, neg. prefix, as eagcóir, injustice, etc. See <<é>> (prefix).

, g. id., f., Eve.

, -ail, pl. id., m., a fire, a spark, a brand (O'N.).

, -aighe, a., unspotted, unchequered, unspeckled (O'N.).

, -thaighe, a., blossomless, flowerless (O'N.).

, -dhighe, a., ungrateful, thankless (O'N.).

, -uir, m., ivory.

, -a, pl. id., m., a covenant, a thing; a state, a condition, a deed, an act; a heroic exploit; prowess (T. G.); a catastrophe; a sorrowful event, a great loss; an t-éacht do dhaoinibh, a wondrous lot of people.

, -aighe, a., wonderful; deed-doing, powerful.

, -adh, v. tr., I do, I act, I enact.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., an historian, a chronicler.

, -a, f., history, historiography.

, -a, , m., jealousy, obloquy, suspicion, reproach, zeal; calaithe an éada, the crime of jealousy.

, a negative particle coming before vowels or s, t and d in compounds.

, -ála, f., booty, plunder, gain, riches, profit, benefit; excess, increase; hope.

, -lighe, a., rich, profitable (also éadálach).

, -gne, a., weak, unprotected.

, -a, f., weakness, insecurity.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m. a jealous person.

, -a, f., jealousy, envy.

, -aighe, a., lucrative, profitable, gain-giving; wealthy, rich.

, -ain, pl. id., m., the forehead; face, countenance; brow (of mountain); i n-éadan na huaire, every hour; as an éadan, fully, entirely (Mon.), in Don. as éadan; le héadan, in face of; i n-éadan, against; i n-éadan na habhann, against the stream.

, -áin, pl. id. and -ánta, m., a frontlet.

, -ainge, f., intolerance, impatience.

, -a, f., jealousy.

, -aire, a., jealous, envious.

, -ais, m., despair, lack of hope (also éadóthchas).

, a., -aighe, hopeless, despondent.

, -mhne, a., shallow.

, -a, f., naturalization (O'N.).

, -iughadh, v. tr., I naturalise (O'N.).

, p. a., naturalized (O'N.).

, -bhighe, a., unprofitable, useless.

, -thighe, a., unfruitful

, -ais, m., mediocrity.

, -ora, f., imbecility. irresolution.

, -aighe, a., weak, irresolute; ignorant of the way.

, g. id., f., cruelty. unmercifulness; somet. éadtrócair.

, -righe, a., unmerciful, merciless.

, -ruime, a., light, nimble, quick; frivolous, fatuous; tá sé éadtrom 'n-a ceann, he is a little touched.

, -áin, m., lightness, ease, comfort.

, pl., m., the lights (of an animal).

, -áin, pl. id., m., the bladder; a football; a frivolous reason; alight, miserable, good-for-nothing person.

-uighthe, m., act of lightening; alleviation.

, -madh and -mughadh, v. tr., I alleviate, lighten.

, p. a., lightened.

, g. id., f., lightness, dizziness.

, -ainge, f., unbearable suffering; injury, intolerance, harshness.

, -uighthe, m., the act of clothing, dressing.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I clothe. I dress in armour.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a tailor, a clothier.

, -a, pl. id., m., death, extinction (somet. pl. in singular sense; ar lár ag an éag, lifeless, dead; i dteanntaib éaga, in the grip of death; chuaidh an choinneal i n-éag, the candle went out; in phr. go héag, for ever, intensive; cha chreidim go héag, I'll never believe (Mea.). rith go héag, "run like mad"; tá Gaedhilg go héag aige, he has endless Irish, he has abundance of Irish speech; tá sé go héag leis an nGaedhilg, he is mad about Irish (U.); tá an teine ag dul i n-éag, the fire is going out (in parts of M. and in Don., dul a dh'éag is used).

, neg. prefix, not, un-, in-. See <<éa>>

, -gadh, v. intr., I die, perish, expire, become quenched; d'éag sé = fuair sé bás.

, -ain, pl. id., m., a wanderer.

, g. id., f., act of complaining, lamenting, death-wailing.

, -neadh and -ne, v. tr., I complain, lament, complain of; ná héagcaoin do thuirse, do not complain of your fatigue or trouble.

, -tigh, a., mournful, querulous, lamenting.

, -sighe, a., immoderate

, -e, a., inestimable.

, -óra, f., a crime; wrong, injustice, iniquity, unrighteousness; tá sé 'san é. dóibh go mór, he wrongs them greatly (thereby) (Don.); taoi 'san é., you are astray, you are on the wrong road (M.); tá an é. agat, you are wrong (M.).

, -adh, v. tr., I omit, exclude.

