Irish/Vocabulary/Verbs

Irish English abairto say achainigh to entreat (to request earnestly) achoimrigh to recap/recapitulate/summarise adhair to adore/worship adharcáil to gore adhlaic to bury admhaigh to admit aeráil to air (as in to air a room) agair to beg/sue aibigh to ripen aicmigh to classify aifir to rebuke aimridigh to sterilise aimsigh to hit/locate ainmnigh to assign/name airigh to receive/calculate aisghair to repeal aisig to restore aistarraing to retract aistrigh to change aisíoc to refund/reimburse/repay aithin to recognise áitigh to argue áitrigh to inhabit aithris to recite allmhairigh to import alp to devour/gobble/scoff anailísigh to analyze anluchtaigh to overload análaigh to respire/aspirate/breathe aontaigh to concour/agree ardaigh to ascend/elevate/heighten/hoist/lift aslonnaigh to evacuate athaimsigh to relocate athaontaigh to reunite athbheoigh to resuscitate/revive athbhreithnigh to review athbhunaigh to re-establish, reconstitute athchas to rewind (as in a tape) athcheartaigh to revise athchomhairligh to discourage athchóirigh to alter/recondition/refurbish/renovate/restore(building)/revamp/upgrade (house) athchúrsáil to recycle athdhearbhaigh to reassure athdheisigh to refurbish athdhéan to redo atheagraigh to redeploy (resources) athghair to recall athghnóthaigh to regain athlonnaigh to relocate athlíon to refill/replenish (glass) athnuaigh to rejuvenate/renew athobair to repeat work athoil to retrain (worker) athphlandáil to transplant athraigh to alter/change/vary athroinn to redeploy athscag to refine athsheol to redirect (mail) athsholáthair to replace athshreangaigh to rewire atosaigh to renew/resume atreoraigh to divert atáirg to reproduce atóg to reconstruct (building) babhtáil to barter bac to hinder/impede/thwart bagair to threaten bailigh to assemble/collect/gather bain to harvest/mow/reap/dig up (potatoes) baist to baptise/christen barrloisc to singe basc to mangle/maul batráil to batter bealaigh to grease/lubricate beannaigh to bless bearnaigh to breach bearr to prune/shave beartaigh to contrive/scheme/wield (sword) beir to grab beirigh to boil beoigh to liven-up bioraigh to sharpen bladair to cajole bodhraigh to deafen bog to budge/maneuver/relax(muscle)/soften bolg to distend(physiology)/bloat(agriculture) borr to surge braith to betray/notice/perceive/detect/size-up/sound-out breithnigh to evaluate(factor) breoigh to glow bris to break/fail(candidate)/overthrow/bring-down(government)/shatter - more broid to goad/nudge/prod bronn to donate brostaigh to hasten/precipitate bruith to bake bréag to lie/delude bréagnaigh to belie/contradict/disprove/rebut bróidnigh to embroider brúigh to hustle/mash/shove buaigh to win buail to flap/hit/knock/lick/thresh(agriculture)/toll(bell) buain to reap buair to annoy bunaigh to establish/found/institute bácáil to bake báigh to drench/drown/plunge/sink(ship)/soak/swamp bánaigh to bleach(linen)/evacuate(place) bí to be cabhraigh to assist cailg to bite caill to forfeit(lose)/miss/shed cairt to peel/tan/encrust cairtfhostaigh to charter(plane) caith to cast(throw)/check(throw)/expend/fling/flip/hurl/toss/throw/wear can / labhair to speak canbhasáil to canvass caoch to daze/overwhelming(victory vi)/resounding(victory vi) caoin to cry (vi)/mourne (vi)/weep(vi) caolaigh to dilute/constrict caomhnaigh to conserve/preserve (keep safe) carn to accumulate cas to twirl ceadaigh to allow/approve/let(practise/claim/goal) cealaigh to annul/cancel/delete cealg to deceive ceangail to bind/fasten/hitch/teather ceannaigh to buy/purchase ceap to appoint/designate(to office)/devise ceartaigh to adjust(clock/scales/compass)/rectify(error)/rebuke/redress ceiliúir to celebrate(vi)/vanish ceistigh to interrogate/query/question/quiz ciallaigh to interpret ciap to annoy/besiege/harass/hound/plague/tease ciceáil to kick cigil to tickle cinntigh to assure/confirm/ensure cionroinn to allocate/distribute