seacht míle
LeathnathCeannfhocail
Cur síos
Tamall fada; i bhfad.
Samplaí corpais
D'á ghéire thabharfá tuairim fé'n gcaint a bhéadh le teacht uaidh, nuair a thiocfadh an chaint bhéadh sí seacht míle ó'n dtuairim.
Úsáid
Cuireann 'seacht' béim bhreise ar an nath.
Crostagairtí
Samplaí breise
3. (Used as intensifying adjective) Rinne mé mo sheacht ndícheall leis, I did the very best I could with it.
Like 3 and 9 treated as a potent and formal number; 7 crosses were used for consecrating altars (5 acc. to L. B.), and groups of ecclesiastical ruins are called "seven churches"; 7, as also 4, was a favourite Celtic number in public organisation (O' Leary).
2. Faoi sheacht, a sheacht n-oiread.
335. Splendid as it was outside, it was far and away more so within. Má b'aluinn ó'n dtaobh amuich é ba sheacht n-áluinne 'ná san ó'n dtaobh istigh é.