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fair

adjective
adverb
noun
phrases
adjective
1 adjective of trial, competition: equitablecothrom adj1  c m ucóir adj  c m ufair trial triail chothrom, triail chóir 2 adjective of person, action: impartialcothrom adj1  c m udíreach adj1  c m umacánta adj3  c m uféaráilte familiar adj3  c m uhe was fair to them all bhí sé cothrom leo go léir, chaith sé go macánta leo uile
Taispeáin iontráil iomlán 
3 adjective of price, question, point: reasonablecothrom adj1  c m ucóir adj  c m uceart adj1  c m uféaráilte familiar adj3  c m uit's not fair to blame them níl sé ceart an milleán a chur orthua fair price praghas réasúnta 4 adjective (of amount) considerablea fair proportion of the crowd cuid mhór den slua, roinnt mhaith den slua 5 adjective moderately goodmeasartha adj3  c m ucuibheasach adj1  c m uréasúnta adj3  c m uthey had a fair start to the season chuir siad tús sách maith leis an séasúr 6 adjective likely to be accuratemaith adj1  c m uréasúnta adj3  c m uI had a fair idea it'd be like that bhí tuairim mhaith agam gur mar sin a bheadh sé 7 adjective of hair, skin: light in colourfionn adj1  c m ubán adj1  c m ushe has fair hair tá a cuid gruaige fionn, tá sí fionn 8 adjective MET of weather: finebreá adj  c m uthe weather was fair bhí an aimsir go breá, bhí bun maith ar an aimsir 9 adjective MET (of wind) favourableto sail with a fair wind seoladh le cóir ghaoithe 10 adjective literary or humorous beautifula fair maid literary ógbhean álainn, bruinneall literary fem2
adverb
11 adverb informal veryiontach  c m uan-  c m uthar a bheith  c m ushe's fair sick of her job tá sí tinn tuirseach dá post, tá sí bréan go maith dá post
noun
12 noun also COMM, BUS-ADM eventaonach masc1  c m ubook fair aonach leabharhorse fair aonach capall
phrases

all's fair in love and war

proverb nuair is crua don chailleach, caithfidh sí rith

all the fun of the fair

also ironic spórt agus spraoian chraic uiligan pléaráca ar fad

be fair

'Be fair!' said Rónán. 'Bí réasúnta!' arsa Rónán.

by fair means or foul

ar ais nó ar éigeanar dhóigh nó ar andóigh

you can't say fairer than that

is doiligh sin a bhualadhní bhfaighidh tú níos fearr ná sinis deacair a shárú sin a fháilis deacair barr a bhaint de sin

fair and square

go cothrom cóirgo ceart cothromgo macánta  c m uhe beat me fair and square bhuail sé go ceart cóir mé

a fair bit

go leor  c m uit cost a fair bit chosain sé go leor, chosain sé pingin mhaith

fair comment

is fíor duittá an ceart agat

fair do's

(BRITAIN)an ceart choíchean fhírinne choíche

fair dues

fair dues to you! maith thú!, nár lagaí Dia thú!, Dia go deo leat!, mo ghraidhin go deo thú!

fair enough

1 conceding sth is fairhe had to pay for it but that's fair enough b'éigean dó díol as ach ní miste sin, b'éigean dó íoc as ach diabhal dochar ann sin, b'éigean dó íoc air ach sin é an ceart 2 before stating reservationceart go leor  c m ufair enough, but shouldn't you ask first? tá sin ceart go leor, ach nár cheart duit ceist a chur ar dtús?

a fair few

lear maithneart  c m ulear mór  c m umeasarthacht  c m uthere were a fair few there from Mayo bhí roinnt mhaith as Maigh Eo ann, bhí neart de mhuintir Mhaigh Eo annshe scored a fair few points scóráil sí lear cúilíní, scóráil sí slám maith cúilíní

fair's fair

níl ann ach an ceartcaithfear a bheith ceart cóiran chóir go deofair's fair, she asked first níl ann ach an ceart, is ise a chuir ceist ar dtús

fair old

measartha  c m uwe were going at a fair old pace bhíomar ag imeacht sách sciobtha, bhíomar ag dul measartha gasta, bhí siúl ceart fúinn

fair to middling

measartha maithcuibheasach gan a bheith maíteach

to have a fair idea

barúil láidir a bheith agattuairim mhaith a bheith agatI have a fair idea of what's involved tá barúil mhaith agam cad é atá i gceist

your fair share of sth

do chion féin de ruddo sheacht sáith de ruddo chuid féin de ruddo sciar féin de rudshe had her fair share of life's troubles bhí a cion féin de thrioblóidí an tsaoil aici, bhí a dóthain féin go maith de thrioblóidí an tsaoil aici

to be in a fair way to do sth

he's in a fair way to becoming manager ní fada go mbeidh sé ina bhainisteoir de réir cosúlachta

it's a fair bet

it's a fair bet that he'll be late bíodh geall go mbeidh sé mall, chomh dócha lena mhalairt beidh sé déanach, cuirfidh mé geall leat go mbeidh sé déanach

it's fair to say that ...

is fíor go ...is fíor a rá go ...it's fair to say that this is a new idea is fíor gur smaoineamh nua é seo, ní mór a rá gur smaoineamh nua é seo

it's only fair

is den cheart éis den mhúineadh éis cuíit's only fair to let you know that I can't be there shíl mé gur cheart a rá leat nach dtig liom a bheith ann

to play fair

an ceart a dhéanamhbheith díreach macántathe banks should play fair with customers ba cheart do na bainc a gceart a thabhairt do chustaiméirí, ba chóir do na bainc plé mar is ceart le custaiméirí

to be set fair

1 of weatherbun maith a bheith ar an aimsirthe weather was set fair for the weekend bhí cuma air go mbeadh aimsir mhaith ann ag deireadh na seachtaine 2 of situationbheith réidh  c m ubheith i gcóirour team is set fair for the championship tá an fhoireann s'againne faoi réir don chraobh, tá gach cuma air go mbeidh an fhoireann s'againne sa chraobh

there's a fair chance that ...

tá seans maith ann go ...tá an-seans ann go ...is dóigh go ...

to be fair

(also

let's be fair

) chun bheith macánta faoile bheith ionraic faoihe forgot about it and, to be fair, so did I rinne sé dearmad air agus, leis an gceart a dhéanamh, rinne agus mise; rinne sé dearmad air agus, leis an bhfírinne a rá, rinne agus miselet's be fair, she has her reasons lena ceart a thabhairt di, tá cúiseanna maithe aici; chun bheith macánta faoi, tá údar maith aici

with your own fair hands

humorous le do dhá lámh féinthis shelf was made with my own fair hands le mo dhá lámh féin a rinne mé an tseilf seo

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