ciorclaigh to encircle ciorraigh to hack/maim/mangle ciúnaigh to becalm/hush/quell/sooth clamhair to maul claochlaigh to transform claon to incline/perverse/tilt/veer cleacht to ply(a trade)/rehearse clip to prick/tease/torment/wear out clis to conk-out clois to hear/overhear cloígh to overpower/digest/overwhelm(enemy)/repress/subdue/sap cluimhrigh to preen cluin to hear/overhear clutharaigh to muffle cláraigh to enroll clóigh to overpower/digest/overwhelm(enemy)/repress/subdue/sap clúdaigh to cover cnag to bash/crunch/knock/snap(sound) cnaígh to gnaw cneasaigh to heal cniotáil to knit codail to sleep(vi) cogain to chew(vi) coigeartaigh to update coigil to economise/save coigistigh to confiscate coill to castrate/geld/spay coilínigh to colonize coimeád to hold/keep/maintain coimhéad to observe coimrigh to sum-up cóineartaigh to strengthen, confirm coinnigh to hold/retain/preserve/detain/keep coinsínigh to consign coip to ferment/whisk coir to tire, exhaust coisc to deter/obstruct(block)/preclude/prevent/prohibit/stave-off(attack) coisric to bless comhaill to fulfil comhair to count/reckon comhairligh to advise comharthaigh to denote/suggest comhbhailigh to aggregate comhbhrúigh to compress comhdhearbhaigh to corroborate comhdhlúthaigh to condense comhfhadaigh to justify(computing) comhfhortaigh to console, comfort comhfhreagair to correspond comhlíon to discharge/fulfil/observe/perform(duties)/serve comhordaigh to coordinate comhréitigh to conciliate/harmonise (of texts) comhtharlaigh to coincide comhtháthaigh to integrate conlaigh to glean corn to bale/wrap-up corpraigh to incorporate corraigh to agitate/affect/budge/disturb/excite/stir(vi) cosain to defend/protect/safeguard coscair to hack/thaw cothromaigh to balance/equalize (sport) crap to crumple/shrink(vi) creach to loot/pillage/plunder/ransack/rifle creid to believe creim to corrode/erode/thaw creimseáil to nibble criathraigh to riddle/sift croch to hang/suspend croith to shake/sprinkle/wag/waggle crom to crouch/droop/stoop cros to ban/prohibit/veto croscheistigh to cross-examine(law) cruaigh to hardened/toughened cruinnigh to gather cruthaigh to create/establish/prove cráigh to bother/harass/pester/annoy créam to cremate críochnaigh to accomplish/conclude/finish-off cuardaigh to frisk/prospect/search cuidigh to help cuimhnigh to remember cuimil to fondle/rub/stroke/wipe cuimsigh to comprehend/include cuir to put cum to compose/form/invent/limit cumaisc to merge/mix cumhdaigh to protect/uphold(law) cuntais to count/reckon cáiligh to qualify cáin to condemn/criticize/fine/levy/penalize/slam/tax céas to crucify/hound/persecute/torture cíor to comb/scour(search) cócaráil to cook cóimeáil to assemble cóineartaigh to strengthen, confirm cóirigh to mend/overhaul/rig/straighten cónaigh to dwell, reside cúbláil to defraud/misappropriate cúigleáil to embezzle cúisigh to accuse cúitigh to compensate cúngaigh to narrow cúrsáil to cruise daingnigh to fortify/strengthen dall to blind/darken/dazzle/mesmerize dallraigh to dazzle damnaigh to damn dathaigh to paint deachtaigh to dictate dealaigh to part/separate/subtract (maths) dearbhaigh to assert/assure/declare dearc to consider/look dearg to blush/kindle/redden deifrigh to hasten/hurry deighil to divide deimhnigh to check/verify deisigh to fix deonaigh to accord/condescend/grant dianscaoil to break/decompose diasraigh to glean diomail to dissipate/squander diúraic to brandish/cast/project/shoot doimhnigh to deepen dorchaigh to darken dramhail to trample dreasaigh to incite driog to distil droimscríobh to endorse druid to shut dubhaigh to blacken dáil to distribute déan to do, to make dí-armáil to disarm dí-oighrigh to de-ice díbholg to deflate díbir to banish dícheangail to detach dícheann to behead díchoimisiúnaigh to decommission díchorn to unwind díchreid to disbelieve díchum to distort dícháiligh to disqualify díchóimeáil to dismantle