Irish–English dictionary

feidearálacht

Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.

féideartha

Able to be done in practice.

féidearthacht

The quality of being possible.

feidhm

What something does or is used for.

feidhmchlár

(computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)

feidhmeannas

A role; the position in which one functions.

feidhmeoir

(category theory) A category homomorphism; a morphism from a source category to a target category which maps objects to objects and arrows to arrows (either covariantly or contravariantly), in such a way as to preserve morphism composition and identities.

feidhmigh

To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.

feidhmiúil

Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.

feighlí

Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.

feighlí bó

A person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep; especially, the foreman among a group of such farmworkers, usually with more knowledge and experience.

feighlí páistí

A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.

feighlíoch

Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary

feighlíocht

The office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.

Féile Satairn

(historical) An Ancient Roman holiday honoring the deity Saturn.

féileacán

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]

feileastram

Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.

féilire

A list of planned events.

feiliúnach

pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful

feillbheart

An offensive, immoral or indecent act.

feillbhéasach

Not reliable.

féiltiúil

recurring at regular intervals

féimheacht

(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

feimineach

Relating to or in accordance with feminism.

feimineachas

A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of the sexes in all aspects of public and private life.

féin

Belonging to; possessed; acquired; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.

féin-

individuality, peculiarity, separateness.

féin-chomhfhiosach

Aware of oneself as an individual that exists in the real world.

féineach

Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.

féinfheasacht

The state or property of being self-aware; state of being aware of oneself as an individual.

féinfhios

The state or property of being self-aware; state of being aware of oneself as an individual.

féinghluaiseacht

(uncountable) The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.

féinghrá

Regard for oneself; love of oneself.

Féiníceach

Of, from, or related to the country or civilisation of Phoenicia.

Féinícis

The Semitic language spoken by the inhabitants of Phoenicia.

féinín

(informal, mobile phones) A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.

feinitíopa

(genetics, evolutionary theory) The appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and environmental factors, especially used in pedigrees.

féinlárnach

Egotistical.

féinmharfach

(of a voluntarily-chosen course of action) Highly likely to certain to result in the deaths of the participants; dangerous or reckless to such a degree as to be tantamount to suicide for those taking part.

féinmharfóir

(countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.

féinmharú

(countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.

féinmheas

Confidence in one's own worth; self-respect.

féinphic

(informal, mobile phones) A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.

féinriail

(government, countable) A self-governing country or region.

féinrialaitheach

Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, governing independently.

féinriartha

Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.

féinsmacht collaí

Moderation or self-restraint, especially in sexual activity; abstinence.

féinspéiseach

Tending to talk excessively about oneself.

féinspéisí

An egocentric or self-centered person.

féinspéisíoch

Caring about oneself and the gratification of one's own desires rather than others; selfish.

feirc

The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.

feireach

(chemistry) Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of +3.

féirín

Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.

feirm

(countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.

feirmeoir

A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm#Noun.

Feisire de Pharlaimint na hEorpa

(EU politics) Initialism of Member of the European Parliament.

feistigh

(transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like.

féith

A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something. [from 1580]

féith-chrapadh

A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.

féithchiúin

Not moving; calm.

feithicil

A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.

feithicleach

Of or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles, usually specifically cars and trucks; involving a vehicle.

feithid

(gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.

feithideolaí

A scientist who studies insects.

feithidicíd

A substance used to kill insects.

feithiditeoir

Insect-eating animal or plant.

feithidnimh

A substance used to kill insects.

féithleann

Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia

féithleog

Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.

féithpholladh

(hematology) The puncture of a vein, usually to draw a blood sample, collect a blood donation, or insert an intravenous line.

feochadán

This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.

feoilséantóir

A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products. [from 1839]

feolaire

A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).

feolaireacht

The butchering of meat.

feolamán

(colloquial, pejorative) Someone who is overweight.

feolmhar

Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.

feoras

Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.

fern

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

fí

Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually romanized as "ph".

fia

(countable) A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.

fia-chat

(UK) Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat.

fiabhras

(symptom) A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.

fiabhrasach

Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.

fiach

The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.

fiach dubh

A large all-black passerine bird in the crow family, Corvus corax.

fiach mara

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).

fiaclóir

A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.

fiafheoil

The meat of a deer, typically one that had lived in its own natural habitat.

fiafraigh

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

fiagaí

One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.

fiaghruagach

A male magic-user; a male witch; a wizard.

fiaile

(countable) Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.

fiáin

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

fiaire feá

(colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.

fial

A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)

fialsíoda

A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc.

fianaise

The fact or condition of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand.

fianaiseach

Of or providing evidence.

fiánta

Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.

fiántas

The state of being fierce.

fiar

(transitive) To bring something out of shape, to misshape.

fiara

(countable) A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.

fiarlán

A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions.

fiarshúil

The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.

fiarshúil a bheith ionat

(intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.

fiastalach

The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.

fíbín

An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.

fiche

Twenty (20).

ficheall

A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.

fichidí

The decade of the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc.

fichillín

(chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.

fichiú

The ordinal form of the number twenty.

ficsean

(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

fideog

(music) A type of small flute of the fipple family.

fideog adhmaid

(music) A type of small flute of the fipple family.

fidil

(string instrument) A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.

fidléir

One who plays the fiddle.

Fidsí

A country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Suva.

fíf

A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music

fige

The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds. [from 12th c.]

figh

(transitive) To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.

figiúr

The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

file

A person who writes poems.

fíligineacht

Evolutionary development of a species.

filiméala

A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.

Filipíneach

A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.

Filipínis

(uncountable) The national language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog.

Filistíneach

(historical) Originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines.

fill

(transitive) To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.

fimíneach

Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. [from early 13th c.]

fimínteacht

The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues.

fincín

Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.

fínéagar

(uncountable) A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.

fíneáil

A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.

finéal

A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.

fíneog

Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).

finíochas

The favoring of relatives (most strictly) or also personal friends (more broadly) because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.

fíniúin

The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.

finscéal

A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.

finscéalach

Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends.

fíochán

(biology) A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job.

fíodóir

Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.

fioghual

(countable, uncountable) impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen.

fiolar

Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.

fíon Burgúine

A variety of wine from this region, chiefly red wine made with pinot noir grapes.

fíon mormónta

A dry, or sweet apéritif wine flavored with aromatic herbs, and often used in mixed drinks.

fíonda

Pertaining to or having the characteristics of wine.

fíonghort

A grape plantation, especially one used in the production of wine.

Fionlainn

A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.

Fionlainnis

Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.