Irish–English dictionary

sac

A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.

sacar

(originated, , late 19th C, now, commonly, US, Australia) Association football.

sácráilte

Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.

sácráilteacht

Habitual laziness or sloth.

sacraisteoir

The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.

sacram

(anatomy) A large triangular bone at the base of the spine, located between the two ilia (wings of the pelvis) and formed from vertebrae that fuse in adulthood.

Sacs-Bhéarla

The language that developed in England and is now spoken in the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and many other parts of the world.

sacsafón

A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.

Sacsain

A state of modern Germany, located in the east, far from historical Saxon lands. Official name: Free State of Saxony.

Safach

Relating to the Greek poetess Sappho from Lesbos or her poetry.

sagairt

Priests as a group.

sagart

A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.

sagartúil

Of or relating to priests.

sagartúlacht

The quality or state of being like a priest.

Ságrab

The capital and largest city of Croatia.

saibhir

Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

saibhreas

Wealth.

Saibíneach

A member of a certain ancient tribe of Italy.

sáible

(countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.

Saichairí

A en given name, English vernacular form of Zacharias, Zachariah and Zechariah.

sáigh

To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.

saighdeadh

The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.

Saighdeoir

(astrology) Someone with a Sagittarius star sign.

saighdiúir

A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.

saighdiúir airtléire

(military) A soldier enlisted in an artillery unit or who uses artillery.

saighead

A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.

saighid

(transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.

saighid faoi

(transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.

sail

The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.

sail chnis

scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis

sailchearnach

A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.

sailchuach na gealaí

(countable) Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly annual honesty (Lunaria annua).

sailchuachach

Of a violet colour.

sáile

The saltwater of a sea or ocean.

saileach

The wood of these trees.

saileánach

(countable, uncountable) Long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants.

saileog

The wood of these trees.

saill

(mining) To blast metal into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.

sailleach

Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.

saillte

(of meat) Preserved in salt.

saillteoir

A person who, or device which preserves food by curing.

Saimbia

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zambia. Formerly called Northern Rhodesia.

Sáimis

The language of the Lapp peoples.

Sáimise

Relating to the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, or the Sami languages.

sainaicme creidimh

(countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.

sainchreideamh

(countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.

sainchreidmheach

Of or pertaining to a denomination.

saineolaí

A person considered to be a source of wisdom.

saingeal

The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.

sainiúil

Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

sainmhíniú

(semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word, word group, sign, or symbol; especially, a dictionary definition.

sáinn

(figuratively, by extension) Any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.

sáinn bháis

(informal, figurative) An extremely dangerous location, structure, or device.

sáinn dhúbailte

A second check or verification, usually with additional caution or attention.

sainréim teanga

(linguistics) A style of a language used in a particular context.

saint

Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth

Sáír

(historical) Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997.

Sairdín

An island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea.

Sairdínis

A Romance language spoken in the Italian region of Sardinia.

Sairéavó

The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.

sáirsint

The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.

sáiteán

A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.

sáith

(after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.

saithe

A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.

salach

Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.

salachar

The placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals.

salacharaíl

A superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject.

salaigh

To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.

salamandar

A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of the order Caudata, superficially resembling a lizard.

salanda

Containing salt; salty.

sall

From one side to the other.

Sámach

From Lapland or of the Lapp peoples

sámh

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

samhadh

Rumex acetosa, a taxonomic species within the family Polygonaceae, garden sorrel, native in much of Europe.

samhail

A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.

samhailteach

Existing only in the imagination.

Samhain

The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following October and preceding December.

samhaltú

(mathematics) The construction and use of a computer model of a physical system.

sámhas

(uncountable) Sexual enjoyment.

samhlaigh

To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept.

samhlaithe

Existing only in the imagination.

samhlaitheach

Existing only in the imagination.

samhnas a bheith ar

Filled with disgust.

samhnasach

Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.

samhradh

One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as spanning the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.

Samó

A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Samoa. Capital and largest city: Apia. Formerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa. It is distinct from American Samoa.

sampla

Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).

sampla fola

(medicine, informal, countable) A blood test or blood sample.

San

A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.

san áireamh

Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned.

san fhaisean

In fashion; popular.

san fhaopach

(slang, mildly, _, vulgar) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.

sanasaíocht

(countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.

Sanscrait

A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism.

santach

Distastefully keen or desirous, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.

santaigh

(intransitive, followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.

saobhadh

A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character. [Early 19th century.]

saobhshruth

A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.

saoi

A person considered to be a source of wisdom.

saoire

(chiefly, UK, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.

saoirse

(countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.

saoirseacht adhmaid

(uncountable) Working with wood.

saoiste

(film) A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.

saoithín

(slang, sometimes, _, derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted.

saoithiúil

Strange or unusual, often in an unpleasant way. [from early 19th c.]

saol

A realm in which events take place; an area of interest, study, behaviour, etc.

saol eile

A conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews.

saolta

Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical; profane.

saoltacht

Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.

saonta

(now, colloquial, euphemism) Feeble-minded; foolish.

saor

(Celtic linguistics, of a verb form) Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject).

saoradh

The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

saoránach

A legally recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role. [from 14th c.]

saoránacht

The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.

saoránacht a thabhairt do

(transitive) To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen.

saorga

Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.

saothar

A work of music, literature or art. [from 17th c.]

saotharlann photaireachta

(countable) A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.

saothrach

Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.

saothraí

The primary income-earner in a household.

saothraigh

To grow plants, notably crops.

saothrú

The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as:

Sapíró

A surname from Yiddish.

sár

(historical) An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.

sár-ríomhaire

(computing) Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation.

Sárá

(biblical character) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.

sárachán

One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous.

Sáraí

A en given name

sárbhithiúnach

A fantasy-fiction criminal or evil-doer, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature who can present a credible challenge for a superhero.

sarcafagas

A stone coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with sculpture.

sárchéim

(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing three or more entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the superlative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -est or the word most (e.g. tiniest, most fully); the superlative of inferiority, by adding the word least (e.g. least big, least fully).

sarcófagas

A stone coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with sculpture.

sárlaoch

Any fictional crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature; a fictional hero who does great things.

sarú

(transitive) To dominate something and make it seem insignificant.

sás

The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.

sásaigh

(ambitransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.

Sasamach

(UK politics) Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

sásamh

An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.

Sasana

(historical) The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before the founding of the Kingdom of England, or the territory of the English people at any given time, in either the Kingdom of England or the United Kingdom.

Sasanach

English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.

sásar

A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.

sáspan

(countable, cookware) A deep cooking vessel with a long protruding handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces.

sásta

(dated) Willing; ready to agree or consent.

sástacht

The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.

Sátan

(religion) The supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity into sin; the Devil; (Theistic Satanism) the same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.

sátanach

Alternative letter-case form of Satanic (of, pertaining to or resembling Satan).

Satharn

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Saturday.

scabáistiúil

Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.

scaball

A piece of armor that covers the chest.

scabhaitéir

A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.