Irish–English dictionary

leathar

(countable) The skin of an animal.

leathbhliantúil

Occurring twice a year; semiannual.

leathbhreac

One who or that which resembles another.

leathbhuí

Somewhat yellow in colour.

leathchapall

A horse having a stout body and short legs.

leathcheann

Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.

leathchúpla

Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.

leathéan

(especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.

leathspéacla

A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.

leatrom

The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.

leatromach

Showing prejudice or bias.

leibhéal

A distance relative to a given reference elevation.

léibheann

(uncommon) Synonym of pulpit, a platform, a place or opportunity to express one's opinion

léibheann cheann staighre

A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

leibide

(Ireland, Scotland, Mid-Ulster English, pejorative) An idiot; a fool; an imbecile.

leibideach

(of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.

leibideacht

Lack of care; the state or quality of being careless.

leice

Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.

leiceacht

The quality of being delicate.

léicean

Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.

leiceann

(anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.

leicneán

A flat piece of material, often of metal and often an annulus, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction, provide directionally differentiated friction (e.g. making the nut turn counter-clockwise only with difficulty), or prevent leakage.

leictreach

Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.

leictreachas

(physics) The study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena. [from 18th c.]

leictreamaighnéadach

Relating to electromagnetism.

leictreamaighnéadas

A unified fundamental force that combines the aspects of electricity and magnetism and is one of the four fundamental forces. (technically it can be unified with weak nuclear to form electroweak) Its gauge boson is the photon.

leictreoir

A tradesperson who installs, repairs and maintains electrical wiring and equipment.

leictreon

(particle) The subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity.

leictreonaic

(physics) The study and use of electrical devices that operate by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles or by converting the flow of charged particles to or from other forms of energy.

leictri-

and electrical.

leid

Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given., A vague idea about something.

léidearnach thoirní

A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.

leideoir

(theater) The person who does the prompting.

leifteán

A person having the above condition.

leifteanant

(military) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.

léig

A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

léigear

(military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.

léigh profaí

(transitive, and, intransitive) To check a written text for errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation.

leigheas

(figurative) Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful.

léigiún

(military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.

léim

(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.

léimneoir

Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.

léine

(clothing) An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.

Léinín

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.

leipreachán

(Irish folklore) One of a race of elves that can reveal hidden treasure to those who catch them.

léirchruthú

(mathematics, philosophy) A proof.

léirigh

(figurative) To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.

léiritheoir

(UK, Irish, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.

léiriú

(arts) An image of the outline of an object.

léirmheastóir

A person who writes reviews for a newspaper or other publication; a critic.

léirmheastóireacht

(uncountable) The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed

léirscrios

The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.

léirsteanach

Having or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.

leis

(conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too. [from 14th c.]

leisce

The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike

leisciúil

Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.

leispiach

A homosexual woman, one who is exclusively sexually or romantically attracted to other women.

leite

A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.

leite mhine coirce

A breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk and/or water.

leith

A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes, the adults of which have both eyes on one side and usually swim with the other side down, such as a flounder, a halibut, or a sole.

leithdháileadh

The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.

leithe

The state, characteristic, or condition of being broad; breadth.

leithead

The measure of the size of something, especially its width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.

leitheadach

Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.

leitheadúlacht

The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.

leithéid

One who or that which resembles another.

léitheoir

A person who reads a publication.

léitheoir craosach

(figurative) An avid book reader.

léitheoireacht

The process of interpreting written language.

leithinis

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

Leithinis Labradar

(chiefly, historical) A geographic region, including the mainland portion of Newfoundland and Labrador and neighbouring regions of what is now the province of Quebec.

Leithinis Mhalae

(historical) A peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia constituting the southern part of the Malay Peninsula and several nearby islands, currently forming the western part of Malaysia; now known as West Malaysia or Peninsular Malaysia.

Leithinis na hAnatóile

A peninsula in West Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. Bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Armenian Highland to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west.

Leithinis Shíonáí

A peninsula in eastern Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia.

leithleach

Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from").

leithleachas

the state of being cliquish

leithlis

(chiefly, uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people.

leithlisiú

The act of isolating.

leithne

The state, characteristic, or condition of being broad; breadth.

leithreas

(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.]

leithroinnt

The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.

leithscéal

An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).

leitir

The side of a hill.

leitís

An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.

Léivític

The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah.

lena linn sin

During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place.

Leningrad

(historical) Former name of Saint Petersburg: a major city in Russia, from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991.

leo

A covering of liquid, particularly oil.

leochaileacht

The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.

Leòdhas

Ellipsis of the Isle of Lewis: an island of Scotland, United Kingdom.

leomh

(transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]

León

A en given name, borne by numerous saints and 14 popes.

Leonchroí

The nickname of Richard I of England.

leoraí

(countable, uncountable, US, Canada, Australia) A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage.

leordhóthain

A more-than-adequate amount; plenitude.

leorgacht

The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.

lí

A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder.

lia

A medical doctor trained in human medicine.

liairne

An idle person.

lialann

A room or department where surgery is performed.

Liam

A en given name popular since the Norman Conquest.

liamhás

(uncountable) Meat from the thigh and/or buttock of a hog cured for food.

liath

Of a colour between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.

liathbhán

Lacking blood; ashen, anaemic.

liathróid

A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

liathróid láimhe

(uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.

liathróidín

A small round particle of substance; a drop.

Libéir

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Liberia.

libhré

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

Libia

(historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.

libídeo

(psychology) Drives or mental energies related to or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.

licéar

A flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol.

Lichtinstéin

A microstate in Central Europe. Official name: Principality of Liechtenstein. Capital: Vaduz.

Lidia

(historical) A historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.

lig

(transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]

lig ar ceal

To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance

lig ar iontaoibh le

(transitive) To trust to the care of.

lig do

(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.

lig do scíth

(transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.

lig fead

(ambitransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.

lig ó

(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]

lig sraoth

(intransitive, medical sign) To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.

ligean

The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).

ligean fola

(historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.

ligh

(transitive) To stroke with the tongue.

ligthe

Capable of being easily bent; flexible.

lile

Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.

limfe

(physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.

Lincse

(constellation) A faint spring constellation of the northern sky. It lies north of the constellation Cancer.

líne

A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.

líne a chur faoi

(transitive) To underline; to mark a line beneath text.

líne dhomhanleithid

(geography) A line of latitude.

líne leithid

(geography) A line of latitude.

líne tharrthála

A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.

línéadach

(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

líneáil

A covering for the inside surface of something.

línéar

A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.

lingchlár

A device for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring.

lingeach

That returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched, etc.

línitheoireacht

The art or craft of a draftsman.

linn

An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.

línolann

A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.

linseáil

(transitive) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.

Liobáin

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Lebanese Republic. Capital: Beirut. Also (especially formerly) known as "the Lebanon".

Liobánach

Of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon or the Lebanese people.

liobarnach

Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.

liobrálachas

(politics) Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed.

liocras

Licorice in confectionery form.

líodóir

One who flatters.

líofacht

The quality of smoothness of flow.