TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ionas, s. 1 = ionnas1 1. 2. (As adv.) ~ go, so that. ~ nach, so that . . . not. ~ go mbeidís slán, so that they might be saved. Cuir i dtaisce é ~ nach gcaillfear é, put it away lest it should get lost. Bhí sé crua orthu ~ gur imigh siad uaidh, he was hard on them with the result that they left him.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ionas go mbeadh ~ ar a fhaoistin, so that his confession might be valid.
Ionas go mb’fhusa an obair a dhéanamh, so that it would be easier to do the work.