shallow,1a.a(Of water) Tanaí; (of dish) éadomhain. Nau: Shallow water, tanalacht f. Shallow draught, éadoimhne snáimh. b(Of pers. mind) Baoth, folamh, éadrom. Shallow talk, caint gan fuaimint. A shallow individual, gligín m, duine m gan fód. 2s. (In sea) Tanaí m, tanalacht f.