past
noun
1 noun historyscéal masc1 stair fem2 he's researching his family's past tá sé ag déanamh taighde faoi scéal a theaghlaighshe has a past tá scéal ag baint léithe country has a turbulent past tá stair chorrach ag baint leis an tír 2 noun LING tenseaimsir chaite past continuous tense aimsir ghnáthchaiteadjective
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3 adjective no longer existingthart the danger is past tá an chontúirt thart 4 adjective previoushis past attempts failed theip ar na hiarrachtaí a rinne sé cheana, theip ar na hiarrachtaí a rinne sé roimheshe has a past history of epilepsy bhí titeamas uirthi roimhe seo, bhí titeamas ag dul di san am a caitheadhtheir past performance isn't great níor éirigh go rómhaith leo go dtí seo 5 adjective just previousover the past month le mí, le mí anuasthe past two years have been hard bhí rudaí crua le dhá bhliain anuas 6 adjective formeriar- prefpast pupils iarscoláirí mpl4a past winner of Corn Uí Riada iarbhuaiteoir Chorn Uí Riada
adverb
7 adverb gone bythey've been living here for several years past tá siad ina gcónaí anseo le blianta beaga anuas, tá siad ina gcónaí anseo le roinnt bliantahe worked with her in years past bhí sé ag obair léi blianta ó shinI haven't seen her for many a long year past ní fhaca mé í leis na blianta fada 8 adverb agoó shin it happened about two years past tharla sé tuairim is dhá bhliain ó shin 9 adverb in clock timesi ndiaidh tar éis I'll be leaving between eight o'clock and ten past beidh mé ag imeacht idir a hocht agus deich i ndiaidh a hocht 10 adverb expressing passage of timethere's not a day goes past when we don't think of you níl lá dá dtagann nach smaoinímid ortas the years go past le himeacht na mblianta 11 adverb from one side to otherthar bráid thart they drove past thiomáin siad thar bráidI watched the world go past bhreathnaigh mé ar an saol ag dul thar bráid, d'amharc mé ar an saol ag dul thartpreposition
12 preposition moving beyondshe went straight past the village chuaigh sí díreach thar an sráidbhaile 13 preposition beyond specified stagehe couldn't get past the front door ní raibh sé in ann dul níos faide ná an doras tosaightemperatures rose past 30 degrees d'ardaigh an teocht os cionn 30 céim 14 preposition beyondthe food was past its sell-by date bhí an dáta faoinar cheart an bia a bheith díolta caite 15 preposition beyond scope ofhe's past rescuing now ní féidir tarrtháil a thabhairt air anoisshe's past caring is cuma sa sioc léi, is cuma sa riach léiit's past belief tá sé dochreidte 16 preposition in clock timei ndiaidh tar éis he rang me at half past nine this morning scairt sé orm ag leath i ndiaidh a naoi ar maidin, ghlaoigh sé orm ag leathuair tar éis a naoi ar maidinit's past my bedtime tá sé thar am agamsa dul a chodladh