Irish–English dictionary

giobal

A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.

giobún

A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which they use to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.

giodalach

Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.

giodam

(informal) A person who fidgets, especially habitually.

giofóg

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

gíog

The short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.

giolc

(ambitransitive, social media) To post an entry to Twitter. [since 2007]

giolcach

(countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.

giolcach shléibhe

A plant of the species Cytisus scoparius.

giolcadh

The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.

giolla

A male employed to run errands.

giolla cóiste

(historical) A servant who runs in front of his master's carriage.

giolla na leisce

(slang) A person who is lazy.

giolla páipéar

A boy who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round.

giolla páirceála

(UK) A person who issues tickets for parking violations.

giolla stábla

A person who looks after horses.

giollacht

(uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.

giollán

A young male attendant at a wedding, generally between five and ten years of age. [from 20th c.]

gíománach

A footman, a liveried male servant.

gíománta

Not showing due respect; bold-faced, impertinent.

giomnáisiam

(formal) A large room or building for indoor sports.

gionach

A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

giongach

(intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.

gioradán

A mollusk of family Littorinidae.

giorra

(uncountable) The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief.

giorracht

(uncountable) The quality of being brief in duration.

giorraigh

(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

giorraisc

(informal) Irritable.

giorria

(uncountable) The meat from this animal.

giorria baineann

A female hare.

giorrú

(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]

giorrúchán

(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]

giosa

A young person.

giota

A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.

gíotáil

(often, in plural) A menial task or tasks, especially in the military.

giotár

(musical instrument) A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).

giotáraí

Someone who plays a guitar.

gírle guairle

(archaic) A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle.

girseach

(chiefly, Scotland, Northern England, Geordie, Northumbria) A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart.

Giúdach

A member or descendant of the Jewish people.

Giúdachas

An Abrahamic religion tracing its origin to the Hebrew people of the ancient Middle East, as documented in their religious writings, the Tanakh.

Giúdais

Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.

Giúdaise

Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.

giúiré

(law) A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.

giúis

Pinewood found preserved in a peat bog, formerly used as fuel and for making rope.

giúistís

A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.

giúmar

(uncountable) A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim.

giunta

The ruling council of a military dictatorship.

giúrann

A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.

glac

(formal) To take a share or portion. [with of or in]

glac suaimhneas

(transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.

glacach

That splits into two or more directions, or parts.

glacadán

The part of a telephone handset contained in the earpiece; (hence) the handset itself; an earpiece. [from 19th c.]

glacadh

(uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.

glacadóir

The part of a telephone handset contained in the earpiece; (hence) the handset itself; an earpiece. [from 19th c.]

glacán

(nautical, chiefly, British) A usually U-shaped pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock.

glácóma

(pathology) An eye disease or disorder that is defined as a characteristic optic neuropathy, or disease of the optic nerve, possibly, if untreated, leading to damage of the optic disc of the eye and resultant visual field loss due to lack of communication between the retina and the brain, which can lead to blindness.

glae

A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.

glaine

The state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.

glaineacht

The state of being physically clean and free of contamination or dirt; cleanliness.

glais lámh

A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.

glaise

A small stream; a streamlet; a gill.

glam

A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal.

glan

Transparent in colour.

glan soiléir

Clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity.

glantach

That cleanses.

glantóir deannaigh

An object, such as a cloth or a purpose-made soft and puffy pad or mitt, used for dusting surfaces etc.

glao

A telephone conversation; a phone call.

glaoch

A beckoning or summoning.

glaoigh

(intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.

glár

soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain

glas

Of a bluish grey color.

glas cinn

A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.

glas crochta

A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle

glas fiacla

(pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.

glas fraincín

A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle

glasadóir

One who practices locksmithing.

glasáil

(transitive) To fasten with a lock.

glasaire

One who practices locksmithing.

glasán

Any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.

glasar

A blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals.

glasbhuí

Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.

Glaschú

A major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland.

glasoileán

(geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

glasphluma

A plum cultivar with greenish-yellow flesh and skin, Prunus domestica subsp. italica var. claudiana.

glasra

A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense.

glé

Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.

gleacaí

A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.

gleann

A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a depression between hills; a dale.

gléas

(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

gléas caife

Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee.

gléas fótachóipeála

A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.

gléasra

A complex machine or instrument.

gléine

The quality of being bright.

gléineach

Very bright (as if to cause blindness).

gleo

A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.

gleoite

Lovable, charming, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.

glib

(chiefly, _, US, Philippines) Hair hanging over the forehead.

glic

Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.

gligín

A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container. [from 16th c.]

glinn

Exact, precise, accurate; keen.

gliogáil

(transitive, GUI) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.

gliogaire

One who prattles or is inclined to do so.

gliogar

(UK) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).

gliondar

The state of being glad; joy.

glioscarnach

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

gliú

A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.

gliúcálaí

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

gloine ard

A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.

gloine lampa

The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.

gloineach

Of or resembling glass; glassy.

gloiní

A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.

gloinigh

(transitive) To install windows.

gloiniú

(architecture) All the windows of a building.

glóir

Worship or praise.

glóiriam

(botany) A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See w:Iris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).

glóirigh

(transitive) To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).

glór

(language, dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.

glórach

(of a sound) Of great intensity.

glórshúil

(plural "walleye" or "walleyes") A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.

glórú

(grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

glóthach

A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.

glóthaí

(uncountable) The state of being viscous.

glóthaigh

(intransitive) To become a gel.

gluaire

(astronomy) An influence of the gravitational forces of one orbiting object on the orbit of another, causing periodic perturbations.

gluais

(countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.

gluaiseacht

The act of moving from one thing to another.

gluaisne

(philosophy) from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.

gluaisrothar

An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.

gluaisrothar le carr cliathánach

A motorcycle and sidecar.

gluaisteán

(US, Canada, Philippines, AU, NZ) A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load.

glúcós

(carbohydrate) A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C6H12O6; it is a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.

glúin

(anatomy) In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.

glúin-chrios

A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.

glutan

A solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo.

gnách

(not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.

gnaíúil

(of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.

gnás

Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.

gnásúil

In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage.

gnáth-

(set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.

gnáthaigh

(transitive) To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).

gnáthamh máinliachta

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

gnáthdhuine

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

gné

A single aspect of a given thing.

gnéasach

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

gnéasachas

Discrimination or different treatment based on sex or gender, especially discrimination against women.

gnéasaíoch

Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.

gnéasaíochas

Discrimination or different treatment based on sex or gender, especially discrimination against women.

gnéasúil

Having sex appeal; attractive.

gnéasúlacht

Sexual attractiveness. [from 1910s]