Irish–English dictionary

ionfhabhtaigh

(transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.

ionfhabhtaíoch

(pathology, typically, of a person) Able to infect others; capable of transmitting pathogens.

ionga

(horticulture, cooking) One of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb.

ionga méire

The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.

íonghlan

(transitive) To cleanse, or rid of impurities.

ionlann

(UK, AU, HK) A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet. [from 19th c.]

ionnarb

(transitive) To send (someone or something) into exile.

ionracas

the state or quality of being artless

ionsaí

A forward move; improvement or progression.

ionsaigh

(intransitive) To move forwards; to approach. [from 16th c.]

ionsaitheach

(physics, of a stream of particles or radiation) Falling on or striking a surface.

ionsaitheacht

(epidemiology) A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.

ionsaitheoir

The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

ionsar

Indicating destination or final position: In the direction of, so as to arrive at or reach.

ionstraim

A device used to produce music.

iontach

Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising.

iontaofa

Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy

iontaoibh

Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.

iontaoibh a bheith agat

(intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.

iontaoibh a bheith agat as

(transitive) To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.

iontas

(countable) Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.

iontas a bheith ort

Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.

iontráil

(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.

iora

Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae.

iora talún

Any of the subtribe Tamiina of small, striped rodents; they are found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk which is found primarily in Asia.

íoróin

(rhetoric) The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.

Iorua

A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Norway.

Ioruach

A native of Norway.

Ioruais

(uncountable) The language of Norway, which has two official forms (written standards): Bokmål and Nynorsk.

íos-scairde

Powered by water flowing from below. (of a water wheel)

Íosa

(historical, religion) One of a variety of persons or entities in western Manichaeism, of whom some correspond closely to the Christian conception of Jesus of Nazareth.

Íosác

(biblical character) The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent.

Iósaf

The husband of Saint Mary and the father of Jesus.

Iósaf ó Aramatáia

(Christianity) Joseph of Arimathea; man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus.

Iósaf Stailín

A surname from Russian; usually referring to the Georgian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Joseph Stalin.

Íosánach

(Catholicism) A member of the Society of Jesus.

íosbhealach

(British) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).

íosghile

(art, photography) Dark; characterized by dark tones and muted colors. [from 19th c.]

íosghrádaigh

To place lower in position.

íoslach

(architecture) A floor of a building below ground level.

íoslaghdaigh

(transitive) To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.

Íoslainn

An island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe.

Íoslainnis

A North Germanic language, the national tongue of Iceland.

Ioslam

A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an.

Ioslamach

Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.

Ioslamaí

A Muslim who espouses Islamic fundamentalist beliefs. [from 1980s]

Íoslannach

A person from Iceland or of Icelandic descent.

íoslódáil

A file transfer to a given computer or device from a remote one through a network connection.

íosmhéadaigh

(transitive) To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.

Iosóid

A en given name.

Iosraeilíteach

(rare, chiefly, in, _, Protestantism) Of or pertaining to the descendants of the patriarch Jacob.

Iosraelach

Of, from, or pertaining to Israel or the Israeli people.

íosta

The most little; the smallest amount or quantity of something.

íostach

One who believes in or seeks a minimal state; one who seeks to minimize or reduce to a minimum.

Iostanbúl

A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).

iostas

Sleeping accommodation.

iostasach

cordial and generous towards guests

Iósua

The sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.

íota

A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane.

Iotaca

An island of the Ionian Sea, Greece; according to the legend Odysseus was its king.

iothlainn

(agriculture) A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.

Ióvach

(Roman mythology) Pertaining to the Roman god Jove or Jupiter (the counterpart of the Greek god Zeus); Jove-like; befitting Jupiter.

ir

(archaic, dialectal) Used to form the second-person singular present tense and past tense of verbs. (if thou is the subject; not used with you)

Ireachó

A city in the West Bank, Palestine.

ireas

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

iridiam

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.

