Irish–English dictionary

sirtheoireacht

The act of searching for food or other items.

Sisile

A en given name.

sistéal

A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.

Sistíneach

Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus.

síth

Agreement or accord.

siúcra

(minced oath) Shit!

siúd

(demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action, or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. [from 9thc.]

Siúdéic

Pertaining to the Jews, their culture or their religion.

siúinéir

A maker of wooden furniture or fittings.

siúinéireacht

(uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking.

siúl

Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving on legs.

siúl amach le

A form of romantic courtship typically between two individuals with the aim of assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse.

siúlán

A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk.

siúlbhealach

A clearly defined path for pedestrians.

siunca

(nautical) A Chinese sailing vessel.

siúnt

(transitive, rail transport) To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.

siúnta

(construction, nautical) A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.

siúr

A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.

siúráilte

Yes, certainly; expression indicating strong agreement.

Síve

(Hinduism) The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine.

slabhra

A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.

slabhra bia

The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.

slachtmhar

(Scotland, Geordie) Beautiful; pretty; attractive; handsome.

slad

(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.

sladach

Causing destruction; damaging.

sladaíocht

The act of stealing during a crisis such as a war, riot or natural disaster, when law enforcement is ineffective or absent.

sladaire

One who loots, who steals during a general disturbance such as a riot or natural disaster.

sladaireacht

The act of stealing during a crisis such as a war, riot or natural disaster, when law enforcement is ineffective or absent.

sladmhargadh

Ellipsis of discount sale (“the sale of goods at reduced prices”).

slaghdán

(countable, pathology) A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

sláinte

A common toast used when drinking in company.

sláinteach

Pertaining to hygiene; clean, sanitary, free of disease.

sláinteachas

Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.

sláintiúil

Pertaining to hygiene; clean, sanitary, free of disease.

slamar

Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together. corn-beef hash

slán agat

Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

slán leat

Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

slánaigh

(transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).

slánaíocht

(specifically) A written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty.

slánaitheoir

A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.

slándáil

(uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.

slánú

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

slaodacht

(uncountable) The state of being viscous.

slat

(nautical) A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely.

slat droma

(countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.

slat tomhais

A measuring rod thirty-six inches (one yard) long.

slatiascaireacht

A form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport.

Slavach

Of the Slavs, their culture or the branch of the Indo-European languages associated with them.

Slavacha

A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.

Slavais

(dated) The unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed.

Slavónach

Of the Slavs, their culture or the branch of the Indo-European languages associated with them.

sleá

A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.

sleabhctha

(of plants) Drooping, typically due to lack of water.

sléacht

(intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.

sleamchúiseach

Performed in a careless or indifferent manner as a thing of rote.

sleamhain

Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.

sleamhnaigh

(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.

sleamhnán

(British) any type of sled or sleigh.

sléibhteach

Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.

sléibhtiúil

Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.

sléim

An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

slí

A path that something or someone moves along.

slí amach

(road transport) A minor road (such as a ramp or slip road) which is used to leave a major road (such as an expressway, highway, or motorway).

slí bheatha

A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income). [from 14th c.]

slí mhaireachtála

A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income). [from 14th c.]

sliabh

(countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit. [from 12th c.]

Sliabh Shíón

(biblical) A hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events.

Sliabh Shíonáí

A mountain in Sinai Peninsula; the location where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments from God.

sliabhraon

A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.

sliasaid

The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee. [from 8th c.]

slinn

(uncountable, geology) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.

slíoc

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

sliochtach

One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.

sliochtmhar

Of or relating to reproduction.

sliogán

The shell of this sea animal.

sliogán ruacain

Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.

sliogán trá

The empty shell of a marine mollusk.

slíogart

A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies.

sliopach

Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.

slis

A thin, broad piece cut off.

slisneoir

A kitchen tool for julienning vegetables.

slog

(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. [from 11th c.]

slog siar

To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)

slogaide

(geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.

slogán

The throat or esophagus.

sloigisc

(informal, somewhat, derogatory) The rabble; crowds; people of a low, disreputable or undesirable class or position.

sloinne

The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s).

Slóivéin

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Slovenia. Capital and largest city: Ljubljana. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.

Slóvacach

Of, from, or pertaining to Slovakia, the Slovak people or the Slovak language.

Slóvaic

A country in Central Europe. Official name: Slovak Republic. Capital and largest city: Bratislava.

Slóvaicis

(uncountable) The West Slavic language of Slovakia.

slua

A large flock of anything.

sluaghairm

(advertising) A catchphrase associated with a product or service being advertised.

sluaisteáil

To move materials with a shovel.

sluán

(advertising) A catchphrase associated with a product or service being advertised.

sluasaid

A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.

sluasaidín

A flat scoop with a handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.

smacht

(countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.

smachtaithe

Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.

smachtín

(music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.

smachtúlacht

Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.

smailc

An item of food eaten between meals.

smál

A moral defect; a character flaw.

smaoineamh

An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory. [from 16th c.]

smaoinigh

(intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.

smaragaid

Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.

smeachóid

A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.

smeadar

A superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject.

smeadráilte

(of a place, situation, person, etc) In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.

smealt

Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.

sméar dhubh

A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.

smearadh

A mark made by smearing.

sméaróid

A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.

smideadh

(countable, uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.

smig

The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.

smionagar

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.

smior

(anatomy) The fatty vascular tissue that fills the cavities of bones, being the place where new blood cells are produced.

smiot

(intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.

smiotán

A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.

smíste

(countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.

smitín

(boxing) A short straight punch.

smol

(plant disease) To affect the fertility or growth of (a plant) with a blight (noun sense 1.1), especially one caused by a fungus; to blast, to mildew, to smut.

smólach

Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.

smúdar

The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.

smugairle róin

An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.

smuilceach

(often, derogatory) silent and withdrawn after being upset

smúitiúil

Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.

smúr

Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.

smúrabhán

An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.

smutach

Having a pug nose; with a short nose which is flattened and whose tip is turned up.

smutmhadra

In full pug dog: a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. [from 18th c.]

snab

Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.

snabóg

Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.

snag

A gudgeon, a fish of the subfamily Gobioninae, such as Gobio gobio.

snag breac

One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.

snagcheol

(music genre) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.

snaidhm

A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.

snaidhm sheicne

(diseases) A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.

snáithe

(uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.

snamh

(countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.

snámhóir

One who swims.

snap

(uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.

snas

A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior peculiar to an individual.

snasta

(colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.

snáth

(Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.

snáthaid

An object such as a pillar or a rod that is used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it, especially the pointer on a sundial. [from mid 16th c.]

snáthaid hipideirmeach

A hypodermic syringe, needle or injection.

snáthaid mhara

Any of certain species of slender fish, principally of the family Belonidae, many usually found in shallow marine habitats.

snáthaid mhór

An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.

snáthaidpholladh

The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body affecting the Qi or energy along energetic pathways of the body called meridians. This modality is traditionally used as a form of internal medical treating all disease and illnesses, in Western countries it is widely used for the purposes of pain relief.