Irish–English dictionary

drantán

A low-pitched hum or buzz.

draoi

(historical) One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.

draoibeach

Resembling or characteristic of a mire; swampy, boggy. [from 14th c.]

draoibeáil

(transitive) To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).

draoidín

(dated, or, humorous) A detestable person.

dras

Waste or impure matter.

dreach

(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding. [from 19th c.]

dreachadh

The act of delineating; depiction.

dréacht

A work of music, literature or art. [from 17th c.]

dréacht molta

Speaking highly of someone or something; the act of praising or commending someone or something.

dream

A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.

dreancaid

A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.

dreasaigh

(transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.

dreige

A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star. [from 16th c.]

dreigeoideach

(astronomy) A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere

dreigít

A metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteoroid.

dréim

Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.

dréimire fir

(informal) A tall, thin person.

dréimire gorm

Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).

dréimreach

Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees

dreoilín

(countable) The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.

dreoilín teaspaigh

In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder Caelifera, particularly those in the family Acrididae.

dríodar

The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.

dríodar caife

The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.

dríodar cainte

(uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.

driog

To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.

driseachán

(anatomy) The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon, but before leaving the body through the anus or cloaca.

drisíneach

Easily exasperated or excited.

drisíneacht

The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability.

drisiúr

(UK) An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.

drithle

A short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.

drithligh

(intransitive) To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.

droch-

(semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.

droch-tuar

Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.

drochamhras

doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread

drochbhainistiú

The process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly.

drochbhéas

Bad or immoral behaviour.

drochbhéasach

impolite; lacking consideration for others

drochbholadh

a strong foul smell; a stink.

drochghnáthú

Bad or immoral behaviour.

drochghníomh

That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.

drochmheas a bheith agat

To regard with contempt or scorn.

drochmheasúil

Deserving contempt.

drochmhúineadh

The treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way, or incorrect behaviour in public.

drochmhúinte

impolite; lacking consideration for others

drochrath

(uncountable) Bad luck.

drochshúil

(idiomatic) An unpleasant or disdainful look or expression, often directed at someone.

drochthailte

(geomorphology) An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.

drogall

Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.

drogallach

Careful, cautious, shy, wary.

drogha

A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; a snell.

droichead sróine

(anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.

droichead tógála

A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it).

droim

The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

droimín

A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.

droinse

(veterinary medicine) A dose or draught of liquid medicine administered to an animal.

drol

A lock, tress.

drolach

With the hair in ringlets.

drólann

(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)

drólanna

(anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.

dromadaire

The single-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius).

dromchla

(mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions.

dromlach

Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.

drón

An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

drongadóir

A member of a criminal or street gang.

dronlíneach

In a straight line.

dronuilleach

(geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.

dronuilleog

(geometry) Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.

dros

Waste or impure matter.

drualus

(countable, uncountable) Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum).

drúcht

(uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.

drúchtín

Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell. [from early 18th c.]

druga

A small wave; a ripple.

druibleáil

(countable, sports) The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.

druid

A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.

druilire

The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.

druinneach

A woman who works with a needle; a female embroiderer, sewer, etc.

drúisiúil

Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.

druma bongó

Either of a pair of small drums of Cuban origin, played by beating with the hands.

drumadóir

(musician) One who plays the drums.

druncaeir

A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.

druncaeireacht

The state or characteristic of drunkenness.

drúth

One who performs in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.

duáilceach

(archaic) Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.

duairc

Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.

duaithnigh

(transitive) To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing its appearance.

dual

The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.

dualach

Full of knots; knotty.

dualeolaíocht

Synonym of ethics (“the study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct”). [from c. 1826]

dualgas

(countable, uncountable) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.

duanach

Having a pleasant melody or sound; tuneful.

duarcán

Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.

duartan

A heavy rain.

dúbail

(transitive) To make a copy of.

dúbailte

Having two parts (two principal or main parts).

dubh súiche

An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.

dubhaigh

(transitive, causative) To make dirty.

dubhghlas (dúghlas)

Having a dark, bluish appearance.

Dubhlinn

(metonym) The government of the Republic of Ireland.

dúch cudail

(uncountable) A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish. [from 1820s]

dúchan

(pathology, dated) A diseased condition of the face or skin; specifically, bleeding under the conjunctiva of the eye, a form of skin rash, or a palsy of the face due to cold.

dúchas

Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.

dúchasach

Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.

dúchroíoch

Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.

ducht

A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another

dufair

A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals; a tropical rainforest.

duga

(geography) An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin.

dugaire

A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.

dúghafach

Having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others.

Dúghlas

A place name or the name of a geographical feature, often given after a person, notably held by:

dúghorm

(countable, and, uncountable) A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue.

duibheagán

(geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.

duibheagánach

Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening.

duibhéan

Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).

dúiche

A particular geographic region.

dúiche theorann

Land near a border; marches.

dúil

The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.

dúile

(in the plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.

duille

A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye.

duilligh

To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book); also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of (a book); to folio, to page, to paginate.

duillín

(botany) A small plant leaf.

duilliúr

The leaves of plants.

duillsilteach

(botany) Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.

dúilmhear

Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.

duine

An animal that is full-grown.

duine aosach

An animal that is full-grown.

duine ardéirime

(countable) Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.

duine as Maenmar

(chiefly, in the plural) A person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent.

duine buile

(slang, countable) An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.

duine déanfasach

Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome.

duine den lucht siúil

(Ireland) A member of an indigenous nomadic ethnic minority in Ireland, the Pavee.

duine faoi mhíchumas

(nonstandard) One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)

duine fásta

An animal that is full-grown.

duine gan foghlaim

(by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field.

duine gan phósadh

One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community. [from 1869]

duine garchlainne

A child of someone's child.

duine gorm

(countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.

duine muinteartha

Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.

duine seachanta

(India) A member of the lowest and most discriminated caste in traditional Indian society.

duine uasal

(chiefly, _, historical) A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK, _, law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight.

duineata

(comparable) Having the nature or attributes of a human being.

duiniúil

(comparable) Having the nature or attributes of a human being.

dúisigh

(transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.

duivé

(British, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada) A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especially in US English.

dul ar saoire

(intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.

dul ar stailc

(transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.

dul sa chathaoir

(intransitive) To act as president or chairperson.

dúlagar

(psychology, usually, uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future; any of several mental disorders with this state of mind as a central feature.

dúlagrán

(pharmaceutical drug) A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity.

Dúlais

Douglas, the capital city of the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC3875).