end1, s.1aDeireadh m (leabhair, etc.); ceann m (maide, bóthair, etc.) The upper end of the table]], an ceann thuas den bhord. Fb: To change ends, athrú timpeall. The end house of the street, an teach ag bun na sráide. F: He has the right end of the stick, is aige atá ceann éadrom an scéil. To get, have, hold of the wrong end of the stick, ciall chontráilte a bhaint as an scéal. To begin at the wrong end, tosú ag an gceann tuathail. To keep one's end up, an fód a sheasamh. Adv. phrs.End to end, as ceann a chéile. From end to end, ó cheann ceann. On end (i) (Of barrel) ina sheasamh, ar a cheann. S.a. HAIR 1. (ii) Two hours on end, dhá uair a chloig as a chéile. Straight on end, right on end, díreach i ndiaidh a chéile. End on, a d(h)eireadh le ... Nau: (Of ships) To meet end on, bualadh éadan le héadan. S.a. DEAD-END, DEEP I. I, LOOSE1 I. bI.C.E: Big end, ceann ramhar. Small end, ceann caol. cBun m (crainn, seoil, toitín, coinnle, etc.); ceann (téide). 2Críoch f, foirceann m. To the ends of the earth, go tíortha in imigéin. 3Deireadh m (bliana, oibre, tionóil, etc.). We shall never hear the end of the matter, ní bheidh deireadh go brách leis an scéal seo. And there's an end of it!sin é a dheireadh!There's no end to it, níl aon teorainn leis. [To make an end of sth.; to put an end to sth.; to bring sth. to an end], deireadh a chur le rud. To draw to an end, tarraingt ar an deireadh. It has come to an end, tá deireadh leis, tá sé críochnaithe. To be at an end, (i) (of resources) bheith caite, ídithe, spíonta; (ii) (of time) bheith caite, bheith istigh; (iii) (of action) bheith críochnaithe. To be at the end of one's resources, bheith ag an tsálóg. At the end of (the) winter, i ndeireadh an gheimhridh. In the end, faoi dheireadh; i ndeireadh na scríbe. No end of . . ., an-chuimse . . . It'll do you no end of good, rachaidh sé chun tairbhe dhuit go mór. No end of books, leabhair gan áireamh. No end of money, airgead na hairí, na cairn airgid. He thinks no end of her, is dóigh leis gur aisti a éiríos an ghrian; tá meas an domhain aige uirthi. He thinks no end of himself, tá sé ina dhia beag aige féin. To make a good end, bás naofa a fháil. He came to a bad end, rug droch-chríoch air. To meet one's end, bás a fháil. 4Cuspóir m -a, aidhm f. Private ends, cuspóirí pearsanta. To gain, attain, one's ends, ceann riain a shroichint; d'aidhmeanna a bhaint amach. With this end in view, chun an cuspóir seo a bhaint amach. For, to, this end, chuige sin; leis an intinn sin. To the end that..., chun go ..., i dtreo go . . . To no end, in aisce; gan toradh.
end2 .1v.tr.Críochnaím, cuirim deireadh le. It is ended and done with, tá an méad sin thart; tá an méad sin curtha dínn againn. 2v.i.Críochnaíonn, tagann deireadh le; tagann chun deiridh. All stories end (up) like that, is amhlaidh sin a chríochnaíonn gach scéal. He ended by insulting me, níor stad sé gur thug sé masla dhom. When the period has ended, nuair a bheas an tréimhse istigh, thuas, caite. It ended in smoke, ní raibh ann faoi dheireadh ach gal soip.