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dúr
Meaning or Explanation (EN): grim, stern
Usage (EN): Is dúr an duine é. = an "unfriendly" person, "dark", grim. "bean dúr dána" = Ní feaca me riamh é ach go dúr.
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dúr
Meaning or Explanation (EN): gruff, abrupt in manner
Usage (EN): Thá sé dúr gan aon phlámas ag ghabhailt leis. = He is abrupt with no flattery 7rl. Thá sé dúr mí-shéibhialta. = abrupt and uncivil.
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dúr
Meaning or Explanation (EN): stern, morose
Usage (EN): Duine dúr iseadh é, ní dhéineann sé muinntearas le h-aoinne = He is a morose person he makes friends with no one. Is deacair cainnt a bhaint as thá se ana-dhúr.
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dúr
Meaning or Explanation (GA): dorcha
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dúracht
Meaning or Explanation (EN): stiffness, sullenness
Usage (EN): Thá an donas air le dúracht, ní labharfadh se séimhialta leat. = He is so "stiff" that he wouldn't speak civil to you.
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dútha
Meaning or Explanation (EN): district, locality
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dútha
Meaning or Explanation (EN): district territory
Usage (EN): Ar fuaid na dútha. Thá an dútha siubhalta aige.
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dúthchas
Meaning or Explanation (EN): native, what one gets from parentage
Usage (EN): Thá sé ann ó dhúthchas. = ..got from his parentage. Is dual (dúthchas) do a bheith 7rl. = It is "kind" for him 7rl.
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dúthchas
Meaning or Explanation (EN): hereditary
Usage (EN): Rud a bheith ionnat ó duthchas. = What you inherited, .i. as regards nature etc. not something got by inheritance. Thá sé ó dhúthchas ins na Tóibínig a bheith crom-shlinneánach. Briseann an dúthchas trí shúile an chait.
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dúthchas
Meaning or Explanation (EN): heredity
Usage (EN): Rud athá i nduine ó dhúthchas - heredity. Thá an ghadaidheacht ann ó dhúthchas. = Being a thief is hereditary in him. Sprionnlóir iseadh é ó dhúthchas.
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