, -ainn, m., oppression tyranny, injustice, injury; anguish; unequal contest (Kea., F. F.).

, m., unevenness, un-steady beat (as of the pulse); irregularity, inequality, unfairness, injustice, oppression.

, -aighe, a., unjust, wrong-doing, oppressive.

, p. a., wronged, treated unjustly, injured.

, -samhla, a., unlike, diverse, various, dissimilar; é. le, dissimilar to, different from.

, g. id., f., disparity, dissimilitude; it is followed by le when contrast is intended.

, -a, f., diversity, dissimilitude (with le, of thing contrasted with) (also éagcosmhalacht).

, -aidh, m., impiety, indevotion.

, -thighe, a., unbelieving, irreligious, impious.

, -chreatha, m., the trembling of death.

, -dhais, pl. id., m., infirmity, malady, fever (also éagcruas).

, -e, a., infirm, sick, weak, powerless, impotent; tá sé i n-é., he appears wretchedly infirm.

, -rotha, m., deformity; dismay, terror.

, -leasa, pl. id., m., a churchyard, a burying-ground.

, -e, f., want, need, lack, absence of; i n-éagmais, in want of (with gen.); i n-a

, in want of it.

, -e, f., reputation, fame, great importance.

, a., very great, excessive.

, -aighe, a., murmurng, complaining, grumbling, lamenting; ag caoi go héagnach, bitterly lamenting.

, -aigh, m., reproach, cause of grief; resentment; blasphemy; a blemish; a satire; ag éagnach ar, grumbling against.

, vl. éagnach, v. intr., I growl, grumble, murmur against tr., I set in order; digest, ordain, regulate; I edit (as a book, etc.).

, -mhla, a., various, manifold, different, dissimilar, mongrel, mixed; strange, surprising; matchless, incomparable; é. le, dissimilar to, different from.

, indec. a., strange, extraordinary, terrible (Mea.).

, -a, f., variety, diversity, dissimilitude; wonder, strangeness.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I diversify.

, -aing, pl. id., m., an impediment, a hindrance (Con.); an opportunity, an unguarded moment; a fault, flaw; a weakness, an ailment; fuair sé éalang air, he got an unguarded moment in which to attack, etc., him; usually éalag in W. Mun. (also éalain).

, (éalóghadh, poet.), m., act of going off stealthily or quietly, eloping; a passage for boats between two rocks or between a rock and the mainland (Don.). See <<éalughadh>>.

, -uighthe, m., the act of going off stealthily or quietly, eloping.

, -thigh, m., a deserter, one in revolt.

, -ughadh and éalódh, v. intr., I steal away, go away quietly; elope.

(aon)

, one, anyone, any; used in composition, as i n-éan-bhall, in any place; ní raibh éan-dúil agam ann, I had no desire for it. The form éin is used before words beginning with a slender vowel or consonant, as 'bhfuil éin-eachtra agat, have you any news? éan sometimes prefixes t to words beginning with s, as éan-tsórt, éan-tsaghas, 7c. Somet. in poet. pron. short in U., destroying government, e.g. níl agam ar an tsaoghal acht cnámha an ean-bhó (pron. kraawa nan wô) (old song). See <<aon>>.

, g. éin, pl. id., m., a bird, a fowl; éan fionn, a white bird, a kite; pl. also éanacha.

, g. éin, pl. id., m., the semicircular piece of the gunwale passing round at the bow and immediately in front of the fore paddler (Tory).

, éandacht, 7c., one, etc. See <<aon>>, <<aondacht>>, 7c.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a fowler, a bird-catcher; a bird-fancier.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a fowler, a bird-catcher; a dealer in birds.

, -e, f. (coll.), birds in general; bird-flocks; éanlaithe somet. used in the pl., as éanlaithe an earraigh, spring birds (McD.).

, -ainne, -a, f., an aviary (also éanadán).

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a poulterer; a fowler; a bird-catcher.

; d'éan-sáthadh, at once; a simultaneous advance or charge.

; d'éan-toisc, on purpose; lit., in one bulk.

, -rtha, m., a refusal, denial, fear, terror, distrust.

, -radh, v. tr., I refuse, I deny.

, -e, f., earnest-money, money deposited as an assurance of good faith. See <<iarlas>> and <<iarlais>>.

, -óige, -óga, f., a chicken (in Don., éireog).

, g. id., f., the moon; oidhche gan éasca, a moonless night.

, -e, a., nimble, quick, active, speedy, swift, rapid; feasible, willing, agreeable; suitable to do a thing in (of time); is éascaidhe neoin 'ná maidin, one is more ready to do work in the evening than the (next) morning, i.e. it is a better time to work; free (of wheels, etc.).

, -a, f., speed, swiftness, promptitude.