just. I1a.aCeart, cóir, fíréanta. It is only just, níl ann ach an ceart. If you can show just cause for it, má tá fáth maith agat leis. bA just remark, focal céillí, stuama. 2s.pl.Na fíréin mpl. The sleep of the just, codladh na bhfíréan. ►justly, adv.Go ceart, go cóir. To deal justly with s.o., a cheart a thabhairt do dhuine. He is famous and justly so, tá clú mhór air agus is maith a cheart air. II►just, adv.1aJust here, go díreach anseo. Just by the door, le hais an dorais. He is not ready just yet, níl sé réidh go fóill beag. Just how many are there?cé mhéad go díreach atá ann?I thought you were Irish-That's just what I am, shíl mé gurbh Éireannach tú -- Agus shíl tú an ceart. That's just it, (i) sin go díreach é; (ii) go díreach!Just so!go díreach glan!It's just the same, is ionann an cás é; tá sé chomh fada agus atá sé leathan. He did it just for a joke, le greann a rinne sé é; ní raibh ann ach greann. Just when the door was opening, go díreach nuair a bhí an doras á oscailt. b►Just as. (i) I can do it just as well as he can, tá mé in ann é a dhéanamh chomh maith céanna leisean. It would be just as well if he came, níorbh aon díobháil é a theacht. Just as you please!do chomhairle féin! mar a thogrós tú féin!Leave it just as it is, fág é go díreach mar atá sé. (ii) Just as he entered, go díreach agus é ag teacht isteach; ar an ala a tháinig sé isteach. cI can't do it just now, ní féidir liom a dhéanamh i láthair na huaire. I saw him just now, anois go díreach, anois beag, a chonaic mé é. Just then, ar an láthair sin. dIt was just splendid, bhí sé ar fheabhas ar fad. Won't you just catch it!nach romhat atá! nach tú a íocfas as!You remember? -- Don't I just!an cuimhin leat? is liom is cuimhin!2aJust before I came, go díreach sular tháinig mé. bHe has just written to you, níl sé ach tar éis scríobh chugat. I have (only) just come, anois mo theacht go díreach. I have only just heard it, anois go díreach a chualas é. I have just eaten, nílim ach tar éis éirí ón mbord. Just cooked, díreach tar éis a bhruite. (Of book) Just out, go díreach i ndiaidh a fhoilsithe. 3He was just beginning, ní raibh sé ach ag tosú. I was just finishing my dinner, bhí mé ar dheireadh mo dhinnéir. I am just coming, seo chugat mé. He is just going out, anois díreach atá sé ag dul amach. 4He just managed to do it, ar éigean a rinne sé é. I was only just saved from drowning, chuaigh mé faoi aon do mo bhá; dóbair go mbáifí mé. I've only got just enough to live on, níl agam ach ón láimh go dtí an béal; níl ach tarraingt mo láimhe ar éigean agam. You are just in time to . . ., in am a tháinig tú le ... 5aHe went just once, níor chuaigh sé ach aon uair amháin. Just a little drop, braon beag bídeach. Just give her a pair of gloves, is leor uait péire miotóg di. I just told him that..., dúirt mé anonn is anall leis go . . . bJust sit down, please, ar mhiste leat suí. Just listen!éist leis sin!Just look!féach féin air!