air sàilleabh

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Scottish Gaelic

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Preposition

air sàilleabh (+ genitive or possessive determiner)

  1. (chiefly Uist) on account of, because
    Cha b' urrainn dhomh dol ann air sàilleabh 's nach robh airgead gu leòr agam.
    I couldn't go because I didn't have enough money.
  2. as a consequence of
    Bha i a' faireachdainn tinn air sàilleabh an teasa.
    She felt poorly as a consequence of the heat.

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