ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Mar mhaithe le d’~, for the sake of your soul.
Ar ghrá Dé, ar mhaithe leis féin, for the love of God, for his own sake.
Ar mhaithe leis féin a bhíonn an ~ ag crónán, ‘a cat purrs for its own benefit’.
Mar mhaithe leis an g~, for the common good.
Ar mhaithe leat féin, for your own sake.
Ar mhaithe le, for the good of, for the sake of.
Bheith ar mhaithe le duine, to have s.o.’s interest at heart.
Ar mhaithe leis féin a bhí sé, he was thinking of his own good.
Ar mhaithe lena shláinte, for the sake of his health.
Ar mhaithe leat féin ná déan é, for your own sake don’t do it.
~ mhaithe leat féin, for your own sake.