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1 determiner unspecified amountroinnt she has some money tá roinnt airgid aiciadd some salt cuir roinnt salainn leisI'll need some help teastóidh roinnt cabhrach uaim, beidh cuidiú éigin de dhíth orm 2 determiner unspecified numberroinnt I have some helpers tá roinnt cúntóirí agamI need some bigger stones tá roinnt clocha níos mó ag teastáil uaimShow full entry
3 determiner certaináirithe adj3 some people will like it taitneoidh sé le daoine áirithethere's no pleasing some people ní féidir daoine áirithe a shásamh, ní shásódh an saol cuid de na daoinein some cases i gcásanna áirithesome people like it, some people don't is maith le roinnt daoine é agus ní maith le roinnt eileI work some days but not others oibrím laethanta áirithe ach ní oibrím laethanta eile 4 determiner not knownéigin some man fell thit fear éiginhe's in some kind of trouble tá sé i dtrioblóid éigin, tá sé i dtrioblóid de shórt éiginit has some sort of an introduction tá réamhrá de shaghas éigin leisit contravened some rule or other sháraigh sé riail de chineál éigin 5 determiner considerablewe've been waiting for some time táimid ag fanacht le tamall maithhe spoke at some length labhair sé ar feadh píosa fada, thug sé tamall maith ag caintshe did it with some ease rinne sí go héasca é, rinne sí gan ródheacracht éthere's still some way to go tá go leor le déanamh fósit's been like this for some years now tá sé mar seo le tamall de bhlianta anois 6 determiner small, limitedéigin áirithe adj3 it's having some effect tá éifeacht éigin aige, tá éifeacht áirithe aigeI hope it was of some help tá súil agam gur chabhair éigin éit was worth it, to some extent b'fhiú é, go pointe áirithe 7 determiner ironic , informal not muchsome friend you are! nach breá an cara thusa!some luxury this is! bí ag caint ar chompord!some comfort that was for us ba bheag an sólás é sin againn 8 determiner informal remarkableshe's some singer is iontach an t-amhránaí íthat was some craic! a leithéid de chraic!, cad é mar chraic!, bí ag caint ar chraic!
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9 pronoun non-specific amount or numberroinnt cuid fem3 I have food, would you like some? tá bia agam, ar mhaith leat roinnt de?; tá bia agam, an dteastaíonn cuid de uait?I still have some tá roinnt fós agamwill you take some more? an mbeidh tuilleadh agat?, ar mhaith leat níos mó? 10 pronoun a certain amount or numberroinnt cuid fem3 some melt but others don't leánn roinnt acu ach ní leánn roinnt eile, leánn cuid acu ach ní leánn cuid eilesome of them have been sold tá cuid acu díoltasome of you are still learning tá roinnt agaibh fós ag foghlaimfor some, it's a fundamental right i dtaca le daoine áirithe, is ceart bunúsach ésome of it is unsuitable tá roinnt de neamhoiriúnach, tá cuid de nach bhfuil feiliúnachsome left but some stayed d'fhág méid áirithe ach d'fhan tuilleadhsome more than others roinnt níos mó ná a chéilesome old, some new roinnt nua, roinnt sean; cuid acu nua, cuid acu seanadverb
11 adverb approximatelytimpeall tuairim is thart ar we had some fifty cars bhí tuairim is caoga carr againn 12 adverb (US), informal to some extentbeagán píosa stand back some seas siar beagánit's changed some tá sé athraithe píosa