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Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Noun
uiread m (genitive singular uiread, plural uireadan)
- certain amount, measure, so much, as much
- chaill sinn uiread de thìde ― we lost so much time
- tha (a cheart) uiread againne ’s a tha agaibhse ― we have just as much as you
- tha a chòig uiread de dhaoine a’ fuireach ann an Nepal, seach Alba ― five times as many people live in Nepal as in Scotland
Derived terms
Preposition
uiread
- (mathematics) times, multiplied by
- 4 uiread 2 a' dèanamh 8 ― 4 times 2 makes 8
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