ar eagla go

Irish

Conjunction

ar eagla go (negative ar eagla nach)

1. for fear that, lest
   • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:

     Bhí sé pósta ar sheisear ban i ndiaidh a chéile, acht do mharbhuigh sé alig an tsaoghal iad, ar eagla go mbeidheadh páistídhe ar bith aca.

     He was married to six wives, one after another, but he killed all-in-the-world of them for fear they should have any children at all.

2. just in case

Synonyms

• ar fhaitíos go