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esteem in Irish

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Additional definitions

  • an opinion
  • an evaluation

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Tugann sé meas sclábhaí orm.

He treats me like his slave.A2

Meas tú an bhféadfainn labhairt leat, go príobháideach, le do thoil?

Could I speak to you, in private, please?B1

Tá meas ag cách ar Ailgéaraigh.

Algerians are universally respected.A2

An bhfuil meas agat ar na gardaí?

Do you have respect for the police?A2

Tá meas agam ar do chuid oibre.

I admire your work.A2

Forms & mutations Treigladau / Claochluithe

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

Base form
meas
Séimhiú
mheas
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