while1, s.1aTamall m, achar m, scaitheamh m, seal m -a. After a while, tar éis tamaill. In a little while, i gceann tamaill bhig. For a (short) while, (i) ar feadh tamaill; (ii) (future) go ceann tamaill. A long while, scaitheamh maith. For a long while past, le tamall maith anuas. It will be a good while before you see him again, is fada (an t-achar) go bhfeicfir arís é. It will take me quite a while to do, tógfaidh sé scoth-thamall orm é a dhéanamh. Stay a little while, fan go fóill beag. bAdv.phr.The while, feadh an ama. All the while, ar feadh na faide, i rith an ama. 2Is it worth (my) while?an fiú (dom) é?I don't think it worth while, ní fiú liom é. I will make it worth your while, féachfadsa chuige go mbainfidh tú sochar as. It is perhaps worth while mentioning that... b'fhéidir nár mhiste a lua go . . .
while2, v.tr.Meilim, bréagaim (an aimsir).
while3, conj.1aFad, an t-achar, le linn. While he was here, while here, he studied a great deal, rinne sé mórán staidéir fad a bhí sé anseo, an t-achar a bhí sé anseo, le linn dó a bheith anseo. While reading I fell asleep, thiteas i mo chodladh agus mé ag léamh. While this was going on, lena linn seo. b(As long as) Chomh fada, fad. While I live you shall lack nothing, fad a bheas mé beo ní bheidh aon easpa ort. 2(Concessive) While I admit, while admitting, the thing is difficult, I do not think it impossible, siúd agus go, cé go, n-admhaím go bhfuil sé deacair ní dóigh liom gur rud dodhéanta é. 3(Whereas) One of them was dressed in white, while the other was all in black, éadach bán a bhí ar dhuine acu, ach bhí an duine eile faoi éadach dubh ar fad.