Irish–English dictionary

á

The name of the Latin script letter A / a.

a bhfuil éisteacht agat

Able to hear, as opposed to deaf.

a chairde

A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.

a chara

A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.

a chéile

(reciprocal pronoun) To one another; one to the other; signifies that a verb applies to two or more entities both as subjects and as direct objects:

a lán

(informal) A large amount.

a-

Not, without, opposite of.

aa

(volcanology) A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe. [From 19th c.]

Aaron

A surname transferred from the given name.

Ab

(Judaism) The eleventh month of the civil year and the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Tammuz and before Elul.

abacas

A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc. [from late 17th c.]

abach

The internal organs of an animal, especially the intestines. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

abacht

The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

Abadón

The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon;[First attested from 1350 to 1470]

abair aoibh

(photography) Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.

abair cáis

(photography) Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.

abair grian

(photography) Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.

abair le

(transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.

abairt

(grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied. In modern writing, when using e.g. the Latin, Greek or Cyrillic alphabets, typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation. [from 15th c.]

abairtín

(grammar) A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.

ábaltacht

(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

abarach

Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.

abarlach

(dated) One who is uncareful or unconcerned about appearance or surroundings, usually said of a dirty and untidy woman.

abarthacht

the quality of being witty

abdhaine

The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

abdómain

Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral. [Mid 18th century.]

abdóman

(obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly. [mid 16th c. – late 17th c.]

Abdullah

A en given name.

abhacád

The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.

ábhacht

Comical quality.

abhaicín

Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.

abhaile

(internet) To the home page.

ábhal

Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.

ábhalmhór

Extremely large or on a great scale.

ábhann

(music, poetry) Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, etc.

ábhar

A kind of substance.

ábhar datha

A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder.

ábharachas

Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.

ábharaíoch

Having features typical of philosophical materialism.

ábhartha

Related to a topic of discussion or consideration.

ábharthacht

The quality of being pertinent.

abhcóide

Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]

abhlann

(Christianity) The sacramental bread used in the Eucharist; the host.

abhlóir

An uncultured person; a vulgarian.

abhlóireacht

The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.

abhógach

Not reliable.

abhraiseach

Agent noun of spin; someone or something who spins.

abhras

(uncountable) A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.

abhus

(location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.

ablach

The body of a dead animal, especially a vertebrate or other animal having flesh.

ablálaí

A clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler.

Abrahám

(Abrahamism) A prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch son of Terah who practiced monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac by Sarah and the Arab patriarch Ishmael by Hagar. [first attested prior to 1150]

Abrám

Abraham (prophet in the Old Testament). [First attested prior to 1150.]

abstanaid

The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]

abú

Used to express approval, joy or victory.

abúlacht

Something clever, or done cleverly.

ác

A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.

acadamhaí

A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts. [from 17th c.]

acadóir

A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

acadúil

In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.

acaicia

(countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

acáise

(countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

acalaí

(Christianity) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.

acaointeach

Filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.

acarsóid

(nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.

acastóir

The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.

ach

Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context.

ach amháin

Used to introduce an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

ach amháin go

Used to introduce a clause, phrase, verb infinitive, adverb or other non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

ach oiread

(conjunctive, after a negative) As well.

Acháb

A king of Israel, mentioned in the Bible.

achainí

The act of entreating or beseeching; a strong petition; pressing solicitation; begging.

achainigh

(intransitive) Often followed by for: to ask earnestly or to beg for a benefit, favour, etc.; to appeal, to plead.

achainíoch

(of a person) Given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding.

achair

To beg or request for (something).

achar

(mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.

achasán

(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.

achasán a thabhairt

(transitive) To criticize or rebuke (someone).

achasánach

Implying or expressing censure.

achoimre

(authorship) A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.

achoimrigh

(ambitransitive) To summarize or repeat in concise form.

achoimriú

(theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.

achomair

Concise; taking few words. [from 15th c.]

achomaireacht

An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

achomharc

An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.

achomharcach

(law) of or relating to appeals; appellate

achomharcóir

(law) a litigant or party that is making an appeal in court

achrann

The state or condition of being entangled; intricate and confused involution.

achrannach

Showing or having the impulse to be combative.

acht

Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".

achtachán

The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.

achtaigh

To command by a decree.

achtú

The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.

achtúire

A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions.

aclaigh

To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.

aclaíocht

skillfulness or ease of ability.

acmhainn

The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.

acmhainneach

(nautical) Fit for service at sea.

acmhainneacht

A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).

acomhal

A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.

acordán

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

acra

Any of various similar units of area in other systems.

acrach

Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.

acrainm

(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.

acraíocht

An area of land measured in acres.

Acrapoil

The Athenian Acropolis. (Compare acropolis.)

Acrapolas

The Athenian Acropolis. (Compare acropolis.)

acústach

(music) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification or the need thereof.

acústaic

(physics) The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws.

adamhach

(physics, chemistry) Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.

adamhaigh

(transitive) To make into a fine spray.

ádh

Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.

ádh mór ort

Used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement; a benediction or valediction.

adhain

(transitive) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.

adhaint

The act of igniting.

adhainteoir

Any device that is used to ignite something, especially a fuel mixture, or a charge of explosive

adhair

(transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.

adhair a thabhairt do

(transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.

adhairt

A large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape.

adhall

An ardent desire, especially sexual desire; lust.

adhaltrach

(broadly) One who commits adultery.

adhaltranaigh

(transitive) To corrupt, to debase (someone or something).

adhaltranas

(narrowly) Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry

adhantach

Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.

adharc

(coarse, slang) An erect penis. [from mid-20th c.]

adharcach

(slang) Sexually aroused, with or without physical manifestation; experiencing a feeling of sexual desire.

adharcacht

(slang, vulgar) The state, quality, or extent of being horny or sexually excited.

adharcán

An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.

adhartán

A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.

adhascaid

(medicine) Early morning nausea and vomiting as a symptom of pregnancy.

adhascaideach

Nauseated; having an urge to vomit. [from 20th c.]

adhastar

A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.

adhastrach

Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.

adhbh cheoil

A device used to produce music.

adhfhuafar

Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.

adhfhuathaigh

(transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

adhlacóir

A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.

adhlaic

To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.

adhmad

(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.

adhmad gallchnó

Wood of the walnut tree.

adhmad tine

Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.

adhmadóireacht

(uncountable) Working with wood.