Irish–English dictionary

ear

The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.

éaradh

(psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.

earc

(chiefly, in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.

Earcail

(Greek mythology) : Son of Zeus and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.

earcaíocht

The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.

earnáil

(mathematics) A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.

Earnán

A en given name; popular in the 19th century.

Earós

(Greek god) The god of love and sexual desire; son of either Erebus and Nyx or Aphrodite and Ares. His Roman counterpart is Cupid.

earótach

Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.

earótachas

the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused

earr

(often, in combination) Having a tail.

earra

An object, a member of a group or class.

earra ionaid

A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.

earrach

(countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.

earraí

(business, economics) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.

earraí potaireachta

Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.

earráid

(usually, in the plural) A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections. (The items thus listed will sometimes be corrected in subsequent print runs, if any occur; they are then called reprint corrections.)

earráid chló

A typographical error. [from late 19th c.]

earráideach

Given to whimsy.

earraíocht

(archaic) Trade in merchandise.

eas

The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.

éasafagas

(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.

easanálaigh

(intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.

éasc

(geology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.

easca

(geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.

éascaí

(astronomy) Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.

eascaine

A vulgar epithet.

éascaíocht

Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily.

eascairdeas

Discontent; unrest.

eascaiteolaíocht

(uncountable) The study of the end times—the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse, or the Last Judgment.

eascann

Any freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.

eascaoin

Violent; not careful or subtle.

eascra

A flat-bottomed, straight-sided, glass vessel, with a lip and often a small spout, used as a laboratory container.

eascróg

A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.

Easdras

(biblical) any of four books of the Old Testament and Apocrypha of the Bible.

easláinte

A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.

easna

A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.

easnamh

(countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.

easóg

A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.

easpa

(pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

easpa cleachtaidh

A lack of experience.

easpa cumhachta

The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power.

easpa muiníne

A lack of confidence in oneself.

easpa taithí

A lack of experience.

easpach

Having one or more defects.

easpacht

(uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness.

easparta

A religious service, most commonly seen in the Anglican or Episcopal Church, that takes place in the early hours of the evening; originally, and sometimes still, an alternative name for vespers or a service combining vespers and compline.

easpórtáil

(uncountable) The act of exporting.

easpórtálaí

One who, or that which, exports: especially a person who or organization that exports or sells goods made in one country for delivery in another country.

easraigh

(transitive) To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.

Eastóin

A country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Official name: Republic of Estonia.

Eastóinis

(uncountable) The Uralic language that is the official language of Estonia.

Eastónach

Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language.

éastraigin

(steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.

éastras

(countable, and, uncountable, biology) A female animal's readiness to mate.

easumhal

Not obedient.

easumhlaíocht

Refusal to obey.

easurramach

Not obedient.

Eaxodus

(biblical) The departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt under the leadership of Moses.

Eazrá

(book of the bible) The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.

ECAT

Acronym of North Atlantic Treaty Organization

eibhear

(rock) A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz. Usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole. Granite is quarried for building stone, road gravel, decorative stone, and tombstones. Common colors are gray, white, pink, and yellow-brown.

Eibhlín

A en given name.

Eibhlís

A en given name, popular since the 16th century.

eibleacht

A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.

éicea-

ecology or the environment (in the ecological sense)

éiceachóras

A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.

éiceolaíoch

Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.

éiceolaíocht

(biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.

éici-

ecology or the environment (in the ecological sense)

eicidneach

Any of the species of small spined monotremes in the family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.

éiclips

Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.

éiclipteach

(astronomy) The plane in which this great circle lies.

eicteaplasma

(parapsychology) A visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.

éide

Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.

Éideapús

(Greek mythology) A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.

eidheann

Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera.

eidhneachán

Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera.

eidhneán

Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera.

Éidin

(biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.

éidreorach

Of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak. [from 16th c.]

eif

The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

éifeacht

(sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.

éifeachtach

Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.

éifeachtúil

(formal) Effective; possessing efficacy. [from 1520s]

éigeansa

Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.

éigeantas

An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.

éigeart

Not fair, just or right.

éighníomhaíocht

The state of being passive.

éigin

(stressed) A certain, an unspecified or unknown.

éiginnte

Not yet determined; undecided.

Éigipt

A country in North Africa and West Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo.

Éigipteach

Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

Éigiptis

The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt

éigreideamh

(obsolete) Lack of religious belief.

éigrinn

Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate.

éigríonna

Not prudent; lacking prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not paying attention to the consequences of one's actions.

éigrit

Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.

eil

The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

eile

Not the one or ones previously referred to.

eileatram

A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.

Éileictre

(Greek mythology) Any of several mythical women, including a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, one of the Pleiades, and one of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.

eilifint

A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.

eilifintiúil

Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of elephants.

Eiliosaibeit

The mother of John the Baptist according to the Christian and Islamic scriptures

éilipseach

In a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval.

Eilís

A en given name, popular since the 16th century.

eilit

(informal) A tall, thin person.

éilitheoir

(law, UK, _, historic, otherwise, current) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.

éilligh

(transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.

Eilvéis

A country in Western Europe and Central Europe. Official name: Swiss Confederation. Capital: Bern (de facto).

Eilvéiseach

Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.

eim

The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.

éimear

(rock) An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.

eimhear sléibhe

A plant of the genus Ambrosia. These weeds are particularly noted for producing pollen that triggers hay fever.

Éimin

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.

éimír

A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.

ein

The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.

éinstéiniam

A transuranic chemical element (symbol Es) with atomic number 99: a soft, silvery, paramagnetic metal.

eintiteas

That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.

eintreach

Of, relating to, within, or by way of the intestines.

Eipeafáine

A en given name.

eipeagraf

An inscription, especially on a building.

eipeasóid

An installment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.

eipidéimeach

(figurative) Like an epidemic: widespread in a bad way.

eipidéimeolaíocht

(sciences) The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.

Éire

A large island in northwestern Europe.

eireaball

An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.

eireaball cóiméid

An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.

eireaballach

(zoology) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.

Éireannach

Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people.

eireog

(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.

eirgeanamaíocht

The science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury. [from c. 1950.]

éirí

(uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.

éirí na gealaí

The time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon.

éirí na gréine

The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

eiriceach

Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.

eiriceacht

(religion) A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs.

eiriciúil

Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.

éirigh

(intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.

éirigh as

(transitive, or, intransitive) To voluntarily leave (a job or position), in particular a hard-fought position of high status. [from 14th c.]

éirigh brúite

(intransitive) Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.

éirigh crua

(intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set.

éirigh stalcánta

(figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.

éirim

Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.

éirimiúil

Endowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities.

éirimiúlacht

Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.

Éirinn

A large island in northwestern Europe.

éiritheach

(typography, graphology) The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.

éiritheacht

The state of being rebellious.