ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Cé mór mo mheas air, much as I admire him.
~ mheas, onóir, held in esteem, in honour.
Do mheas a thabhairt ar rud, to give one’s estimate of sth.; to state one’s considered opinion of sth.
Ba mhaith liom do mheas a fháil ar an obair seo, I would like you to tell me what you think of this work.
Cad é do mheas orthu? What do you think of them?
Is é mo mheas (go), I estimate (that).
Fad, méid, luas, a mheas, to estimate length, size, speed.
Earraí a mheas, to value goods.
Rud a mheas ar a chosúlacht, to judge sth. by its appearance.
Duine a mheas de réir a thomhais féin, to take s.o. at his own valuation.
Mheas tú go cruinn é, you judged it correctly.
Mheas mé go dtiocfá, I concluded that you would come.
Mheas sé gar a dhéanamh dúinn, he thought to do us a good turn.
An é sin an rud a mheas tú a rá? Is that what you intended to say?
1. Is ~ mo mheas air, I respect him all the more for it.