is maith le in Irish

Forms: ba mhaith le [conditional, past], ní maith le [negative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Literally ‘X is good with Y’ for ‘Y likes X’. The idiom goes back to Old Irish is maith la. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|is maith la}} Old Irish is maith la Head templates: {{head|ga|verb|past and conditional|ba mhaith le|negative|ní maith le}} is maith le (past and conditional ba mhaith le, negative ní maith le)

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "hate",
      "word": "is fuath le"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "is maith la"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish is maith la",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally ‘X is good with Y’ for ‘Y likes X’. The idiom goes back to Old Irish is maith la.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ba mhaith le",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ní maith le",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "past and conditional",
        "4": "ba mhaith le",
        "5": "negative",
        "6": "ní maith le"
      },
      "expansion": "is maith le (past and conditional ba mhaith le, negative ní maith le)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to like"
      ],
      "id": "en-is_maith_le-ga-verb-0W5OiILv",
      "links": [
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "would like",
          "word": "ba mhaith le"
        },
        {
          "english": "prefer",
          "word": "is fearr le"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "is ait le"
        },
        {
          "english": "like, love",
          "word": "is breá le"
        },
        {
          "word": "taitin le"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "is maith le"
}

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "hate",
      "word": "is fuath le"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "is maith la"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish is maith la",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally ‘X is good with Y’ for ‘Y likes X’. The idiom goes back to Old Irish is maith la.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ba mhaith le",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ní maith le",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "past and conditional",
        "4": "ba mhaith le",
        "5": "negative",
        "6": "ní maith le"
      },
      "expansion": "is maith le (past and conditional ba mhaith le, negative ní maith le)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "would like",
      "word": "ba mhaith le"
    },
    {
      "english": "prefer",
      "word": "is fearr le"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish multiword terms",
        "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Irish verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to like"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "is ait le"
    },
    {
      "english": "like, love",
      "word": "is breá le"
    },
    {
      "word": "taitin le"
    }
  ],
  "word": "is maith le"
}

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"is maith le" meaning in Irish

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