ar mhaithe le

Irish

Alternative forms

  • mar mhaithe le

Preposition

ar mhaithe le (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

  1. for the sake of, for the good of
    ar mhaithe lena anamfor the good of his soul
    • Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 6.
      ə wα̃hə l′eihə hein′ ə n′i:s ə kαt krɔ:nαn
      (conventional orthography) Ar mhaith léithe féin a níos an cat crónán.
      [It is] for her own sake that the cat purrs. (literally, …makes a purr)
      N′i: gə ho̤mlα:n ə wα̃hə l′eʃ ə wUNtæʃt′ə αχ wα̃hə l′eʃ ə f′l′eiʃu:r
      (conventional orthography) Ní go hiomlán ar mhaithe leis an bhuntáiste ach [ar] mhaithe leis an phléisiúr
      not altogether for the sake of profit but also for pleasure

Inflection

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