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uilig

uilig

Irish

Adjective

uilig (indeclinable)

  1. (Cois Fharraige) Alternative form of uile (all, entire)
    • 1988, Mícheál Ó Siadhail, Learning Irish, Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-04224-8, p. 38:
      [] bhí na gasúir bheaga uilig tuirseach agus cantalach. [] Má bhíonn an tseachtain uilig fliuch, deir na múinteoirí go mbíonn sé go dona.
      [] all the little children were tired and cranky. [] If the entire week is wet, the teachers say that it’s bad.

Adverb

uilig

  1. (Cois Fharraige) Alternative form of uile (altogether, entirely)
    • 1988, Mícheál Ó Siadhail, Learning Irish, Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-04224-8, p. 38:
      Tá neart múinteóirí anseo, cé nach bhfuil mórán gasúir uilig ann.
      There are a lot of teachers here, although there are not many children altogether there.