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Irish word

feidhm

use

nounfeminine/fʲəimʲ/

feidhm means “use” in Irish and is used as a noun. Its recorded IPA pronunciation is /fʲəimʲ/.

Definitions

  • need
  • effect
  • service
  • function
  • business

Mutation forms

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Base formfeidhm
Séimhiúfheidhm
Urúbhfeidhm

feidhm in context

Níl feidhm orm aon lá oibre a dhéanamh le mo sholas. Tá mé i mo sháith den tsaol.

I don't have to work a single day for as long as I live. I am rich.

B2

11 Ní cead don Uachtarán aon chumhacht ná feidhm dá mbronntar air le dlí a oibriú ná a chomhlíonadh ach amháin ar chomhairle an Rialtais.

11 No power or function conferred on the President by law shall be exercisable or performable by him save only on the advice of the Government.

C1

foluíonn an focal “Reacht” Acht de Pháirlimint na Breataine ag a bhfuil feidhm dlí i Saorstát Éireann chó maith le hAcht den Oireachtas.

the word "Statute" includes Act of the British Parliament having the force of law in Saorstát Eireann as well as Act of the Oireachtas.

B2

(3) Ní bheidh éifeacht ná feidhm in aon cheapa Iontaobhuithe ná Iontaobhuí dá ndéanfar fén alt so ag an Athair Micheál O Síocháin, O.F.M., roimh-ráite mara molfaidh agus go dtí go molfaidh an t-Aire Airgid an ceapa san.

(3) No appointment of Trustees or a Trustee by the said Reverend Michael Sheehan, O.F.M., under this section shall be valid or effectual unless and until such appointment is approved of by the Minister of Finance.

C1

agus na forálacha atá leagtha amach sa Naoiú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so i dtaobh oiriúnú Achtanna beidh feidhm aca chun an dlí d'oiriúnú d'fhorálacha an Achta so.

and the provisions set out in the Ninth Schedule to this Act with respect to the adaptation of Acts shall have effect for the purpose of adapting the law to the provisions of this Act.

C1

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