ar mhaithe le

Irish

Alternative forms
  • mar mhaithe le

Pronunciation

Preposition

ar mhaithe le (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

  1. for the sake of, for the good of
    ar mhaithe lena anam ― for 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
      Ar mhaith léithe féin a níos an cat crónán. (conventional orthography)
      [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
      ní go hiomlán ar mhaithe leis an bhuntáiste ach [ar] mhaithe leis an phléisiúr (conventional orthography)
      not altogether for the sake of profit but also for pleasure

Inflection
Inflection of ar mhaithe le
Person Normal Emphatic
1st person sing. ar mhaithe liom ar mhaithe liomsa
2d person sing. ar mhaithe leat ar mhaithe leatsa
3d sing. masc. ar mhaithe leis ar mhaithe leis-sean
3d sing. fem. ar mhaithe léi ar mhaithe léise
1st person pl. ar mhaithe linn ar mhaithe linne
2d person pl. ar mhaithe libh ar mhaithe libhse
3d person pl. ar mhaithe leo ar mhaithe leosan

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 52
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