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farmad

-aid, sm Envy, grudge at another's success. 2 Malice. Cùis fharmaid, an enviable object; gabh farmad ris, envy him; is e farmad a nì treabhadh, emulation makes ploughing — one man's achievements spurs on his neighbour to similar deeds; an cunnart a chaidh seachad, is cùis fharmaid e, a past danger is an enviable danger — enviable in the sense that it is nice to talk about it.

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Beachdan nam fileantach/Fluent speaker judgements: 2
Chan eil mi eòlach air an fhacal seo idir / I don't know this word  0 %
Tuigidh mi am facal seo ach cha chleachd mi e / I know this word but don't use it  0 %
Tuigidh is cleachdaidh mi am facal seo / I know this word and use it  100 %

Chaidh a chur an cèill gu bheil am facal seo a' buntainn ris na faclan-luirg a leanas / This word has been judged relevant to the following search terms:
Facal-luirg/Search termBreith buntainneis
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Àireamh nam breith buntainneis
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aithris 100
farmad 100
envy 50
report 50
quote 50