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1 conjunction linking alternatives, possibilitiesnó tea or coffee tae nó caifethis or that seo nó siúd, é seo nó é siúd, a leithéid seo nó a leithéid siúdor both nó iad araon, nó an dá cheann, nó an péireyou may speak Irish or English or both féadfaidh tú Gaeilge nó Béarla nó iad araon a labhairt, féadfaidh tú Gaeilge nó Béarla nó an péire acu a labhairttalking or shouting ag caint nó ag béicílas long or as short as you wish chomh fada nó chomh gearr agus is maith leathow or why? cén chaoi nó cén fáth?, cén dóigh nó cad chuige?did you hear or see anything? an bhfaca tú nó ar chuala tú dada?we don't tell them whether it's good or bad ní deirimid leo cé acu maith nó olc atá sé► (with negative)
ná we had nothing to eat or drink ní raibh aon bhlas le hithe ná le hól againn 2 conjunction linking alternative conditionsnó I forget whether it's true or whether I made it up ní cuimhin liom cé acu atá sé fíor nó ar chum mé éthe country was the same, war or not ba mhar a chéile an tír, bíodh sé ina chogadh nó ná bíodhI don't know whether I was talking or not níl a fhios agam an raibh mé ag caint nó nach raibh, níl a fhios agam cé acu a bhí mé ag caint nó nach raibhdo you want your dinner or not? an bhfuil do dhinnéar uait nó nach bhfuil?rain or no rain the dogs wanted to walk bhí fonn siúil ar na madraí bíodh báisteach ann nó ná bíodh, bhí fonn siúil ar na madraí ba chuma fliuch nó tirim éTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 conjunction in approximations or uncertaintiesnó once or twice a week uair nó dhó sa tseachtainone or two families teaghlach nó dhóin the sixth or seventh century sa séú nó sa seachtú haoisa week or so seachtain nó mar sin, tuairim is seachtain, thart ar sheachtain, thart faoi sheachtainsomeone or other duine amháin nó duine eile, duine éiginsomehow or other I knew you'd come ar bhealach éigin bhí a fhios agam go dtiocfá, ar dhóigh éigin bhí a fhios agam go dtiocfáit wasn't hot or anything like it ní raibh sé te ná dada mar é, ní raibh sé te ná aon rud dá leithéid, ní raibh sé te ná aon rud mar é 4 conjunction introducing bad consequencenó take it easy or you'll hurt yourself glac go réidh é nó gortóidh tú thú féin 5 conjunction linking examples, synonyms, explanationsnó Seosamh Mac Grianna or Joe Fheidhlimidh as he is better known locally Seosamh Mac Grianna nó Joe Fheidhlimidh mar is fearr aithne air sa cheantarit's just the common or garden variety níl ann ach an gnáthchineál 6 conjunction following explanationmurach sin nó he wasn't a local or he'd have recognised us níorbh as an áit é nó d'aithneodh sé muid; níorbh as an áit é, murach sin d'aithneodh sé muidI had to stop on the way or I would have been there sooner murach go raibh orm stopadh ar an tslí bheinn ann ní ba luaithe 7 conjunction introducing correction or additionnó she had an excellent game - or should I say an excellent second half! bhí an-chluiche aici - nó ar cheart dom a rá an-dara leath!he talked to her for an hour, or rather he listened to her bhí sé uair an chloig ag caint léi, nó ba chirte a rá ag éisteacht léi 8 noun (also OR) COMP Boolean operatorOR foreign