1 noun positive featurebua masc4 c m utairbhe fem4 c m uit has the virtue of simplicitytá de bhua aige go bhfuil sé simplí, tá de bhuntáiste aige go bhfuil sé simplí2 noun moral goodnesssuáilce fem4 c m u3 noun admirable qualitysuáilce fem4 c m upatience is a virtuefaigheann foighne fortacht
phrases
by virtue of
de bharr c m ude thairbheby virtue of his agede bharr a aoise
easy virtue
a woman of easy virtuebean scaoilte, bean atá fial lena cuid
to make a virtue of sth
(also
to make a virtue out of sth
)suáilce a dhéanamh de rudto make a virtue of necessity (also to make a virtue out of necessity)áil a dhéanamh den éigean