whole.Ia.1aA: Slán; folláin. B: His hand was made whole, do leigheasadh a lámh. b(Of pers.) Slán, sábháilte; (of thg.) slán, gan bhriseadh. 2aIomlán. Ox roasted whole, mart rósta ina iomláine. He swallowed it whole, (i) shlog sé d'aon ailp amháin é; (ii) F: chreid sé an uile fhocal de. Mth: Whole number, slánuimhir f. Whole length, fad m iomlán. Whole coffee, caife m gan mheilt. Whole-leather binding, láncheangal m leathair. bTo tell the whole truth, iomlán na fírinne a insint. The whole world, an saol mór; an domhan iomlán. It lasted a whole week, mhair sé seachtain iomlán. A whole year, bliain mhór fhada. The whole family died of it, cailleadh an mhuirín uile leis. The whole story, iomlán an scéil. II►whole, s.Iomlán m. The whole of the school, iomlán na scoile; an scoil go léir, ar fad, uile. Nearly the whole of our resources, ár maoin go léir geall leis de; bunáite ár maoine ar fad. The whole amounts to five pounds, cúig phunt an t-iomlán. As a whole, ina iomláine. Taken as a whole, san iomlán. (Up)on the whole, tríd agus tríd. The work on the whole is good, tríd is tríd, tá an obair go maith.