Irish–English dictionary

ubhchruthach

Having the shape of an egg.

ubhsceitheadh

(physiology) The release of an ovum from an ovary.

ubhthoradh

(North America, AU, NZ, Philippines) The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.

ucailéile

A small four-stringed guitar.

ucht

(anatomy) The chest, or front of the human thorax.

uchtach

Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest.

uchtbharr

(military) A fortification consisting of a wall.

uchtphláta

A piece of armor that covers the chest.

uchtúlacht

the state of being courageous

Úcráin

A country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea. Capital and largest city: Kyiv.

Úcráinis

The East Slavic language of Ukrainians, and the official language of Ukraine.

Úcránach

Relating to Ukraine or its people or language.

úd

(rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.

udalán

(mechanical) A piece, such as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis.

údar

The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.

údaracht

The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.

údarás

(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.

úfó

Initialism of unidentified flying object; (loosely) an alien spacecraft. [from 20th c.]

Uganda

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Uganda.

uibheagán

A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with other foodstuffs, for example cheese or chives.

Uigingeach

(historical) Scandinavian/Northern European seafarers, most familiarly raiders and pirates during the Viking age.

uile

Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).

uilechoiteann

Common to all society; worldwide.

uilechumhacht

Unlimited power; commonly attributed to a deity or deities.

uilechumhachtach

Having unlimited power; omnipotent.

uilefheasach

Having total knowledge.

Uilliam

A en given name popular since the Norman Conquest.

uillinn

(anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.

uillinn píopa

(by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

úim

(countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.

uimhearthacht

Numerical skill.

uimhir

A numeral.

uimhir adamhach

(physics, chemistry) The number of protons in an atom. Symbol: Z

uimhir chearnach

(mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.

Uimhreacha

The Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah.

uimhríocht

The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

uimhríochta

(mathematics) Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.

uimhríochtúil

(mathematics) Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.

uimhriúil

(relational) Of or pertaining to numbers.

úinéir

One who owns something.

uinge

A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.

Uinseann

(countable) A en given name.

úir

(uncountable) Soil.

uirbeach

Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place, especially when contrasted with the countryside.

úire

The property of being new; novelty; recency.

úiréadra

(anatomy) The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.

uireasa

Lack; deficiency; non-existence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

uireasach

(grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.

úirinéal

A plumbing fixture intended for standing urination, typically by men and boys.

uiríollaí

One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity. [from 17th c.]

uiríseal

Not lofty or sublime; humble.

uirísle

The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.

uirísligh

(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470]

uirísliú

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

úirleachas

(chiefly, historical, also, figuratively) A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.

uirlis

A tool or instrument for working with.

uirscéal

A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.

Úisbéiceastáin

A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan. Capital: Tashkent.

uisce beatha

(Ireland, US, England) A drink of whiskey.

uisce beatha Albanach

(uncountable) Whisky distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley.

uisce ruma

(nautical) Water which collects in the bilges of a ship.

uisce-obach

So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape.

uiscedhíonach

waterproof (for use outdoors); resistant to rain

uiscí

Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.

uiscigh

(transitive) To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.

uisciúil

Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.

uisinn

(anatomy) The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head of a vertebrate, including a human, behind the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear.

ula

A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.

ula mhagaidh

(US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.

Ulaidh

The northern province of Ireland, made up of all six Northern Irish counties and three counties in the Republic of Ireland.

Ulánbátar

The capital city of Mongolia.

ulcha

Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.

ulchabhán

Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. [from 8th c.]

Ulick

A en given name

úll

A tree of the genus Malus; especially Malus domestica which is cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree. [from 15th c.]

úll caithne

The berry of the strawberry tree (Arbutus)

úll na scórnaí

(anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, as it houses the vocal cords, sound production.

ullamh

Prepared for immediate action or use.

ullmhaigh

(transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.

ullmhú

(uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.

úllord

A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.

ulóg

(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

Ultach

A county named after the Irish province in New York State: see Ulster County.

ultraivialait

Of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres.

ultramairín

In full ultramarine blue: a brilliant blue pigment traditionally made from ground-up lapis lazuli, and now usually either extracted from mineral deposits or made synthetically.

ultramairíneach

Of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish color like that of the pigment (noun sense 1).

ultramhuiríneach

A brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour like that of the pigment.

ultrasonach

(acoustics) Beyond (higher in frequency than) the range of sound perceptible to the human ear; with a frequency of 20 kilohertz or higher.

um

In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around. [from before 1150]

umar

A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.

umha

(uncountable) A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.

umhal

Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

umhlaigh

(intransitive) To yield or give way to another.

umhlaíocht

The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.

umhlóid

The quality of being supple; litheness.

uncail

A brother or brother-in-law of one's father. (This entry is a translation hub.)

ungadh

(medicine) A viscous aqueous oil or fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)

Ungáir

A country in Central Europe. Capital and largest city: Budapest.

Ungáiris

Of, from, or pertaining to the Kingdom of Hungary, during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of ethnicity.

Ungárach

Of, from, or pertaining to the Kingdom of Hungary, during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of ethnicity.

Ungthach

(Christianity) Jesus Christ.

unsa

An avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1⁄16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams.

úps

(colloquial) Acknowledging a mistake.

úr

Of air, weather, etc.: cool and dry; also, of a period of time: characterized by such weather.

ur-

(non-productive) Prior to in time.

Uragua

A country in South America. Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Capital and largest city: Montevideo.

uraiceacht

One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

úraigh

To refresh; to revive; to renew.

úráiniam

The element with atomic number 92 and symbol U. A radioactive silvery-grey metal in the actinide series.

urbhadhach

Harmful, injurious.

urbhaidh

(countable) A cause of misery or ruin.

urbholg

A large, protruding, or swollen abdomen; a paunch. [from 18th c.]

úrbhriosc

Not limp; firm, stiff; not stale or wilted; fresh; also, effervescent, lively.

urchar

(typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, “•”, often used to mark items in a list.

urchar gunna

(countable) The act of discharging a firearm.

urchóid

Physical injury; hurt; damage.

urchóideach

(medicine) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.

urchóideacht

The characteristic of being harmful.

urchoill

(transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.

urchoilleadh

The act of inhibiting.

urchoillte

That inhibits.

urchoisc

(transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).

urchomhaireach

Located directly across from something else, or from each other.

urchomhaireacht

(astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.

urchosc

An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.

urchoscacht

(medicine) Prevention of, or protective treatment for, disease.

urchuil

An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.

urdhún

(architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.

urfhuascailt

Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.

urghabh

(transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).

urghabháil

The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.

urghair

(transitive) To control, limit, or halt.

urghairdeach

Feeling or causing joy.

urghaire

A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.

urgharda

(military) The leading units at the front of an army or fleet.

urghnách

Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.

úrghorm

A brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour like that of the pigment.

urlabhairt

(uncountable) The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.

urlabhra

(uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.

urlabhraí

A person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people.

urlabhraíocht

(uncountable) The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.

urlacan

The act of vomiting.

urlacan folamh

The act of one who retches.

urlaic

(intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

urlámhas

(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.

urlár

(heraldry) The background of the shield.

urlár fuinneoige

(architectural element) The horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame.

urlárlach

A material used to make floors.

úrmhaire

The property of being new; novelty; recency.

urnaitheach

Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious; godly.