faoi mhaise

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faoi mhaise

  1. happy, contented
    Synonym: faoi shéan
    Athbhliain/Nollaig faoi mhaise (dhuit/dhaoibh)! ― Happy new year!/Merry Christmas!
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 198:
      « Seadh, a chéile chneasta », ar sise, « ó tánn tú agam-sa ag baile anois, agus sinn fé mhaise agus ár leanbhín, beidh síothchán agus suaineas againn go deireadh ár laethe ».
      “Yes, dear husband”, she said, “since I have you at home now, and since we are happy and our baby , we will have peace and tranquility to the end of our days.”
  2. flourishing

References

  1. ^ “fá mhaise”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ “fé mhaise”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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