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  1. baint
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Taking, extracting, cutting, plucking; mowing, reaping, digging. Aimsir bhaint na mónadh, the turf-cutting season. Ag iarraidh baint as a bhí siad, they were trying to get information out of him. Gan baint do sin, apart from that. Bhí sé ag baint troda asam, he was provoking me to fight. An teach a bhfuil sé ag baint faoi ann, the house he is staying in. Ag iarraidh baint faoi a bhí mé, I was trying to pacify him, to get him to be patient. Ní bheidh baint agam leis, I will have nothing to do with it. Níl baint aige dé, (i) it is no affair of his, (ii) he has no claim to it, no right to it.
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  2. bainte
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Tá an cluiche bainte agat, you have won the game. Tá an mhóin bainte, the turf is cut. Bhí an fharraige bainte, there was a heavy groundswell. Bhí sé bainte, he was in an angry mood and hence easily provoked. Bhí an fhuil bainte, the blood was ready to flow.
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  3. bainteoir
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): one who digs (potatoes)
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  4. baintiarna
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): a female chief, a lady
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: A Mhuire bhaintiarna! O Mary Queen of Heaven!
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  5. baintreabhach
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): a widow, a widower
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Baintreabhach Phádraig Uí Dhomhnaill, the widowed son or daughter of Patrick O'Donnell.
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  6. bain–chliamhain
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): daughter–in–law
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  7. báire
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): a game, a goal
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Chuir sé báire, he scored a goal. Tá an báire leis, he has the game won. Báire na fola, the crucial test. I lár báire, in the middl Cúl báire, a mainstay.
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  8. bairead
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): cap, bonnet
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  9. báirneach
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): a limpet
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  10. báirr
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): red-tipped
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