Pota Focal Intergaelic
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bás
MASCULINE NOUN
OPPOSITE: beatha
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death
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faigheann [duine] bás
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[somebody] dies
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tá mé ag fáil bháis!
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I am dying!
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sul a bhfuair sé bás
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before he died
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fuair sí bás le hailse
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she died of cancer
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faigheann [duine] bás le [rud]
faigheann [duine] bás de [rud]
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[somebody] dies of [something]
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tar éis bháis
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after death
dead
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tá sé tar éis bháis
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he is dead
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chun báis
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to death
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daoradh chun báis é
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he was condemned to death
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cuireadh chun báis iad
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they were put to death
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ag saothrú an bháis
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in the throes of death
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tá sé ag saothrú an bháis
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he is in the throes of death
Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms
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bás
MASCULINE NOUN
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GENITIVE SINGULAR
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báis
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NOMINATVE PLURAL
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básanna
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GENITIVE PLURAL
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básanna
Iontrálacha gaolmhara
Related entries
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lámh a chur i do bhás féin
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commit suicide
kill yourself
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cuireann [duine] lámh ina bhás féin
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[somebody] commits suicide
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chuir sí lámh ina bás féin
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she killed herself
STAITISTICÍ · STATISTICS
Is é bás an 200ú focal is minice úsáid sa Ghaeilge. Tagann sé chun cinn uair amháin i ngach 2,377 focal.
Bás is the 200th most frequently used word in Irish. It occurs once in every 2,377 words.
Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples
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fuair sí bás le hailse
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she died from cancer
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bás anabaí
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premature death
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Fuair sí bás.
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She died.
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Scríobh sé cuimhní cinn faoi champaí báis na Naitsithe.
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He wrote memoirs about Nazi death camps.
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bás nó beatha
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life or death
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Fuair m'fhear céile bás dhá bhliain ó shin.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
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My husband died two years ago.
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Tháinig eagla a báis uirthi.
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She became afraid of (her own) death.
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Fuair sé bás tobann gan choinne.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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He died suddenly and unexpectedly.
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Bhíodh siad faoi bhagairt an bháis go minic.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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They would often be in mortal danger.
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Bhí iar-Impireacht Aontas na bPoblachtaí Sóivéadacha Sóisialacha ag saothrú an bháis.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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The former Empire of the USSR was dying.
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Iomlán a bhfuair bás sa teach seo riamh.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
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Everybody who ever died in this house.
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bhí sé réidh le díoltas a bhaint amach as bás a athar
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he was ready to take revenge for the death of his father
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thosaigh an tsláinte ag meath air agus fuair sé bás
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his health started declining and he died
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tá trua agam don bhean bhocht a fuair bás
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I pity the poor woman who died
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Ba sa bhliain 1976 a cuireadh pionós an bháis ar ceal.
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The death penalty was abolished in 1976.
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Tá mé chun bás a fháil go luath.
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I am going to die soon.
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Ar do bhás ná lig uait é!
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
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For the life of you, don't let it get away from you!

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