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EXACT MATCHES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
mí-ádh, m. (gs. -áidh). Ill luck, misfortune. Tá an ~ air, he is unfortunate. Bhí an ~ ag siúl, ag rith, leo, they were dogged by misfortune. Dá mbeadh sé de mhí-ádh ort é a chailleadh, if you should have the bad luck to lose it. Mar bharr ar an ~, as ill luck would have it. (Var: gs. ~a)
PHRASES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Mar bharr ar an ádh, ar an mí-ádh, as luck, ill-luck, would have it.
Chuimil an mí-ádh liom, I met with misfortune.
An té ~ dual an mí-ádh, he who is unfortunate by nature.
Is ~ an mí-ádh nuair a thiocfaidh sé, let us not go out of our way to meet misfortune.
~b air atá an mí-ádh, he is so unlucky.
Tá an mí-ádh ag siúl leis, he is dogged by ill luck.
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