Irish word

dlí

law

nounmasculine/dʲlʲiː/

dlí means “law” in Irish and is used as a noun. Its recorded IPA pronunciation is /dʲlʲiː/.

Mutation forms

Ba léir gur sháraigh siad an dlí.

It was obvious that they had broken the law.

Bhagair sí an dlí orainn.

She threatened to take us to court.

Bhris tú an dlí.

You broke the law.

Sháraigh an trádalaí an dlí.

The trader broke the law.

Tá dlí ann a chuireann cosc air seo.

There is a law that prohibits this.

Society

páirtí

party

comhairle

advice

cás

case

acht

decree

rialtas

government.

stát

state

údarás

authority

conradh

league

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