Irimia

(Abrahamism, biblical character) An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.

iriseoir

One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.

is

Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context.

is cosúil le

(transitive) To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.

is cuimhin le

To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.

is dócha

(as a pro-sentence) Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).

is dócha (go)

In all likelihood.

is dóigh

Probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring.

is dóigh liom

according to me

is é do bheatha

(archaic, or, poetic) An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.

is eagal le

Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation. [with that (+ clause) or clause; or with so or not]

is éigean

Must; need to; to be urged to; to be required to; indicates obligation.

is fearr

Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.

is fearr le

(transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. [from 14th c.]

is féidir le

(Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.

is fuath le

(transitive) To dislike intensely or greatly.

is gá

Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.

is gá do

(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.

is gá go…

Inevitably; of necessity.

is leor sin

Stop! Don't do that any more!

is maith le

(obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).

is maith liom

(internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.

is miste le

(chiefly, in the imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). [from 17th c.]

is náir leat

(chiefly, of someone in trouble and undergoing punishment for doing something wrong) Feeling shame or guilt.

ise

The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction.

Íseáia

A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.

íseal

Not lofty or sublime; humble.

ísealchríoch

An area which is considered particularly low or lower than surrounding areas.

iseatóp

(nuclear physics) Any of two or more forms of an element where the atoms have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons within their nuclei. Thus, isotopes have the same atomic number but a different mass number.

isi-

Equal; equivalent.

Isibéal

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

Ísiltíreach

Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.

Ísiltíris

The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic.

Islamabad

The capital city of Pakistan, located within the Islamabad Capital Territory.

ísleacht

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

ísligh

(intransitive) To descend, fall down, collapse.

Ísmeáéil

(Abrahamism, biblical character) The eldest son of Abraham and his wife's handmaiden Hagar who were cast out after the birth of Isaac; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs via the Ishmaelites.

ispín

A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing; a length of this food.

ispíneachas

(pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.

isteach

Incoming.

isteach go

To or towards the region of.

isteach i

(colloquial) Attacking or fighting a person.

istigh

Inside, into, or within a building.

istír

(nautical) On the land as opposed to onboard.

íteas

(pathology) Denoting diseases characterized by inflammation, itself often caused by an infection.

ithir

(uncountable) Soil.

Iúd

(biblical) The second last book of the New Testament of the Bible.

Iúdás

A traitor; a person not to be trusted.

Iúgslaiv

(historical) A former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.

Iúgslavach

(historical) Of or relating to Yugoslavia.

Iúidit

(biblical character) The protagonist of the Biblical book of Judith.

Iúil

A en given name.

iúr

(countable, by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.

iúr binne

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.

iúr creige

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.

Iúrasach

(geology, paleontology) The period from 201.3±0.2 to 145 million years ago, after the Triassic and before the Cretaceous; the geologic systems of this period.

Iútlainn

A cultural region and peninsula in northwestern Europe, consisting of the mainland part of Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein, which is part of Germany.

jab

An economic role for which a person is paid.

jacaí

One who rides racehorses competitively.

jaingléir

A roving vagabond.

jaingléireach

A roving vagabond.

jaingléireacha

A roving vagabond.

jaingléirí

A roving vagabond.

jé

The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.

jib

(nautical, usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.

jin

A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.

jiohád

(Islam) A holy war undertaken by Muslims.

jíons

denim trousers

jíp

(genericized trademark) A sport utility vehicle or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle.

joltaeir

An itinerant seller of small goods.

júdó

A Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujutsu.

Kathmandu

The capital city of Nepal.

Kazakhstan

A country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan.

Kraków

A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole.

kuru

A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.

lá

The period of time between sunrise and sunset.

Lá Aibreáin

The first day in April, when tricks and practical jokes are traditionally played

Lá an Altaithe

(Canada, US) The long weekend which includes Thanksgiving Day; Thanksgiving weekend.

lá breithe

The anniversary of the day on which something is created.

lá den tseachtain

Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:

Lá Fhéile Eoin

Midsummer Day, the English quarter day.

Lá na nAmadán

The first day in April, when tricks and practical jokes are traditionally played

La Réunion

An island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar.

lábach

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