Irish word

pósta

married

adjectivemasculine/ˈpˠoːsˠt̪ˠə/

pósta means “married” in Irish and is used as a adjective. Its recorded IPA pronunciation is /ˈpˠoːsˠt̪ˠə/.

Mutation forms

Tá mé pósta agus tá beirt pháistí agam.

I am married and have two children.

An bhfuil tú pósta?

Are you married?

Chuir sé cuairt ar a chlann, iad go léir pósta um an dtaca sin.

He visited his children, all of them married by that time.

Thit sí i ngrá le fear pósta.

She fell in love with a married man.

Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil sí pósta.

I know that she is married.

Family

ársa

aged

dúthrachtach

earnest

coibhneasta

relative

leanbaí

childish

daltach

having foster children

aontumhach

celibate

neamhdhlisteanach

unlawful

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