Irish–English dictionary

airnéis

(usually, in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.

airnéis oidhreach

A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.

airp

(mythological creature) A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.

airsnic

A toxic grey brittle nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.

airteagal

An object, a member of a group or class.

airtléire

An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.

airtríteas

Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders: any of several disease entities.

áis

Used to form the names of enzymes.

aisbhreathnaitheach

Looking backwards.

aisbhreathnú

The deliberate recall of past events

aisc

A mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.

aisceánach

Entreating with humility; supplicant.

aischéimnigh

(intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

aischéimniú

An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.

Áise

The largest continent, located east of Europe (typically delimited by the Urals), west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean.

Áiseach

Of, relating to or from Asia.

aiseag

The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.

aiseagthóir

Something or someone that restores.

aiseal

The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.

aiseipteach

Free of disease-causing microbes.

aiséirí

(Christianity) The resurrection of Jesus Christ.

aiséiteach

One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.

aiséitiúil

Of or relating to ascetics.

aiseolas

Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.

aisfhillteach

(grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.

aisfhreagra

A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.

aisfhreagrach

Not showing due respect; bold-faced, impertinent.

aisfhuaimniú

An echo, or a series of overlapping echoes.

aisghabh

To take something back.

aisghabháil

The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.

aisghair

(transitive, law) To annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal.[First attested in the early 16th century.]

aisghairm

The act of abrogating.

aisig

(intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

aisiléireacht

(uncountable) Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.

aisiméadracht

Absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.

aisíoc

(figuratively) To avenge, to exact revenge.

aisiompaigh

(transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.

aisiompú

The act of being in an inverted state; being upside down, inside out, or in a reverse sequence.

áisiúil

Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.

aislingeach

Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative. [First attested in the early 17th century.]

aislingtheach

One who daydreams.

aisnéal

A faint.

aispeist

(mineral) Any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate, used for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings, chemical filters, suits, fireman's gloves, etc.

aispeiste

(mineral) Any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate, used for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings, chemical filters, suits, fireman's gloves, etc.

aisréadóir

An irrigation device that sprays water into the air whilst moving back and forth.

aistarraing

(banking, finance) To extract (money) from a bank account or other financial deposit.

aiste

(publishing) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.

aiste bia

The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.

aisteach

(informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.

aisteachas

Comical quality.

aistear mara

A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.

aisteoir

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]

aisteoir áibhéileach

(acting) An overacting or amateurish performer; an actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style.

aisteoir coiméide

An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.

aisteoir ionaid

A performer who understudies; a standby for a study (9).

aisteoir mná

(now, _, rare) A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense). [from 16th c.]

aisteoireacht

(uncountable, drama) The occupation of an actor.

aistí

One who composes essays; a writer of short compositions.

aistire

A person who carries luggage and related objects.

aistiúlacht

Comical quality.

aistreach

not convenient

aistreánach

not convenient

aistreog

(countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.

aistritheach

Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.

aistritheoir

A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly

aistriú

(physics, mathematics) A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.

aistriúchán

(translation studies) The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).

áit

(chemistry) forms derivatives of specified elements or compounds; especially salts or esters of an acid whose name ends in -ic

áit bhreithe

The location where a person was born.

áit chócaireachta

A small building where cooking takes place.

aiteacht

(uncountable) The state or quality of being odd.

aiteal

Any shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus of the cypress family, which is characterized by pointed, needle-like leaves and aromatic berry-like cones.

aiteas

Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.

aiteasach

Feeling or causing joy.

Aitéiné

(Greek god) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva.

áith

An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.

aitheach

(derogatory) A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor. [from 14th c.]

aitheantach

(often followed by with) Personally known; familiar.

aitheantas

(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship. [from 12th c.]

aitheantóir

A person who diagnoses, especially a medical doctor.

áitheas

The achievement of one's aim or goal. [from 16th c.]

áitheasach

Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.

aitheasc

(rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.

Aithin

The capital city of Greece.

aithinne

A torch or other burning stick with a flame at one end.

aithiseach

Damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue.

aithisigh

To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage. [from 4th c.]

aithisiú

The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.

aithne a bheih i

Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active.

aithne a bheith ag

(transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.

aithne a bheith agat

(often followed by with) Personally known; familiar.

Aithneach

(Greek mythology) Of or related to Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, technology, and skillful warfare.

aithnid

(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship. [from 12th c.]

aithnidiúil

Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.

aithrí

The condition of being penitent; a feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.

aithríoghadh

(transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).

aithris

The learning of a new skill by copying other people.

aithriseach

Imitating; copying; not original.

aithriseoir

A person who imitates or apes another.

aithriseoireacht

An act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance, characteristics, or behavior of someone or something else.

áitigh

To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.

áitíocht

The act of occupying, the state of being occupied or the state of being an occupant or tenant.

áitreabhach

Someone or thing who lives in a place.

áitreabhthóir

Someone or thing who lives in a place.

aitreabúid

A characteristic or quality of a thing.

aitriam

(biology) Any enclosed body cavity or chamber.

áitrigh

(transitive) To live or reside in.

ál

(countable, uncountable) The children in one family; offspring.

alabhog

(temperature) Between warm and cool.

alabhreac

Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white.

alafatach

(organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.

álainn

Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive. [from 1520s]

Alascach

Of or pertaining to Alaska, its people, or their culture.

Alastar

A en given name, most famously held by Alexander the Great.

alathe

(temperature) Between warm and cool.

Alba

A constituent country of the United Kingdom, located in northwest Europe to the north of England.

albaimín

The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.

Albáin

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana. [from ca. 1503]

Albáinis

Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language. [from 1593]

Albánach

Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language. [from 1593]

Albanés

The languages spoken by the Albanian people, primarily spoken in Albania and Kosovo. [from 1786]

albastar

A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.

albatras

Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.

alcaile

(chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.

alcaileacht

(chemistry) The state of being, or the degree to which a thing is, alkaline.

alcán

(organic compound) Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, etc.).

alcól

(organic compound, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).

alfa

The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.

alfalfa

(uncountable) A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.

alfraits

A person possessed by an evil ghost, spirit, or entity.

allabhair

A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.

allabhrach

That which evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.

alladh

The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of, especially for something positive.

allagar

A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, anger, or great effort.

Allah

(Islam) God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts

allaiseach

(botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf, or the back of an animal. [Mid 19th century.]

allas

Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.

allasaigh

(intransitive, plumbing) To solder (a pipe joint) together.

allatán

(countable) A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.

allmhaireoir

One who, or that which, imports: especially a person or company importing goods into a country.

allmhairigh

(transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.

allmhairiú

(uncountable) The practice of importing.

alltacht

The state or quality of being wild.

alltrach

Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.

alluaiceach

light-hearted; vivacious

allúrach

Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

almóinn

Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:

almóir

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.

almsa

Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.

alp

To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)