an dà latha
Scottish Gaelic
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Noun
[edit]an dà latha m (genitive singular an dà latha, no plural)
- great change, reversal, turnabout, transformation (of circumstances)
- nach ann orra a thàinig an dà latha? ― haven't circumstances changed for them? hasn't a great change come over them?
- cha robh duine a-riamh gun dà latha ― everyone has their ups and downs
- abair dà latha! ― what a difference!
- 's fhada bhon dà latha sin! ― long time no see! (comparable to 's fhada bhon uair sin but more emphatic)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dà, latha.
- an ceann dà latha ― in the course of two days