Irish–English dictionary

cúlchlár

(basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.

cúlchríoch

The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.

cúlghabhálach

Affecting or influencing past things; retroactive.

cúlghairm

An act or instance of revoking.

cúlra

One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.

cúlsolas

One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.

cultas

(chiefly, derogatory) A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader.

cúltír

The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.

cúlú

(economics) A period of reduced economic activity

cuma

(legal) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance

cumaí

Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.

cumann

A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.

cumannach

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

cumarsáid

(uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.

cumas

(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).]

cumas aimsithe

The ability to shoot accurately at a target.

cumas luamháin

A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot.

cumas scórála

The ability to shoot accurately at a target.

cumasach

Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.

cumasc

The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.

cumha

Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]

cumha (i ndiaidh an bhaile)

The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.

cumhacht

Extreme force.

cumhachtach

Having, or capable of exerting, power or influence.

cumhdach

A protective organ, structure, or covering of an animal or plant, for defense or offense, like claws, teeth, thorns, or the shell of a turtle.

cumhdaigh

(figurative, law) To protect (an idea, ideal, or philosophy) within an official law or treaty.

cumhdaitheoir

One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).

cumhdaitheoireacht

The craft or business of upholstering furniture.

cumhra

That appeals to, or stimulates the appetite.

cumhracht

The scent of a particular wine.

cumhrán

A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.

cumrú

(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking

cumtha

Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.

cúnamh

(uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.

cúng

Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

cúnta

(phonology, of a phoneme or syllable) Inserted into a word.

cúntach

Helping; giving assistance or support.

cúntóir

A person who assists or helps someone else.

cuóta

A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.

Cupán

(constellation) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra.

cupán tae

A small cup, usually with a handle, commonly used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set.

cupard

A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items.

cúpla

A small number of (a set of countable items); more than one but not very many; especially, more than two but not very many (explained in usage note at several).

cur

(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).

cur amach

The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.

cur faoi scian

(medicine, usually, _, uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

cur i gcéill

(countable, or, uncountable) The action of pretending; false or simulated show or appearance; false or hypocritical assertion or representation.

cur isteach

Something that distracts.

cur na bhfiacla

(physiology) The eruption, through the gums, of the milk teeth; dentition.

cur sa chomhaireamh

(countable) An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.

cur san áireamh

(countable) An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.

cur síos

A graphic verbal description.

curach

(watercraft) A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.

curach chaol

(watercraft) A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.

curachán

(watercraft) A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.

curadh

Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.

curaí

One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.

cúraimí

(uncountable) The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).

cúram

(uncountable) The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).

curamach

Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.

cúramóir

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.

curca

A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.

curiarracht

The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.

curláil

(uncountable) A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice).

cúrsa

A series of lessons covering a single subject.

cúrsa timpill

A diversion or deviation from one's original route.

cúrsaí

The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.

cúscús

A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina.

cuspa

A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.

cuspóir

(category theory) An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).

cuspóireach

(grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.

custaiméir

A patron, a client; a person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.

custam

(dated, outside, UK) Habitual buying of goods from one same vendor.

custard

(by extension) A similar sauce made from milk and cornflour or custard powder (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat.

cúthail

Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.

d'acmhainn

Able to be afforded; inexpensive or reasonably priced.

d'aird a dhíriú

(intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).

d'aire a dhíriú

(intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).

d'aois

Having existed or lived for the specified time.

d'aon ghuth

Based on unanimity, assent or agreement.

d'aon toil

Based on unanimity, assent or agreement.

d'aon toisc

With intentionality, and deliberately, usually also with a connotation of due consideration and wise choosing.

d'aontoil

Based on unanimity, assent or agreement.

d'fhormhór

Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.

d’ainneoin

In spite of, despite.

dá

(degree) To whatever degree or extent.

dá + abstract noun, (is ea) is + comp.

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

dá bhrí sin

In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.

daba

A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.

dabhach

An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.

dabhach fholctha

A large container for holding water in which a person may bathe (take a bath).

dabht

(uncountable, countable) Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.

dabhtúil

Subject to, or causing doubt.

Dacár

The capital city of Senegal.

dachtal

A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.

Daedalas

(Greek mythology) Greek mythological figure who crafted the waxen wings of Icarus.

daeman

(computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.

Dafnae

(Greek god) A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus.

Dáibhí

(biblical character) The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of King Saul in the Hebrew Bible; the son of Jesse and the father of Nathan and King Solomon.

daibhir

Poor; destitute; in need.

daichead

The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.

daidí

(slang, obsolete) The person who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.

dáigh

Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.

daigh chroí

(pathology) A burning pain in the chest that is caused by stomach acid entering the gullet.

daighsín

A small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery.

dáileán

A printed sheet such as a leaflet or pamphlet, or a worksheet, that is given out free of charge (usually by hand) for a certain use, for example as an advertisement or for information.

dáilia

Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico.

daille

The condition of being blind; unable to see.

dailtín

(pejorative) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.

dailtíneach

Characteristic of a cad, discourteous, ungentlemanly, dishonorable.

dailtíneacht

The quality of being impudent, not showing due respect.

dáimh

An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.

Dainéil

A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.

dainfhreagrach

Not in accord or harmony; conflicting, incompatible.

daingean

A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.

Daingean Uí Chúis

A harbour town in County Kerry, Ireland and the peninsula on which it stands.

daingnigh

To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.

dáinséarach

Full of danger.

dair

The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

Dáirias

Any of several kings in Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, 6th to 4th century BCE.

dáiríre

Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.

dairt

An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old).

dais

(typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).

daite

Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.

Dáithí

(rare) A en given name, often combined with a feminine middle name (e.g. David Ann).

Dáiví

(biblical character) The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of King Saul in the Hebrew Bible; the son of Jesse and the father of Nathan and King Solomon.

dála an scéil

(conjunctive, idiomatic) Incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.

dalba

Shameless or impudent; shocking or audacious; brash. [from 1570s]

dall

(not comparable) Unable to see, or only partially able to see.

dallamullóg

Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

dallamullóg a chur ar

(transitive, colloquial) To deceive or dupe as a joke.

dalldramán

A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.

dallóg

A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

dallóg fhraoigh

Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.

dallóg fuinneoige

A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

dallradharcach

(figuratively) Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking foresight.

dallraitheach

Very bright (as if to cause blindness).

dallrú

(uncountable) An intense, blinding light.

dalltach

Very bright (as if to cause blindness).

Dalmáitis

An extinct Romance language that was once spoken in Dalmatia.

Dalmátach

Relating to Dalmatia or its people.

dálta

past of betroth

dalta airm

A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.

daltachas

A formal system by which a child is cared for, in a foster family, by people other than its own parents, but without being adopted.

Dáma

(British) The titular prefix given to a female knight

Damaisc

The capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE.

damáiste

Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.

damáisteach

Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.

damáistigh

(transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

damba

A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.