Irish–English dictionary

morchal

A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.

morchal coiteann

A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.

mórchlúiteach

Famous, celebrated, or well-known; widely praised or highly honored.

mórchríoch

(geography) A large, continuous area of land surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass.

mórchroí

(uncountable) The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time.

mórchroíoch

Noble, kind and generous.

mórchúis

The quality of being pompous; self-importance.

mórchúiseach

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

mórchumhachtach

Very strong; possessing might.

mórdhíol

(business) The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants.

mórdhíoltóir

A person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers, importers, or distributors and resells the merchandise to retail businesses and to business and institutional end users.

mórfhoclach

Tending to boast or brag.

morg

To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.

morgáiste

(legal) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered.

mórghníomhach

(in a positive sense, sometimes, humorous) Eliciting respect; awe-inspiring, imposing.

mórintinn

The quality of being magnanimous; kindness of nature; generosity.

mórintinneach

Refined, cultured, particularly civilized.

mórleabhar

(accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.

mórluachach

Having a high price or cost.

mórmheasúil

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

mórmhuir

(countable) One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.

mormónta

An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.

mórshiúl

A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.

mórtas

The characteristic of being boastful.

mórtasach

Tending to boast or brag.

mórthaibhseach

Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.

mórthimpeall

The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution

mórthír

The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula.

mosach

Covered with bristles.

mósáic

A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.

Mósaimbíc

A country in East Africa and Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (since 1990). Capital: Maputo.

mosar

(UK, Irish, pejorative, slang) The police.

mosc

(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.

Moscó

A federal city, the capital and largest city of Russia.

Moslamach

Being or relating to a believer of Islam.

móta

A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.

mótair

A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. [from 16th c.]

mótar

(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.

mótarbhealach

(UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Queensland, New South Wales) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.

mothaigh

(transitive) To experience an emotion or other mental state about.

mothar

A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.

mothúchán

A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.

muc

Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.

muc mhara

Any small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.

múch

To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.

múchadh

(pathology) A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.

múchán

A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.

muga

A mug.

Mugal

A person who has no magical abilities.

muiceoil

(mostly, uncountable) The meat of a pig.

muiceoil shaillte

Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.

muid

The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)

muidne

The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)

muifléad

A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.

muiléad

Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.

muileann coise

(historical) A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It was used principally as a means of prison discipline.

muileann gaoithe

The building or structure containing such machinery.

muileata

(shapes, heraldiccharge) A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.

muilleoir

A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.

muin

The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.

muince

(jewelry) An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.

muince dhualach

(historical) A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.

muinchille

The part of a garment that covers the arm. [from 10th c.]

muine

A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.

múineadh

(of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.

muineálach

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the neck.

muinín

Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.

muinín a bheith agat

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

múinteoir

A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.

múinteoireacht

The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches.

muintir

A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.

muir

The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.

muirear

The amount of money levied for a service.

Muirgeal

A en given name of mostly British usage.

Muirgheal

A en given name of mostly British usage.

muirghorm

The bluish-green colour of the sea.

muirín

A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.

Muiris

A en given name, equivalent to English Morris.

muirmhúr

(nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.

muirneach

(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.

muirnigh

(transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.

múisc

The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.

muiscít

A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

múisciúil

Dark, damp and humid.

muise!

Indicates emphatic agreement.

múisiam

Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.

múisiamach

(informal, idiomatic) Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long. [with with or (British English) of]

muisiriún

A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.

muisiriúnach

(attributive) Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.

múisiúnta

Having an odour or taste of mould; also (generally) , having a stale or unfresh odour or taste.

muislín

(textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.

múitseálaí

(specifically) A student who is absent from school without permission; hence (figurative) , a person who shirks or wanders from business or duty.

mullach

(geology) An elevated land area or a hill.

mullóg

An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense

mumaí

(countable, by extension) A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films. [from 20th c.]

Mumhain

The southernmost province of Ireland.

múnla

The structural design of a complex system.

múnlach

A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.

múnláil

(architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.

múnlóireacht

The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.

múnlú

The art of sculpting models from clay etc. to create a representation of something.

múr

(intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.

mura

Except on a specified condition; if not.

murab ionann is

in contrast to, rather than, instead of; particularly used in defining a concept by providing an example that does not fall inside the concept.

múráil

(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.

murascaill

(geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea

murlas

Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,

murnán

The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.

murtall

(pathology) The state of being obese.

murtallach

Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.

murúch

A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.

murúch fir

A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.

mús

The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.

músaem

A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

musal

A device used to prevent an animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.

musc

A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.

musc-chaor

A white grape variety; used as table grapes and for making raisins and sweet wine.

muscalach

(relational) Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.

múscán

A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.

muscfhrancach

A semiaquatic rodent of the tribe Ondatrini.

mustar

Ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause.

mustrach

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

ná

do not (negative auxiliary)

na daoine maithe

(mythological creature) A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism.

na Fúire

(Greek god) Synonym of Erinyes; the goddesses of vengeance.

na Garbhchríocha

The mountainous northern area of Scotland.

Na hAindéis

Synonym of Andes Mountains.

na hÚcráine

Relating to Ukraine or its people or language.

na Mara Aeigéiche

Of or relating to the Aegean Sea or the regions bordering it.

na Méidigh

Any of a Western Iranian people who inhabited the ancient region of Media.

Na Piréiní

The mountain range separating Spain from France, inhabited by Basques in the west, Occitans in the centre-north, Aragonese in the centre-south, and Catalans in the east.

na Trioblóidí

(Ireland, historical) The continued violence and terrorist, military and paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland that happened from the mid 1960s to the late 1990s.

nach beag

Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant.

nach maireann

(not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)

Nachuáitlis

The Nahuatl language.

nadair

The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.

nádúr

(countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.

nádúrthacht

the state or quality of being artless

náid

The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.

naigín

(dated, outside, dialects) A small measure of spirits equivalent to a gill.

naíondacht

The vitality characteristic of youth.

naipcín póca

A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.

naircisíocht

Excessive love of oneself.

náire

(euphemism, in the plural) The genitals.

náire a bheith ort

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

náireach

Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.

náirigh

(transitive) To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.

náirithe

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

náiriú

The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low. [Mid 16th century.]

náiriúil

Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.