déan rud ar
Irish
Etymology
Literally ‘to put a thing on (someone)’
Verb
- to obey (someone’s) wishes
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 196:
- « Is truagh cráidhte », ar sise, « nár dheineas rud ar m’athair. […] »
- “It is a great pity,” she said, “that I did not obey my father. […] ”
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 196:
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “rud”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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