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a group of five people in Irish

cúigear

a group of five people

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Tá cúigear daltaí as láthair.

Five pupils are absent.B1

Bhí cúigear spiairí lonnaithe timpeall na tíre faoi ainmneacha bréige.

Five spies were based around the country under false names.B1

2° Ní cead níos mó ná aon duine dhéag ná, faoi chuimsiú forálacha Airteagail 19 den Bhunreacht seo, níos lú ná cúigear de chomhaltaí Sheanad Éireann a thoghadh as aon rolla áirithe.

2° Not more than eleven and, subject to the provisions of Article 19 hereof, not less than five members of Seanad Éireann shall be elected from any one panel.C1

Cúigear do dhéanamh quorum do chruinnithe den Choiste Bainistí sin.

That five form a quorum for meetings of such Committee of Management.B2

Trí baill den Choiste Bainistí is quorum i gcóir gnótha ghnáthaíochta, agus cúigear i gcóir aon ghnótha atá ina ghnó ar leithligh dar eis an gCathaoirleach.

Three members of the Committee of Management shall form a quorum for ordinary routine business, and five for any business which, in the opinion of the Chairman of the Committee, may be considered of a special nature.C1

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You may also meet these forms of cúigear in a sentence.

Base form
cúigear
Séimhiú
chúigear
Urú
gcúigear
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