dífhabhtaigh to debug díghalraigh to disinfect díleáigh to digest díluacháil to devalue díluchtaigh to unload dílódáil to unload dínáisiúnaigh to denationalize díol to sell díothaigh to abolish/annihilate/eradicate díphacáil to unpack díreoigh to defrost dírigh to straighten/unbend díscaoil to disintegrate/dissolve díshealbhaigh to evict díshioc to defrost díthruailligh to decontaminate diúraic to brandish/cast/project/shoot dóigh to burn dúisigh to wake up dul to go dún to close eadóirsigh to naturalize éadromaigh to lighten/make less heavy eagraigh to organize easpórtáil to export éalaigh to escape éiligh to claim/demand/request éirigh to rise eiseachaid to extradite éist to listen eitil to fly fadaigh to kindle/lengthen/prolong faigh to get fair to watch fairsingigh to broaden/expand/widen fan to wait faobhraigh to sharpen/whet feabhsaigh to improve/recuperate feall to betray/fail feic to see feidhmigh to enforce feistigh to tie up (boat)/trim (with) feoigh to decay fiach to chase/hunt fiafraigh to ask fiar to slant/swerve/tilt/veer figh to weave fill to bend/fold/return fionn to ascertain/discover/invent fiosraigh to inquire/investigate fiuch to boil fliuch to drench/moisten/wet foghlaim to learn/ foilsigh to disclose/publish/reveal folaigh to conceal folc to bathe folig to sublet folmhaigh to discharge/unpack forbair to develope/expand (maths) formhéadaigh to magnify forshuigh to superimpose fortaigh to relieve fostaigh to employ/engage/hire freagair to answer freastail to attend frithchaith to reflect fuadaigh to hijack/kidnap/snatch fuaigh to sew fuaimnigh to pronounce fuascail to release/deliver (from danger) fuathaigh to hate fuin to cook/roast/knead fulaing to suffer fág to leave fáiltigh to receive/rejoice fáisc to tighten/wring fálaigh to enclose fás to grow féach to look fíoraigh to verify fógair to announce fóir to watch gabh to take gaibhnigh to preen gair to acclaim/exclaim/roar galraigh to infect galstobh to braise geal to brighten geall to bet/promise gearr to cut/shorten/snip gin to conceive/generate giorraigh to curtail/shorten giortaigh to shrink glac to take glan to clean glaoigh to call gloinigh to glaze glám to clutch/grab gléas to adjust glónraigh to glaze gnáthaigh to haunt gníomhachtaigh to activate gníomhaigh to activate/perform/act gnóthaigh to earn gob to peck goid to steal goil to weep gor to hatch gortaigh to hurt gread to batter/swish/wallop greamaigh to fasten grean to engrave/grit greasáil to beat/drub/trounce grinnléigh to peruse griog to annoy/excite/incite/irritate/rile/tease griosaigh to fire/incite/stimulate/inspire gráinigh to hate gráinseáil to nibble gríosc to broil grúdaigh to brew guailleáil to jostle/shoulder gualaigh to char (burn) géaraigh to sharpen/aggravate géill to capitulate/give/submit/surrender hiopnóisigh to hypnotize iarr to ask imigh to go imir to play impigh to beg imscaoil to decipher imtheorannaigh to intern inbhéartaigh to invert infheistigh to invest inis to tell iniúch to audit/inspect insealbhaigh to install insligh to insulate insteall to inject íoc to contribute/remit (money) iolraigh to multiply iomlánaigh to integrate iompaigh to turn iompair to carry iompórtáil to import ionchorpraigh to incorporate ionchúisigh to prosecute ionfhabhtaigh to infect ionramháil to maneuver/manipulate ionsaigh to attack ionsúigh to absorb íoslaghdaigh to minimise íoslódáil to download íosmhéadaigh to minimise (reduce) ith to eat lagaigh to dilute/weaken laghdhdaigh to decrease/diminish/dwindle/lessen/lighten/reduce lamháil to allow lansaigh to lance las to light lasc to flog/lash/whip leachtaigh to liquify leadair to whack leag to knock down lean to follow leasaigh to amend/reform/season/undo/update leath to diminish/divide leathnaigh to broaden/expand/extend/widen leigheas to cure/heal/remedy/undo leithlisigh to isolate leomh to allow/dare leáigh to melt lig to allow/release ligh to lick liostaigh