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  1. anás
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): wretchedness, need, difficulty, misfortune, an untidy person
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Tá sé ar an anás, he is in a bad way, in poor circumstances. Tá anás ort! (inn.), how bad are you! Is tú an t-anás, what an untidy person you are! Níor leig mé anás ar na páistí, I saw to it that the children wanted for nothing.
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  2. anásta
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): wretched, difficult, needy, untidy, clumsy, heavy, difficult to work with
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Ag obair go h-anásta, working under difficulty. Fágadh go h-anásta í, she was left badly off. Bhí coiscéim anásta leis, he walked with a heavy awkward step. Tá dóigh bheag anásta ortha, they are in a poor way. Seanduine mór anásta, a big awkward old man. Tá sí anásta i bhfarraige, she (boat) plunges badly in a heavy sea.
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  3. anbhás
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): a sudden, violent death
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Le ar sábháil ar an-oidheadh, ar an-bhás agus ar an-dathaine an diabhail (prayer), to save us from a tragic fate, from a violent death, and from the wicked temptations of the devil.
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  4. anbhfainne
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): weakness, exhaustion
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Ag gabháil in anbhfainne atá sé, he is getting weaker. Bhí sé leis as a anbhfainne, he has it from his infancy.
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  5. anbhfann
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): weak, feeble, puny
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Teaghlach anbhfann, a family of small helpless children. Tá Cuma bheag anbhfann ar an leanbh sin, that child looks like an invalid.
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  6. anbhroid
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): captivity, slavery
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: in anbhroid, in dire stress
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  7. anbhuan
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): unsteady
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  8. ancaire
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): an anchor
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Bád a chur ar ancaire, to anchor a boat. Chuamar ar ancaire in mbéal Ghabhla, we cast anchor, anchored, in Gola Bay. Bhí sí ag tarraingt an ancaire, she was dragging her anchor. Tá sé ar ancaire sna Rosaibh, he has settled in the Rosses, made his home ther
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  9. ancaire
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): hermit, anchorite
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  10. anchruth
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): difformity
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Tá an duine bocht in anchruth, the poor fellow is deformed.
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