d'fhonn is go

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠəun̪ˠ ɪsˠ ɡɔ/[1]

Conjunction

d’fhonn is go

  1. in the hope that, so that
    • 1933, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed 1938 in Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry by Marie-Louise Sjoestedt-Jonval, p. 193:
      Nuair a fuair sé bás, má bhí Máire brónach bhí sí sásta d’fhonn is go mbeadh an captaen óg le pósadh aici.
      When he died, even though Máire was sad, she was satisfied in the hope that the young captain would marry her.

References
  1. M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 175.
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