ar mhaithe le

Irish

Alternative forms

  • mar mhaithe le

Pronunciation

Preposition

ar mhaithe le (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

  1. 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)
      [It is] 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

Inflection

Inflection of ar mhaithe le
Person: simple emphatic
singular first ar mhaithe liom ar mhaithe liomsa
second ar mhaithe leat ar mhaithe leatsa
third m ar mhaithe leis ar mhaithe leis-sean
f ar mhaithe léi ar mhaithe léise
plural first ar mhaithe linn ar mhaithe linne
second ar mhaithe libh ar mhaithe libhse
third ar mhaithe leo ar mhaithe leosan

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 52
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