to itemize/list liostáil to enlist lobh to decay/decompose/fester/rot loc to enclose/pluck lochtaigh to criticize/fault loit to hurt/injure/damage lom to mow/scuff/shear lonnaigh to settle lorg to trace luacháil to evaluate luaigh to mention luathaigh to accelerate luchtaigh to charge/fill/load/fill luigh to lie (rest)/settle (dust)/to comply with (with le) láidrigh to toughen láimhsigh to manipulate láraigh to centralize léas to flog/trash léigh to read léim to jump léirigh to demonstrate/depict/elucidate/illustrate/indicate/portray léirsigh to demonstrate líomhain to allege líon to fill lódáil to load lúb to loop machnaigh to meditate/muse maidhm to burst/detonate mair to live/remain/survive maisigh to decorate maistrigh to churn (agriculture) maith to forgive/pardon malartaigh to barter/ mallaigh to damn maolaigh to abate/allay/alleviate/deaden/modify/qualify/reduce/relieve/slacken/soothe maothaigh to moisten/soak/soften maraigh to kill/slay maslaigh to blaspheme/snub maígh to boast meabhraigh to meditate/memorize/ponder meall to coax/deceive/delude/disappoint/entice/tempt/woo mearaigh to baffle/confound/mystify/perplex meas to consider measc to mix meidhrigh to elate/make merry/confuse/frisk meil to squander/grind (corn) meáigh to weigh mill to blight/destroy/devastate/mar/spoil milsigh to sweeten mionaigh to crumble/mince mionbhrúigh to crush/crumble mionscrúdaigh to scan/sift/scan modhnaigh to modify moilligh to delay/linger mol to praise monaraigh to manufacture morg to decompose muirnigh to cherish/cuddle/fondle mungail to munch méadaigh to increase méaraigh to baffle/confound/mystify/perplex mínigh to smooth/make gentle/explain múch to asphyxiate/extinguish/muffle/smother/stifle/suffocate múin to teach múscail to awaken nasc to bind/connect/link neadaigh to embed/nest/nestle neartaigh to strengthen neodraigh to neutralize nigh to wash nuachóirigh to modernize náisiúnaigh to nationalize nódaigh to transplant obair to work oighrigh to congeal/freeze oil to educate oirnigh to cut in bits/crush/fragment ól to drink ollchóirigh to overhaul onnmhairigh to export onóraigh to honor ordaigh to order ornáidigh to ornament/embellish oscail to open pacáil to pack pearsanaigh to impersonate pioc to pluck/preen píolótaigh to navigate plac to bang/eat/gobble/slam pléadáil to plead pléasc to bang/burst/erupt/explode plúch to asphyxiate/smother/stifle/suffocate poibligh to make public/publish poll to bore/penetrate/perforate/pierce/puncture poncloisc to cauterize potbhiathaigh to spoon-feed prioc to pluck/preen promh to prove pábháil to pave póraigh to grow from seed/breed pós to marry/wed radaigh to radiate ramhraigh to fatten/thicken rangaigh to classify ransaigh to forage/ransack reoigh to freeze riar to administer/dispense/distribute/manage/mete/provide righ to control/stretch rith to run robáil to rob roghnaigh to pick/select roinn to divide rois to unravel rop to dash/stab rothlaigh to rotate/slew/slue/twirl ruadhóigh to scorch ruaig to drive out/ to chase away ruathair to raid/foray/scramble (rush)/swoop (by police) rácáil to rake (as in leaves) réal to make clear/develop (photography) réamhaithris to foretell/predict réamhcheannaigh to pre-empt réamhdhátaigh to backdate réasúnaigh to rationalize réitigh to adjust/arrange/clear/elucidate/level/smooth/solve ríomh to calculate/count/reckon ríomhairigh to computerize rómhair to dig rúisc to strip/shell/poke/trounce sábh to saw sábháil to save sádráil to exceed/violate (as in history)/outclass (as in sport) sáigh to stab sáinnigh to beset/hem sáraigh to violate (law)/get beyond/harass/weary sásaigh to satisfy sac to tuck saibhrigh to enrich saibhseáil to sweep bottom of water/to rummage about saighid to incite/provoke sainaithin to identify sainigh to state expressly/specify/define sainmhínigh to define samhlaigh to envisage/imagine/suppose/visualize sann to assign santaigh to covet saobh to