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breis
Meaning or Explanation (EN): loss, damage
Usage (EN): Do bhris a thabhairt isteach, to make good your loss(es).
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breith
Usage (EN): Act of bearing, carrying, taking, bringing forth, laying (eggs); birth. Nuair nach mbeidh breith ar a aithreachas aige, when it is too late for him to repent. Gach lá ag breith buaidhe ar an lá eile, every day getting worse. Ní raibh ann ach breith nó fág, it was a case of do or die. Ag breith bárr ar, Excelling. Tá na cearca ag breith, The hens are laying. Tá an bhó ar bhéalaibh breith, the cow is on the point of calving.
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breith
Meaning or Explanation (EN): judgement, decision, sentence
Usage (EN): A bhreith féin, his own estimate or judgement. Breith dhamanta, sentence of eternal damnation. Beir do bhreith! Pronounce your decision!
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breitheamh
Meaning or Explanation (EN): judge, arbiter
Usage (EN): Dia ina bhreitheamh orm, God be my judge.
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breitheamhnas
Meaning or Explanation (EN): decision, judgement
Usage (EN): Fuair sé ar a bhreitheamhnas féin é, he got it for what he offered. Lá an Bhreitheamhnais, the Day of Judgement. Breitheamhnas Dé orm!, ar m'anam, Upon my soul!
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breodhadh
Meaning or Explanation (EN): act of sickening, enfeebling
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breoite
Meaning or Explanation (EN): ailing, sick, in failing health
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breoiteacht
Meaning or Explanation (EN): chronic illness
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brí
Meaning or Explanation (EN): Power, strength, vigour, force, virtue, efficacy, substance, essence
Usage (EN): Gan bhrí, without substance or strength, null, without force or binding power. Sin brí an scéil, that is the gist of the matter. De bhrí de, whereas, so you see. De bhrí de nach dtáinig sé, because he did not come. Sin brí mo shiúil, that is why I have come. Fé bhrí do mhionna! Upon your oath! Chuir sé an t-iomlán acu fá bhrí na guidhe, he blamed (or praised) them all without exception. Dá bhrí sin, on that account. Chaill an fíon a bhrí, the wine has lost its strength, its essence. Is beag an bhrí dó é, it will not help him much.
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briathar
Meaning or Explanation (EN): a word
Usage (EN): Ar mo bhriathar, upon my word of honour. Prov: Ní bhreathnaíonn na briathra na bráithre, friars will not live on texts; fine words will not feed a hungry mouth.
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