EXACT MATCHES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
forty. 1 num.a. Daichead (followed by nom. sg.), dhá scór (followed by pl.). Forty years, persons, daichead bliain; dhá scór blianta. Forty-five years, cúig bliana agus daichead, agus dhá scór. 2 num.s. (A) daichead. He is forty, tá sé an dá scór. She'll never see forty again, tá an daichead fágtha ina diaidh aici. He is in his forties, tá sé i lúb an daichead. Forty-one, -nine, a haon, a naoi, agus daichead; a haon, a naoi, agus dhá scór.
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
The road is forty foot broad, tá an bealach dhá fhichead troigh ar leithead.
He is getting on for forty, tá sé ag tarraingt ar an daichead; tá sé i ngob an daichid.
He's gone forty, tá an daichead glanta aige.
He is going on for forty, tá sé ag druidim leis an daichead.
A forty horsepower car, carr daichead each-chumhacht.
Forty odd thousand, idir daichead agus leathchéad míle.
I reckon he is forty, déarfainn go bhfuil sé dhá fhichead bliain.
He is on the right side of forty, tá sé faoi bhun an daichid.
He will never see forty again, tá an daichead fágtha ina dhiaidh aige.
F: He is on the shady side of forty, tá an daichead fágtha ina dhiaidh aige.
On the right side of forty, faoi bhun an daichid.
He is something under forty, tá sé beagán faoin dá scór.
He is, has, turned forty, tá an dá scór caite, thairis, aige.
He is under forty, tá sé faoi bhun an daichid; níl an daichead fós aige.
To be on the verge of forty, bheith ag bordáil ar an daichead.
F: To have forty winks, néal a chodladh.