déan rud ar
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally ‘to put a thing on (someone)’
Verb
[edit]- to obey (someone’s) wishes
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 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. […] ”
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rud”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN