Install the app »
Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
hot-plate
hot-pot
hot-press
hot-spot
hot-tempered
hot-water-bottle
hound
hour
hour-circle
hour-glass
hour-hand
hourly
house
house-agent
house-arrest
house-boat
house-breaker
house-breaking
house-flag
house-fly
houseful
household
householder
New English–Irish Dictionary has an entry for
hour »
hour, s. Uair f. 1 An hour and a half, uair go leith. Half an hour, leathuair f. A quarter of an hour, ceathrú f uaire. Hour by hour, ó uair go chéile. To pay s.o. by the hour, duine a íoc de réir na huaire. Five miles an hour, cúig mhíle san uair. F: To take hours over sth., an lá a chaitheamh le rud. After hours, tar éis an ama. To work long hours, lá fada a oibriú. 2 a At the hour of seven, ar a seacht a chlog. At the hour stated, ag an am atá luaite. The questions of the hour, cúrsaí na linne. In the hour of need, in am riachtanais; le linn géibhinn. In a happy hour, go hádhúil. The hour has come, tá an t-am ann. The hour has come to go to bed, to get up, etc., tá sé in am luí, éirí, etc. b In the small hours (of the morning), i ndeireadh na hoíche. At all hours, go moch is go mall. To keep late hours, (i) bheith amuigh mall; (ii) airneán fada a dhéanamh. c Ecc: Book of Hours, Leabhar Tráth.
RELATED MATCHES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
He arrived an hour ago, tháinig sé tá uair ó shin.
He is two hours ahead of me, tá dhá uair de bhuntáiste aige orm.
At all hours, moch mall, go moch is go mall.
The hour came all too soon, róluath a tháinig an t-am.
At any hour of the day, am ar bith sa lá.
To assign an hour, a place, am, ionad, a ainmniú.
He averages eight hours' work a day, oibríonn sé ocht n-uaire sa lá, gach aon lá leis an lá eile; déanann sé ar meán, hocht n-uaire oibre sa lá.
Business hours, uaireanta oibre.
I saw him but an hour ago, níl sé ach uair ó chonaic mé é.
Calling hours, tráth cuairteanna.
(Of clock) To chime the hour, an uair, an t-am, a bhaint, a bhualadh.
Engine that consumes a ton of coal per hour, inneall a ídíos tonna guail san uair.
The dead hours, am marbh na hoíche.
To keep early hours, luí leis an uan agus éirí leis an éan.
At the eleventh hour, (i) B: ar an aonú huair déag; (ii) F: ar an nóiméad deireanach.
(ii) Two hours on end, dhá uair a chloig as a chéile.
The fatal hour, uair na cinniúna, an bháis.
F: It took two hours for the car to arrive, bhain sé dhá uair a chloig den charr teacht.
I waited two full hours for you, d'fhanas dhá uair druidte leat.
It takes fully two hours, ní mór an dá uair a chloig slán chuige.
To go twenty miles an hour, dul fiche míle san uair.
Four hundred miles in two hours, that’s very good going, ceithre chéad míle in dhá uair a chloig, is breá an siúl é.
I waited two good hours, bhíos dhá uair fhada a chloig ag feitheamh.
Three and a half hours, trí huaire go leith.
Half an hour, leathuair.
In a happy hour, ar uair an áidh.
To improve the occasion, the shining hour, leas a bhaint as an bhfaill; an deis a thapú.
To do sth. in three hours, rud a dhéanamh i dtrí huaire an chloig.
He'll be here in three hours, beidh sé anseo faoi cheann trí huaire.
At the hour indicated, ar an uair a bhí ceaptha.
The inevitable hour, uair na cinniúna.
He keeps inordinate hours, déanann sé airneán siar amach san oíche.
Six hours without interruption, sé huaire gan stad, as a chéile.
At a late hour (in the day), go déanach (sa lá); amach (go maith) sa lá.
The lateness of the hour, a dheireanaí, a dhéanaí, atá (a bhí, etc.) sé.
At a latish hour, latish in the day, go leathdhéanach (sa lá); amach go maith sa lá.
Leisure hours, tráthanna scíthe.
In less than an hour, faoi bhun uair a chloig.
Little more than an hour ago, ní mór thar uair a chloig ó shin.
He mooned away two hours, chaith sé dhá uair ag gabháil thart ag stárógacht.
F: Two mortal hours, dhá uair druidte.
The hour is near, tá an uair i ndeas dúinn (duit, etc.), buailte linn (leat, etc).
He has a few hours off, tá cúpla uair scíthe aige.
The passing hour, seal neamhbhuan.
Rail: Peak hours, amanna barrthráchta.
Twenty miles per hour, fiche míle san uair.
Going at the rate of twenty miles per hour, ag gabháil fiche míle san uair.
Train running at fifty miles an hour, traein ag dul caoga míle san uair.
The rush hours, (i) na tráthanna brúite; (ii) (In business) tráthanna na broide.
Hours saved, uaireanta sábháilte.
