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Irish
Pronunciation
Preposition
ar mhaithe le (plus dative, triggers no mutation)
- for the sake of, for the good of
- ar mhaithe lena anam ― for the good of his soul
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 6
- ə wα̃hə l′eihə hein′ ə n′i:s ə kαt krɔ:nαn
Ar mhaith léithe féin a níos an cat crónán. (conventional orthography)- for her own sake that the cat purrs.
- (literally, “…makes a purr”)
- N′i: gə ho̤mlα:n ə wα̃hə l′eʃ ə wUNtæʃt′ə αχ wα̃hə l′eʃ ə f′l′eiʃu:r
ní go hiomlán ar mhaithe leis an bhuntáiste ach [ar] mhaithe leis an phléisiúr (conventional orthography)- not altogether for the sake of profit but also for pleasure
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