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  1. labhraim
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): I speak, I mutter
    Usage (EN): Ag labhairt fé n-a fhiacla. = Speaking "under his teeth". = speaking indistinctly. Ní bhfaghainn leath a dubhairt sé a thuisgint mar bhí sé a labhairt fé'n fhiacla. Ag labhairt go nimhneach fe'n fhiacla. = muttering venomously.
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  2. lacáiste
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): discount, abatement, reduction
    Usage (EN): Fuair na treontaithe lacáiste leath-choróinn sa púnt sa chíos. = The tenants got an abatement of a half-crown to the pound in the rent. Nuair a bhí me ag díol an bhille leis bhain sé scilling sa phúnt lacáiste as. = When I was paying the bill he took off a shilling to the pound discount.
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  3. lacáiste
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): discount, abatement, reduction
    Usage (EN): Fuair sé chúig phúint lacáiste sa chíos. = He got five pounds reduction in the rent. Fuair sé scilling sa phúnt lacáist = He got a shilling to the pound discount.
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  4. lách
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): amiable, pleasant mannered
    Usage (EN): Duine lághach (la:x). = a "friendly" person.
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  5. lách
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): pleasant mannered, pleasing
    Usage (EN): Is lághach an bhean í. = .i. She is "nice" and friendly. Bhí sí go lághach liom. = She was "nice" to me
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  6. lách
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): "nice", "handsome", civil, pleasant in manner
    Usage (EN): Bhí sí go lághach liom. = She was "nice" to me. Fear ana-lághach iseadh Seán, bíonn sé deas le gach aoinn = .i. He is "nice" to everyone
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  7. lách
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): amiable, courteous, affable
    Usage (EN): Fear lághach. = A "nice" man. (D'réir mo cuimhne bhí an "l" caol.) Is lághach an bhean í. = She is an amiable woman.
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  8. lách
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): Unbend
    Usage (EN): Bheith lághach. Gan a bheith "dorca" ná in a "dhuirc". D'iompuigh sé amach ana-lághach linn. Bhí sé ana-chairdeamhail liom rud nar ghnáthach leis. (Chlois me "l" caol i "lághach".) "leághach".
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  9. lách
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): affable, friendly
    Usage (EN): Bean lághach iseadh Máire = Máire is a "friendly" woman. Fear breagh lághach isead é. = He is a fine "approachable" man. = .i.e he wouldn't keep you "at a distance".
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  10. lách
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): pleasantness of manner, affable, amenable
    Usage (EN): fear lághach = a "friendly" man.
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