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  1. daid
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): Dad, father
    Meaning or Explanation (GA): daidí, deaidí, mo dhaid, mo dhaidí, dheaidí
    Usage (EN): Is dual daid do. - Tis kind father for him. - ní ó n-a dhaid a fuair sé é. "An buille úd a bhuaileadh ar "Kheeper" (madra), bhris sé croidhe mo dhaid." = Sean-amhrán.
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  2. dailc
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): a "lump"
    Usage (EN): dailc feola - a "lump" of meat. dailc fir - A stout lump of a man, a thickset man.
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  3. daille
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): blindness
    Usage (EN): Is baoghal gur daille athá i ndán dom sa deire, thá mo radharc ag dul i-n olcas ó lá go lá. - I'm afraid that blindness is to be my lot in the end, my sight is getting worse from day to day. Is tubaisteach an rud an daille - Blindness is an unfortunate affliction.
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  4. daille
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): blindness
    Usage (EN): Thá an daille ag gabhailt do le fada. - He's affected by blindness for a long time. Níl aon daille ar Sheán i n-a thaobh. - Sean is not "blind" to it. - .i. he understands it 7rl.
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  5. dailtín
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): brat
    Meaning or Explanation (GA): ainm ar fhear óg nó gharsún dána
    Usage (EN): Droch-iomparach = go mór-mór garsún = brat, "spoiled" child. Níl ann ach dailtín. - He is only a brat.
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  6. dailtín
    Meaning or Explanation (GA): garsún a beadh 'ghá iompar fhéin mar a bheadh fear. - .i. a "forward" boy.
    Usage (EN): Níl ann ach dailtín. - He is only a dailtín - an focal coitcheann sa mB. Thá dailtín mic aici agus dá mba liomsa é sciursalfainn é. - She has a dailtín of a son and if he were mine I'd scourge him.
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  7. dailtín
    Meaning or Explanation (GA): garsún deascainteach dána
    Usage (EN): garsún a mbeadh gothaidhe fir aige - .i. acting as if he were a man. "Sin é do dhalta agat!" - Theres your pet for you ! Dalta - child reared as a pet.
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  8. daingean
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): firm
    Usage (EN): Thá an charraig daingean sa talamh. - The rock is firm in the ground. Thá an bior iarrainn daingean sa bhfalla. - .i. fixed in the wall.
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  9. dainginím
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): I fix, I make firm
    Usage (EN): Dhaingnig sé an crúca sa bhfalla. - He made the hook firm in the wall. Daingnig sé na scriúanna ins na hinnsí. - He tightened the screws in the hinge.
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  10. dainginím
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): I fence
    Usage (EN): Dhainginigh sé an bheárna. - He fenced the gap. Dhaingnigh sé an claidhe teorann.
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