is éigean
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Irish[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Phrase[edit]
is éigean (past and conditional b'éigean, negative ní héigean)
- it is necessary, one must, one has to
- An éigean dul ann?
- Is it necessary to go there?
- B’éigean dom é a scríobh.
- I had to write it.
- Is éigean do mo mháthair labhairt leat.
- My mother must speak to you.
Usage notes[edit]
- The subject of English must or have to is rendered as the object of the preposition do following éigean; the verb is rendered as a verbal noun.
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Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éigean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN