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Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireas na daoine

We live in one another's shelter.

Quote the dictionary’s form when you want the older, archival flavour.

Ar scáth achéile a mhaireas na daoine We live in one another's shelter. AOIFE & PÁDRAIG · 18 IÚIL 2027 Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireas na daoineSeanfhocal · Irish proverbSay it: err skaw a KHAY-leh a WAR-us na DEE-nehÓ Dónaill 1977 · seanfhocail.ie

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About this saying

This is the shelter proverb as Ó Dónaill prints it, with the older relative verb ending (mhaireas) a survival from an earlier state of the language that dictionaries preserve. The form in general modern use, Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine, has its own record. Both are real; the difference is register, like quoting the King James beside a modern translation.

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