Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann

His like will not be seen again · Nee veh ah leh-hayd ah-reesh on

Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann means His like will not be seen again, and is said Nee veh ah leh-hayd ah-reesh on.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads There will not be his like again. Irish often puts a sentence together differently from English, so the literal reading rarely matches the meaning.

How to say it

Say it Nee veh ah leh-hayd ah-reesh on, written the way an English speaker would read it.

When you’d say it

The highest thing said of the dead in Irish, and you will hear it in a graveside oration. For a woman, a leithéid stays the same.

More like this

• Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam: May his soul be at God's right hand
• Go ndéana Dia trócaire air: May God have mercy on him
• Tá brón orm: I am sorry
• Ní maith liom do thrioblóid: I am sorry for your trouble

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