Irish–English dictionary

stáplóir

A device which binds together sheets of paper by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and simultaneously folding over the ends of the staple against the back surface of the paper.

starr

(anatomy) An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.

starrfhiacail

(dentistry, somewhat, derogatory) An upper tooth that protrudes further than the bottom teeth.

stát

(international, _, legal, metonymically) A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymically, proscribed) a country.

Stát Neamhspleách Shamó

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.

statach

Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.

státúil

Having an attitude or bearing that connotes respectability and poise.

steallaire

A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.

stéaróideach

(biochemistry, organic compound) A class of organic compounds having a structure of 17 carbon atoms arranged in four rings; they are lipids, and occur naturally as sterols, bile acids, adrenal and sex hormones, and some vitamins; many drugs are synthetic steroids.

stéig

Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.

steiréitiopa

A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).

steiriligh

(transitive, biology) To kill, deactivate (denature), or destroy (break apart) all living, viable microorganisms and spores on a surface, in a fluid, or contained in a compound, such as culture media or a medical product.

steiriliú

(uncountable) The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.

steiriliúchán

(countable) An instance of a sterilization procedure.

steiriúil

Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.

steirneam

(anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.

steiteascóp

(medicine) A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.

stíbheadóir

A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work. [from 18th c.]

stibhín

A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.

stigme

(typography) A ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau, (Ϛ/ϛ).

stíl mhaireachtála

A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group.

stíméar

A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.

Stiofán

(biblical character) The first Christian martyr.

stiogma

A scar or birthmark.

stiogmata

(religion, Christianity) bodily marks or sores, corresponding in location to the crucifixion wounds of Christ; supposed to occur during states of religious ecstasy or hysteria, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically

stíomar

A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.

stiúgaí

(slang) A cadaver; a dead person.

stiúireachán mná

A woman who is rough, loud, and aggressive.

stiúradh

The act or process of guiding.

stiúrthóir

One who controls something.

stiúrthóir cóir

the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal

stobh

(transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

stobhach

(uncountable, countable) A dish cooked by stewing. [from 18th c.]

stoc

(brass instrument) A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series

stoca

(clothing) A knitted or woven covering for the foot.

stoca gearr

(clothing) A knitted or woven covering for the foot.

stócach

A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

stócáil

(intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.

Stócólm

A municipality, the capital and largest city of Sweden; the county seat of Stockholm County, Sweden.

stoidiaca

(astronomy) The ecliptic: the belt-like region of the celestial sphere corresponding to the apparent path of the sun over the course of a year.

stoipéad

A bung or cork.

stoirm

Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.

stoirm olldóiteáin

A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds.

stoirm 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.

stoith

(transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot.

stop

A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.

stopallán

A bung or cork.

stór

A floor or level of a building or ship.

storc

A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae.

stórchiste

A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.

stoth

(humorous) A dense head of hair.

strabhas

A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.

stráice

The condition of being flamboyant.

stráiciúil

Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.

straidhn

(uncountable, engineering) A dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.

straigléir

One who falls behind the rest, for example in a race.

straigléireach

One who falls behind the rest, for example in a race.

straille

A thickly tangled mess.

strailleán

An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.

strainc

A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.

straois

An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.

straoise

A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.

strapaire

A beautiful man.

streachail

To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.

streill

An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.

striapach

(obsolete) A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth, especially one given to low conduct.

striapach sráide

(informal, derogatory) A prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places.

stríoc a chur faoi

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

stró

Fuss, ado.

stróic

(transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.

stroighin

(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.

stroighnigh

(transitive) To affix with cement.

stróinéiseach

Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.

struchtúr

(grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.

strusmhar

Irritating; causing stress.

struth

(ornithology) A large flightless bird of the order Struthioniformes.

struth-chamhall

(ornithology) A large flightless bird of the order Struthioniformes.

stuacach

Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.

stuaic

(figurative) A condition of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.

stuáil

Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.

stuaim

Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing. [from early 19th c.]

stuama

Having, characterized by, or done with good judgment or sound thinking.

stuif

(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.

stuif glas

(math, uncountable) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.

stumpa

(by extension) Someone who is very attractive; a sex symbol.

sú craobh

The juicy aggregate fruit of these plants.

sú talún

The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.

suáilce

A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person. [from 13th c.]

suáilceach

Feeling or causing joy.

suáilceas

The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.

suaimhneach

(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.

suaimhneas

A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.

suainseán

(North America, archaic, _, in Britain) Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

suaith

(ambitransitive) To put in a random order.

suaitheadh

A lack of clarity or order.

suaitheadh intinne

(psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.

suaitheantas

Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.

suaithneamh

The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.

suaithníocht

(uncountable) The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms.

Sualainn

A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden.

sualainnis

The language of Sweden and Åland (an autonomous part of Finland). Swedish is also one of the two official languages of Finland, spoken by 6% of the citizens. A very small minority in Estonia has Swedish as their mother tongue.

Sualannach

A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.

suan

(uncountable) Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).

suanbhruith

(transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

suanlios

A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.

suansiúl

The act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during one's sleep.

suantraí

A cradlesong, a soothing song to calm children or lull them to sleep.

suarach

Morally degrading.

suarachán

(dated, or, humorous) A detestable person.

suarachas

the state of being insignificant

suarlathas

(political science) Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens. [from 1829.]

suas

To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).

suas an staighre

Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.

suas le

In close approximation; almost, virtually. [from 17th c.]

suasán

(psychology) A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.

suasánach

Having long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.

suathaireacht

The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.

subh

(less common in the, _, US, &, Canada) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts

subhach

Feeling or causing joy.

substráit

(biology) A surface on which an organism grows, or to which an organism or an item is attached.

Súdáin

Republic of the Sudan, since 1955

súdaire

A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

Súdánach

Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, or the Sudanese people.

súdócú

(games) A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the columns, each of the rows, and each of the subregions (called "boxes" or "regions") to contain the lowest whole numbers up to the dimension of the puzzle, usually 1 to 9, once each. The subregions are rectangular or square except in variants.

sūdoku

(games) A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the columns, each of the rows, and each of the subregions (called "boxes" or "regions") to contain the lowest whole numbers up to the dimension of the puzzle, usually 1 to 9, once each. The subregions are rectangular or square except in variants.

súgradh

(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.

suí

(often, military) A place where people (such as displaced people, soldiers, or travellers) encamp, that is, stay in tents or other temporary structures; a camp or campsite.

súiche

Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

súigh

(transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. [first attested in the early 17th century.]

suigh ar do ghogaide

To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.

súil

(countable, _, or, _, uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.

súil fhiata

An angry or fierce stare.

súil ribe

A mental or psychological trap.

súilaibí

Alert and paying close attention; watchful.

súileog

A small round particle of substance; a drop.

súilfhéachaint

(also, figuratively) A brief or cursory look.

suilfíd

(American spelling, chemistry) Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group.

suilfít

(American spelling, inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfurous acid.

súilín

An object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. An eyelet may reinforce a hole.

suim

The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).

suimint

(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.

suimintigh

(transitive) To affix with cement.

suimiúil

Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.

suíochán

Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold.

suíomh

The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.

suíomh gréasáin

(Internet) A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.

suipéar

Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.

suirbhé

An examination of the opinions of a group of people.

suirbhéir

A person occupied with surveying: the process of determining positions on the earth's surface.

suirí

The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.