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geàrr-ùine
- short-term
geàrr-ùine f (genitive singular geàrr-ùine)
- short term
- Also used to convey the meaning of recent:
- anns a' gheàrr-ùine a dh'fhalbh - in the recent time (literally "in the short term that went")