Irish–English dictionary

neamhphósta

Having no husband or wife.

neamhréireacht

The state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.

neamhrialta

Random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough, constant, or consistent.

neamhscagach

Impossible to permeate.

neamhshábháilteacht

The state of being subject to danger (physical, economic, or otherwise).

neamhsheasmhacht

(uncountable) The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.

neamhshiméadracht

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

neamhshocair

Disturbed, upset.

neamhshochrach

Not making a profit.

neamhshofaisticiúil

Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.

neamhshuan

(medicine) A sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep.

neamhshuimiúil

Deserving contempt.

neamhspéisiúil

Arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful.

neamhspleách

Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, governing independently.

neamhthairiseach

Not loyal, without loyalty.

neamhthairiseacht

Discontent; unrest.

neamhtheoranta

limitless or without bounds; unrestricted

neamhthorthúil

Not fertile.

neamhthrócaireach

Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.

neamhthuillte

Not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair.

neamhúdaraithe

Without official authorization.

neamhullamh

Not prepared; caught by surprise.

neamhurchóideach

Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe.

neamhurramach

Lacking respect.

neamúil

That appeals to, or stimulates the appetite.

neantóg

Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, stinging nettles:

néar-mháinlia

A surgeon specializing in brain surgery.

néarailge

(pathology, neurology) An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.

néarapaite

(medicine) Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and neuraxial instances of neural damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's psychiatric aspects (mental illnesses).

néareolaí

A doctor or scientist who practices or specializes in neurology.

néareolaíoch

Dealing with neurology, the study of the nervous system or the health care specialty that provides care for it.

néareolaíocht

The branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular junction of the peripheral nervous system.

Nearó

Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

néarógach

Affecting or involving the nerves or nervous system. [from 15th c.]

néaróis

(dated, pathology, ;, current in, _, psychology, and) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society. [from the 1700s]

néaróiseachas

The quality or state of being neurotic

néarshíceolaíocht

A branch of neurology and of clinical psychology that investigates the physiological basis of psychological processes.

neart

(informal) A large amount.

neartaigh

To erect; to construct.

neartaigh le

(transitive, crime) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. [ca. 1350–1470]

neartmhar

Very strong; possessing might.

neas-suíomh

(mathematics) An absence of operators in an expression.

neasach

(anatomy, geology) Closer to the point of attachment or observation.

neasacht

The quality of being immediate, of happening right away.

neascóid

A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.

néata

(informal) Tidy; well-dressed; sharp.

néiléir

Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.

néiléirí

Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.

néiléreach

Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.

néiléreacha

Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.

Neipeal

A country in South Asia, located between China and India. Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Capital and largest city: Kathmandu.

neirbhíseach

Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried. [from 18th c.]

neo-

new

neodar

(biology) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.

neodrach

(grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.

neodracht

The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side.

neodraigh

(transitive) To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.

neodrón

(particle) A subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks.

Neoiliteach

Of or relating to the New Stone Age.

neomatach

Of, relating to, or resembling air or other gases

neoplasma

(pathology, oncology) An abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue in animals or plants.

ní

(negative auxiliary)

ní foláir

To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in a failure or negative consequence.

ní gnách le

Not typical of one's character or personality.

ní hea

Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition.

ní hionann is

In contrast with; as opposed to.

ní móide

(degree) Barely, only just, almost not.

ní nós le

Not typical of one's character or personality.

nia

A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).

nialas

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

Nic Conmara

A surname from Irish

niciligh

(transitive) To plate with nickel.

nideog

(ecology) A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited.

Nigéarach

Of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture.

Nigéir

A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos. Currency: naira (₦).

Nígir

A country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria. Official name: Republic of the Niger.

Nígireach

Of, from, or pertaining to Niger or the Nigerien people.

nihileachas

(countable, uncountable, philosophy) A doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life; in particular, the view that nothing in the world actually exists.

nihilí

(philosophy, religion) A person who accepts or champions nihilism.

Níl

A large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world.

níl dul idir

Unable to be separated; bound together permanently.

nimfeach

(entomology) The larva of certain insects.

nimh

A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.

nimhíoc

A remedy to counteract the effects of poison.

nimhitheoir

A person who poisons something or someone.

nimhiúil

Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest.

nimhneachas

The property of being hurtful.

níochán

That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered. [from c. 1930]

Nioclás

A en given name.

níolann

A place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use.

nion

The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.

níor

Negates the meaning of the modified verb.

níos fearr

Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.

níos lú

Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc.

níos mó

(in negative or interrogative constructions) From a given time onwards; longer, again.

nirbheána

(Buddhism) Complete cessation of dukkha; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.

niteoir

A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman.

nithiúlacht

(uncountable) The state of being concrete.

nítreach

Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen.

nítri-

nitrate, nitrogen

nítrigin

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.

nítríl

(organic compound) Any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group −C≡N; they are named as derivatives of the appropriate carboxylic acid.

nítriúil

(chemistry) Of, relating to, or derived from nitrogen, especially in which the valence of the nitrogen is lower than that of a corresponding nitric species. [from 17th c.]

Nítse

A surname from German, most famously borne by Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher.

niúmóine

Inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.

nócha

The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.

nocht

Bare, not covered by clothing.

nochtachas

The belief in or practice of going nude in social, nonsexualized and frequently mixed-gender groups specifically in cultures where going nude in the social situation is not the norm.

nochtacht

(uncountable) The state or quality of being without clothing on the body; specifically, the quality of being without clothing on the genitals.

nochtadh

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.

nod

(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.]

nodaireacht

(uncountable, countable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.

nóibhille

A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. [from 17th c.]

nóiméad

A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).

nóin

The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.

nóinín

A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals

nóisean

Love or amorous attachment.

noitmig

The aromatic seed of this tree, used as a spice.

Nollaig

(originally, Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.

Nollaig Bheag

A en given name.

Nollaig na mBan

A en given name.

Nordach

A person of Nordic descent or having features typical of Nordic people.

normal

(geometry, countable) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.

normalacht

(countable, mathematics, statistics) A measure of how well an observed distribution approximates a normal distribution.

normálta

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

normáltacht

(US) The state of being normal; the fact of being normal; normality.

normatach

Of or pertaining to a norm or standard.

nós

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

nósúlacht

The quality of being fastidious.

nótaire

(legal, Canada, US) A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.

nua

Recently made, or created.

nua-aimseartha

Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).

nua-aimsearthacht

(history) Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography.

nua-aoiseach

Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.

nua-aoiseacht

(history) Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography.

Nua-Chlochaois

The period of prehistory from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE.

Nua-Gheirsí

(US, informal, especially following north or south) New Jersey.

Nua-Ioruais

Nynorsk; Norwegian as spoken after 1500, and the written language that is based on this

nuabheirthe

Recently born.

nuacht

Information about current events disseminated by the media.

nuachtán

A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.

nuachtán seachtainiúil

A publication that is published once a week.

nuáil

The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.

nuair

At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.

nuálaíocht

The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.

nuaphósta

Recently married.

núdal

(usually, in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.

núicléach

(biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell. [from 19th c.]

núicléas

(chemistry, physics) The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons.

núíosach

Not used to an event or thing, not accustomed.