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conj. ‘but’ 5.2, 19.7, etc.; acht cheana ‘but moreover’, ‘however’ 4.14, 5.8, 24.23, 49.16; acht créd “though” 52.10; acht gidh ‘even though’ 8.1; acht go ‘but rather that’ 31.21; after neg. ‘unless’, ‘except’ 25.2, 25.4; for neg. constructions combining subst. vb., prep. i, and acht, see i; for those combining copula, amháin, and acht, see amháin

Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma: Seaán Ó Cearnaigh's Irish primer of religion, published in 1571. Editor: Brian Ó Cuív.

conj., but, yet; after negat., ‘nothing but,’ ‘only,’ 432; heightened by cheana, 558; --acht gé (gidh, giodh, ciodh), ‘even though,’ 968, 1222, 2522, 2900, 5445, 7582, 7796; acht go, ‘provided that,’ ‘if only,’ 2430, 7649, 10517; acht muna, ‘unless,’ 358, 2654, 5107, 9121, 10145

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.