uiread

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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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uiread m (genitive singular uiread, plural uireadan)

  1. certain amount, measure, so much, as much
    chaill sinn uiread de thìdewe lost so much time
    tha (a cheart) uiread againne ’s a tha agaibhsewe have just as much as you
    tha a chòig uiread de dhaoine a’ fuireach ann an Nepal, seach Albafive times as many people live in Nepal as in Scotland

Derived terms

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Preposition

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uiread

  1. (mathematics) times, multiplied by
    4 uiread 2 a' dèanamh 84 times 2 makes 8

See also

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