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verbbriathar 1 linguisticsteangeolaíocht have as meaning transitiveaistreachciallaigh verb cmu what's meant by this word? cad is brí don fhocal seo?, cad é a chiallaíonn an focal seo?, cad é atá i gceist leis an bhfocal seo? it means 'wall' ciallaíonn sé 'balla' that word means something else in Scotland tá ciall eile leis an bhfocal sin in Albain what does the sentence mean to you? cad é an chiall a bhainfeása as an abairt?, cad é an t-adhmad a bhainfeása as an abairt? the surname meant nothing to me níor aithin mé an sloinne ar chor ar bith the words didn't mean anything bhí na focail gan bhrí, ní raibh bun ná barr leis na focail 2 intend to say or refer to transitiveaistreach what sort of thing do you mean? cad é an sórt ruda atá i gceist agat?, cén sórt ruda a bhfuil tú ag smaoineamh air?, cén sórt ruda atá i gceist agat? is that what you mean? an é sin an rud atá tú a mhaíomh?, an chuige sin atá tú? do you mean me? an mise atá i gceist agat?, an mise atá tú a mhaíomh? do you mean this one here? an é an ceann seo atá i gceist agat? she means you lot! sibhse atá sí a rá! you don't mean it! níl tú dáiríre!, ag magadh atá tú! he really means it tá sé lándáiríre, chan ag magadh atá sé ar chor ar bith by that he means there's no money is é atá i gceist aige leis sin nach bhfuil aon airgead ann you mean I'm allowed? an é atá i gceist agat go bhfuil cead agam?, an bhfuil tú ag rá go bhfuil cead agam? she meant what she said bhí sí dáiríre faoin méid a dúirt sí, tháinig na focail ó cheartlár a croí what do you mean? céard atá i gceist agat? how do you mean? cad atá i gceist agat? I know what you mean tá a fhios agam céard atá i gceist agat, tuigim thú do you see what I mean? an bhfuil a fhios agat céard atá mé a rá?, an bhfeiceann tú an rud atá i gceist agam?, an dtuigeann tú mé? do you know what I mean? an dtuigeann tú leat mé?, an dtuigeann tú an rud atá mé a mhaíomh?I mean 3 intend to be understood in particular way transitiveaistreach it was meant as a joke ní raibh ann ach magadh I mean it as a compliment is mar mholadh atá mé á rá in that context, the word is meant as an insult sa chomhthéacs sin, is masla é an focal she meant that as a spite is le teann mioscaise a dúirt sí é sin I mean that sincerely! tá mé i ndáiríre faoi sin!, ó mo chroí amach a thagann sé sin! 4 signify, indicate transitiveaistreachciallaigh verb cmu to her, the city means freedom ciallaíonn an chathair saoirse dise, is ionann an chathair aicise agus saoirse this means trouble is ionann seo agus trioblóid, trioblóid a thiocfaidh as seo this means war beidh sé ina chogadh go cinnte this meant only one thing ní raibh ach rud amháin le léamh air seo, ní raibh ach rud amháin le tuiscint as seo what does that mean? cad é a chiallaíonn sé sin? this doesn't mean that I don't like you ní hionann seo agus a rá nach dtaitníonn tú liom that means he won't be here is ionann sin agus a rá nach mbeidh sé anseo I took that to mean she was unhappy thuig mé as sin go raibh sí míshásta 5 involve, entail transitiveaistreach it'll mean a lot of trouble beidh cuid mhaith trioblóide i gceist leis, glacfaidh sé cuid mhór trioblóide it could mean the difference between life and death thiocfadh leis an difear idir bás agus beatha a dhéanamh catching the first flight means getting up early caithfear éirí go luath chun an chéad eitilt a fháil he knows what it means to be poor tá a fhios aige cad is bochtaineacht ann, is maith a thuigeann sé bochtaineacht that will mean the closure of small shops is é an toradh a bheidh air sin go ndúnfar siopaí beaga, is é a thiocfaidh as sin go ndúnfar siopaí beaga 6 have value or impact transitiveaistreach €50 means a lot to me is mór an rud €50 agamsa money doesn't mean much to her níl mórán airde aici ar airgead, is beag is fiú léi an t-airgead these things mean a great deal to us tá na rudaí seo an-tábhachtach againn, is mór againn na rudaí seo it means everything to him níl dada ar domhan níos luachmhaire aige ná é it means nothing to me is cuma liom faoi, ní fiú dada liom é nobody means more to me than you is tú is ansa liom, is tú is gaire do mo chroí 7 intend to do sth transitiveaistreach she didn't mean to do anything wrong ní raibh rún aici aon rud contráilte a dhéanamh I meant to do that yesterday bhí sé i gceist agam é sin a dhéanamh