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August 18 2010, 7:09 AM

Hi, I am teaching myself Irish, and am just starting to read An Trial by Máiread Ní Ghráda. There's a sentence in Radharc a haon "An príosúnach a bheidh os bhur gcomhair tá coir uafásach á cur ina leith" I don't understand "á cur ina leith" Can anyone give me a clue, go raibh míle maith agat, Seosamh

August 18 2010, 7:21 AM

joe90 wrote:Hi, I am teaching myself Irish, and am just starting to read An Trial by Máiread Ní Ghráda. There's a sentence in Radharc a haon "An príosúnach a bheidh os bhur gcomhair tá coir uafásach á cur ina leith" I don't understand "á cur ina leith" Can anyone give me a clue, go raibh míle maith agat, Seosamh

It is a bit of a tricky one in some ways. :ja:

For instance, i leith is under leath in the dictionary (but also under coir in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla).

rud a chur i leith duine "to attribute something to someone, to impute something to someone, to charge someone with something"

tá coir uafásach á cur ina leith "he/she has been charged with/accused of a terrible crime" literally "a terrible crime is being imputed to him/her"

August 29 2010, 12:07 PM

Breandán wrote:
joe90 wrote:Hi, I am teaching myself Irish, and am just starting to read An Trial by Máiread Ní Ghráda. There's a sentence in Radharc a haon "An príosúnach a bheidh os bhur gcomhair tá coir uafásach á cur ina leith" I don't understand "á cur ina leith" Can anyone give me a clue, go raibh míle maith agat, Seosamh

It is a bit of a tricky one in some ways. For instance, i leith is under leath in the dictionary (but also under coir in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla).

rud a chur i leith duine "to attribute something to someone, to impute something to someone, to charge someone with something"

tá coir uafásach á cur ina leith "he/she has been charged with/accused of a terrible crime" literally "a terrible crime is being imputed to him/her"

Go raibh míle maith agat a Bhreandán. Tuigim anois... bhfuel nearly. B'fhéidir tá an leabhar seo ró deacair dom, ach tá mé ag radharc cúig anois, agus ta ceist eile agam faoi radharc ceathair. Dúirt sí an mháthair "ní ormsa is cóir aon phioc den mhilleán a chur" I understand this as "not is on me any share at all of the blame to be put" nó bealach eile " it's not my fault at all" ach feicim it could mean rud eile, slán

August 29 2010, 16:19 PM

I think you've basically got the gist of it.

cóir here means "just, fair, right"

ní ormsa is cóir aon phioc den mhilleán a chur "It isn't right to put any of the blame on me" literally "it is not on me (emph.) that it is right to put a jot of the blame."

cóir can also mean "should"

So it could also be translated "none of the blame should be put on me".

Hope this helps.

Others may have more insight ...

August 29 2010, 17:25 PM

Let's see if I've got it right...

I would have used it like so: Cuireadh ina leith gur bhris sé fuinneog an ghluaisteáin He was accused of breaking the car's window. Is that OK?

August 29 2010, 17:29 PM

Perfect.

August 29 2010, 17:33 PM

scoobytyson wrote:Perfect.

Thanks.

August 29 2010, 18:27 PM

"...fuinneog an chairr" :lach:

August 29 2010, 20:27 PM

Errigal2466 wrote:"...fuinneog an chairr"

Ní maith liom an focal sin a úsáid. Ní tharlóidh sé fad is atá anáil á tharraingt agam! :lol:

August 29 2010, 23:16 PM

Gumbi wrote:
Errigal2466 wrote:"...fuinneog an chairr"

Ní maith liom an focal sin a úsáid. Ní tharlóidh sé fad is atá anáil á tharraingt agam!

Ní ligfidh mé duit mo charr a dhriveáil, so :lach:

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