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son

prep. impr. & adv (air son) adv For, because of, on account of. 2 For the purpose of. 3 Because, because that. Air son || mo chodach-sa dheth, for my part of it; air son tighinn dhachaigh, for the purpose of coming home; air son || dithis, as for two, in the matter of two; air son || teicheadh, for the purpose of decamping, as a reward or penalty for deserting; air son dithis no triùir is coma leam có aca, as for two or three I don't care as to which of them; air son || sin dheth, as for that matter; carson? why? wherefore? on what account? air son siud fhéin, because I judged it right; air son falbh, as a reward for going, in order to go; carson seo? why so? on whose account is this? air son sgillinn, as to a penny, for a penny. [Son, where marked || above, — from * are mostly bad idiom influenced by for in English — MM].

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