distort/pervert/warp saor to emancipate/free saothraigh to cultivate/farm/make/till scag to filter/refine/sift scaip to scatter scaird to gush/jet/pour/splatter/spray/spurt scairt to shout scall to poach/scald scan to scan scanraigh to appal/frighten/overawe/scare/terrify scaoil to release scar to detach/diverge/unfold sceimhligh to terrify sceith to divulge/overflow/spawn/spew/vomit scil to divulge/shell scimeáil to skim sciob to snatch scioll to scold sciorr to skid scoir to adjourn/detach/disband/disconnect scoith to wean scor to slash scrabh to scrape scrios to destroy/erase scrábáil to scrawl/scribble/squiggle scréach to screech scríobh to write scrúdaigh to examine seachaid to deliver sealbhaigh to possess séan to deny/disown (son)/outgrow (clothes)/repudiate/renounce séid to blow/inflate searbhaigh to embitter searg to shrivel/wilt/wither seas to stand seiceáil to check/test seiftigh to improvise seilg to hunt/prey seinn to sound/perform/play (all of music) seol to dispatch/remit/sail/send sioc to congeal/freeze/frost siortaigh to forage siúntaigh to shunt (as in rail) slad to destroy/devastate/loot/pillage/plunder sleamhnaigh to glide/slide/slither slog to engulf/swallow/swig slánaigh to redeem slíoc to pat/pet smachtaigh to control/dominate/restrain smaoinigh to think smeadráil to smear smear to grease/smear smiot to swat smol to blight smuigleáil to smuggle smálaigh to blot/blur/tarnish smúr to sniff snaidhm to knit/knot snoigh to cut/carve snámh to swim socraigh to settle/calm soilsigh to enlighten/illuminate/shine soiléirigh to elucidate soláthair to gather/procure/provide/supply sonraigh to distinguish/perceive/remark spall to spall (small chip of fragment) spalp to burst forth spoch to castrate spreag to urge/inspire spáráil to spare spíon to exhaust spól to carve (meat) srac to drag/extort/strive sraon to deflect sreangaigh to wire srian to curb/restrain sroich to arrive/reach sruthlaigh to rinse stad to stop steall to dash/spatter/squirt steiriligh to sterilize stiúir to manage/navigate/steer stoith to extract/uproot streachail to pull/drag/struggle stócáil to stoke suaimhnigh to placate/quieten suaith to massage/shuffle suigh to sit suiteáil to install síl to think/intend síolraigh to breed sóinseáil to change súigh to suck/absorb tabhaigh to deserve tabhair to give tacht to choke/strangle/throttle tairngir to foretell/prophesy taiscéal to explore/examine/reconnoiter/reconnoitre taispeáin to show taithigh to haunt tanaigh to dilute taom to teem tarchuir to transmit tarlaigh to happen/occur tarraing to pull tarrtháil to rescue/retrieve/salvage tarscaoil to waive teagasc to instruct/teach teann to tighten teasc to amputate/sever teasdíon to insulate teilg to fling/hurl teimhligh to darken/stain/tarnish teorannaigh to limit/restrict timpeallaigh to surround tiomnaigh to bequeath/dedicate tiomsaigh to compile tiomáin to drive tionlaic to accompany tionscain to begin/institute tiontaigh to capsize/convert/invert/turn tionóil to gather/convene/assemble tirimghlan to dry-clean tit to fall tiubhaigh to thicken tochail to dig togair to choose togh to cull/elect/select toghair to call toll to bore/hollow tomhais to measure/weigh tosaigh to start traoch to exhaust/wear out trasnaigh to heckle/interrupt/intersect treascair to annihilate/flatten/overwhelm/topple treisigh to reinforce treáigh to digest truailligh to contaminate/doctor/pollute tréig to abandon/desert/fade/forsake/jilt tuairteáil to collide/smash tuar to forecast/foresee/foreshadow/predict tuaslaig to dissolve tuig to comprehend/realize/understand tuill to deserve/earn tuirling to descend tum to submerge táblaigh to tabulate táthaigh to bind/solder/unite/weld téacht to come tóg to take tóraigh to pursue uchtaigh to adopt uimhrigh to number uirísligh to humiliate uiscigh to irrigate ullmhaigh to prepare úraigh to freshen/refresh/sweeten urchoill to inhibit vacsaínigh to vaccinate