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rath

-a, sm Prosperity, fortune, success, increase, profit, advantage, good luck. 2(AF) Shoal. 3 Surety. 4 Character. 5 Wages. Is beag rath a bhitheas ort, your success will be very precarious; is beag rath a rinn e dhomh-sa, it did very little good to me; chaidh e bho rath, he went to pigs and whistles; mac-rath, a lucky, fortunate person; rath éisg, a shoal of fish; is duilich rath a chur air neach a dh'aindeoin, you can't make a man lucky against his will — in spite of the strong general belief in fate and luck, there are several Gaelic proverbs to the effect that a man makes his own fate or luck or that one who makes no effort himself cannot have good luck.

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