? cad a insíonn a dhath duit faoin riocht ina bhfuil sé? I won, which says a lot for the rest of them bhuaigh mise, rud a insíonn a scéal féin faoin gcuid eile nounAinmfhocal 10 voice, input people will have their say beidh cead cainte ag daoine, beidh deis labhartha ag daoine we had little say in it ní raibh mórán d'ionchur againne ann, is beag tionchar a bhí againne air I have no say in the matter níl aon neart agamsa air everybody is having a say about the team tá gach duine ag tabhairt a dtuairimí faoin bhfoireannhave your say interjectionintriacht 11 (USSAM) listenéist cmucogar cmu PhrasesNathanna to have something to say about sth your mother will have something to say about that ní mó ná sásta a bheidh do mháthair faoi sin, ní scaoilfidh do mháthair é sin thairsti to say sth for sb I can say this for them is féidir liom an méid seo a rá ar a son what have you got to say for yourself? cad atá le rá agatsa? to have too much to say for yourself he has too much to say for himself tá an iomarca le rá aige, tá an iomarca faid ar a theanga I can't say ... (also nó can't say ...) I can't say I blame her caithfidh mé a rá nach bhfuil aon mhilleán agam uirthi having said that é sin ráitebíodh sin mar atáan méid sin ráiteagus sin ráite I can't say fairer than that informalneamhfhoirmeálta ní fhéadfá é sin a bhualadhníl aon chaill air sin to go without saying it goes without saying that she wasn't happy ní gá a rá nach raibh sí sásta that goes without saying is léir don dall é sin to have your say cead cainte a bheith agatdeis labhartha a bheith agat let's say (also nó say) 1 imagineabair cmucuir i gcás cmu say you were the principal abair gur tusa an príomhoide, cuir i gcás gur tusa an príomhoide 2 giving exampleabair cmucuir i gcás cmumar shampla you could go tomorrow, say d'fhéadfá dul amárach, abair; d'fhéadfá dul amárach, mar shampla not to say ní áirím it'd be rude, not to say insulting bheadh sé drochbhéasach, ní áirím maslach on sb's say-so ar chomhairle duinear fhocal duine he bought it on my say-so ar mo chomhairlese a cheannaigh sé ésay-so to say no to sth diúltú do rudcur suas do rud I wasn't going to say no to the money ní raibh baol orm diúltú don airgead I can't say no to chocolate níl mé in ann diúltú do sheacláid to say it all that says it all níl dada eile le rá, is leor a bhfuil ráite he forgot about it, says it all really dhearmad sé é, níl dada eile le rá i ndáiríre his smile said it all ba léir óna mhiongháire é say no more ní gá tuilleadh a rá say the word (also nó just say the word) abair an focalníl ort ach é a rání call duit ach a iarraidh say what? (USSAM), informalneamhfhoirmeálta céard atá tú a rá?cad é sin? say when abair cén uair!abair cathain! to say your piece do chuid a rá shall I say (also nó shall we say) informalneamhfhoirmeálta mar a déarfádá ndéarfainn é the lyrics are, shall I say, a bit boring tá na focail, mar a déarfá, beagáinín leadránach that's not to say that ... ní hionann sin agus a rá go ...ní hé sin le rá go ... that's to say informalneamhfhoirmeálta is é sin le rá that said é sin ráitean méid sin ráitebíodh sin mar atámar sin féin cmu it's expensive but, that said, it's a good brand tá sé daor ach, é sin ráite, is branda maith é that's not saying much ní moladh ar bith é sinní mór sin there's a lot to be said for sth there's a lot to be said for patience is iomaí buntáiste atá leis an bhfoighne, is mór is fiú a bheith foighneach though I say so myself (also nó even if I say so myself; though I say it myself) fiú más mé féin atá á rámá deirim féin é I was always clever, even though I say so myself bhí mé riamh cliste, má deirim féin é; ní do mo mholadh féin atáim, ach bhí mé i gcónaí cliste to say the least ar an gcuid is lú dear an gceann caol de they've been negligent, to say the least bhí siad faillíoch, ar an gcuid is lú de to say nothing of ... gan trácht ar ...ní áirím ... there was plenty of food to say nothing of drink bhí neart bia ann gan trácht ar ól what do you say? céard a déarfá?cad is dóigh leat?cad é do bharúil? what do you say we stay here? fanfaimid anseo, cad is dóigh leat?; céard a déarfá má fhanaimid anseo? when all is said and done nuair atá deireadh ráitetar éis an tsaoil who's to say cá bhfios who's to say he wasn't right? cá bhfios nach raibh an ceart aige? who's to say which story is true? cá bhfios cé acu scéal atá fíor? you can say that again ní bréag duit é sin 'That was good.' 'You can say that again.' 'Bhí sé sin go maith.' 'M'anam go raibh.'; 'Bhí sé sin go maith.' 'Is fíor duit, muise.' you don't say 1 expressing surpriseag magadh atá tú!á, stop! 2 showing lack of surpriseag magadh atá tú!an ndeir tú liom é? you said it 1 agreeing with statementm'anam gur fíor duit!tá sé ráite agatníl focal bréige agat ansin 2 (USSAM) yes, exactlysin é go díreachsin agat é

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