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Meaning of faoi | Babel Free

Preposition CEFR B1
fˠiː

Definitions

  1. under
    Connacht, Ulster, standard, triggers-lenition, with-dative
  2. about, concerning
    Connacht, standard, triggers-lenition, with-dative
  3. around, about
    triggers-lenition, with-dative
  4. times, multiplied by
    triggers-lenition, with-dative

Examples

“Up in the lighthouse, under twinkling stars, Bronach sings the Song of the Sea to her five-year-old son, Ben.”
“Cuir faoi do choim é.”

Put it around your waist.

“Chuir mé gad faoi mhuineál an chapaill.”

I put a halter around the horse's neck.

“a trí faoi a hocht”

three times eight

“faoi dhó”

twice, two times

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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