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  1. ag dathúghadh
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): colouring, dyeing
    Usage (EN): Thá me chun mo ghúna a dhathúghadh gorm. - I am going to dye my skirt blue. Níl dathúghadh cupán té de bhainne agam. - I havent what milk as would "colour" a cup of tea. Níl an oiread agam agus a dhathóchadh (דaho:x) cupán té.
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  2. ag dathughadh
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): colouring
    Usage (EN): Ní raibh dathughadh an té de bhainne agam. - I hadn't what milk as would colour the tea.
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  3. ag déan
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): making
    Usage (EN): ag déanadh buadhartha dho - being the cause of fretting to him. Ní dhéanfaidh sé aon chúis buadhartha dho. - It won't cause him to fret. Déinimíd cúis buadhartha de rudaí suaracha go minic. - He often fret over trivial things.
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  4. ag déan
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): doing, making
    Usage (EN): ag déanadh suilt de mhí-ádh duine eile - Making fun of another's misfortune. Pé mí-ádh a bhainfeadh do duine eile sult a dheineadh sé dhe.
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  5. ag déan
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): making
    Usage (EN): uaigh a dhéanadh - "dig" a grave. Sinéal a dhéanadh treasna na páirce - Dig a channel 7rl.
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  6. ag déan
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): making, building
    Usage (EN): Thá an meaigidí ag déanadh nid sa tor sceiche.
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  7. ag déan
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): making
    Usage (EN): Ba ghairid a bhí sé 'ghá dhéanadh. - He was not long doing it. Ba ghairid a bhí sé leis. - He was not long doing it. Bhí sé déanta 'ge an fhaid a bheadh duine eile ag cuimhneamh (Ki:n'əv) air.
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  8. ag deighleáil
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): dealing
    Usage (EN): Bíonn sé ag deighleáil i n-olann. - He deals in wool. Bíonn sé ag deighleáil i gcuid mór earraí. - He deals in a great many commodities. (Ní raibh a thuille den mbr. sa chainnt.)
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  9. ag diúdarnaoil
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): dozing
    Usage (EN): ag diúdarnaoil chodhlata - dozing asleep. Bhí sé ag d___ sa chathaoir.
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  10. ag diúgadh
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): drinking, supping
    Usage (EN): ag diúgadh an leanna - "supping" the ale. Bhí a raibh sa mbúideal diúgaithe aige - He had drained all that was in the bottle "drained". Fanann sé sa te' h-ósta ó mhaidin go h-oidhche ag diugadh fuiscí. - He stays in the pub from morning till night "supping" whiskey.
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