inné, bhí rún agam é sin a dhéanamh inné I meant to say to you that I'd do it bhí sé ar intinn agam a rá leat go ndéanfainn é what do they mean to do now? cad atá siad ag brath a dhéanamh anois? I don't mean to imply that she's not able níl mé ag maíomh nach bhfuil sí ábalta he never meant it to happen this way ní raibh sé riamh ag iarraidh gur mar seo a tharlódh sé I didn't mean to break the window ní d'aon turas a bhris mé an fhuinneog this programme is meant to help the poor is le cabhrú leis na boicht a ceapadh an clár seo I mean to get this job tá sé de rún agam an post seo a fháil I mean to leave whatever you say beidh mise ag imeacht is cuma cad a deir tú I mean you to leave ba mhaith liom go n-imeofá, ba mhaith liom tú imeacht, teastaíonn uaim go n-imeoidh tú you were meant to be here yesterday bhí tú in ainm a bheith anseo inné, bhí tú le bheith anseo inné it's meant to be good tá sé in ainm a bheith maith, tá sé amuigh air go bhfuil sé go maith the poem isn't meant to be read like that ní lena léamh mar sin a ceapadh an dán this painting is meant to be my boat seo pictiúr de mo bhád, más fíor this is a book meant for children leabhar do pháistí atá anseo he meant those words for all of us dhírigh sé na focail sin orainn uilig he didn't mean anything by it ní le dochar a rinne sé é, ní raibh dada i gceist aige leismean businessmean to saymean well 8 intend sth bad transitiveaistreach it was obvious he meant trouble ba léir go raibh trioblóid ar a intinn aige we mean you no harm ní rún dúinn aon dochar a dhéanamh duit adjectiveaidiacht 9 informalneamhfhoirmeálta of person, unkindsuarach adj1 cmugránna adj3 cmu you mean thing! nach tú atá suarach!, nach tú an suarachán!, nach tú atá gránna! he was mean to her chaith sé go holc léimean-lookingmean-mindedmean-spirited I feel mean about that níl mé an-bhródúil as sin, tá náire orm faoi sin 10 informalneamhfhoirmeálta of act or remark, unkindsuarach adj1 cmugránna adj3 cmutáir adj1 cmu a mean trick cleas suarach a mean act gníomh gránna that was mean of you bhí sé sin suarach agat it was mean of you to say that ba shuarach an mhaise duit é sin a rá 11 (especially USSAM) aggressive, violentgarbh adj1 cmu he had a mean look bhí cuma gharbh air, bhí cuma throdach air mean streets sráideanna garbha, sráideanna contúirteacha that dog has a mean streak tá an madra sin drochmhúinte, tá olc sa mhadra sin 12 ungenerous with moneysprionlaithe adj3 cmuceachartha adj3 cmugortach adj1 cmu he's mean with his money tá sé sprionlaithe lena chuid airgid, tá sé teannta lena chuid airgid, tá sé cruinn lena chuid airgid she was too mean to give a contribution bhí sí róghortach le síneadh láimhe a thabhairt, bhí sí rósprionlaithe le séisín a thabhairt 13 informalneamhfhoirmeálta excellent she's a mean guitarist is sárghiotáraí í, is giotáraí den scoth í he plays a mean fiddle tá sé thar barr ar an bhfidil 14 shabby, poorsuarach adj1 cmuainnis adj1 cmu a mean little house teach beag suarach 15 insignificantsuarach adj1 cmubocht adj1 cmu she has no mean opinion of herself níl dada beag ná suarach ag baint léi, dar léi féin; tá barúil aici di féin the meanest intelligence an té is lú éirim aigne he's no mean hurler an-iománaí atá ann €10,000 is no mean sum suim mhór airgid is ea €10,000 it was no mean feat (also nó it was no mean achievement) níor bheag an t-éacht é 16 mathematicsmatamaitic, statisticsstaitistic statistically averagemeánach adj1 cmumeán- pref mean life meánré fem4mean free pathmean sea levelmean solar time nounAinmfhocal 17 mathematicsmatamaitic, statisticsstaitistic averagemeán masc1 cmu 18 point between two extremes the happy mean an mheasarthacht SubformsSainfhoirmeacha → meant PhrasesNathanna I mean 1 introducing clarification/addition look, I mean why don't you let me deal with it? féach, is éard atá i gceist agam, cén fáth nach bhfágann tú fúmsa é? I don't think so, I mean where is she going to get the money? ní dóigh liom é, cá bhfaighidh sí an t-airgead, cuir i gcás? you must be tired, I mean after your journey caithfidh go bhfuil tuirse ort, i ndiaidh an turais agus uile 2 making correction we were in Carna, I mean Casla bhíomar i gCarna, gabh mo leithscéal, Casla is mian liom a rá; bhíomar i gCarna, gabh mo leithscéal, Casla atá i gceist agam 3 as conversational filler I mean, it's not that hard dáiríre, níl sé chomh deacair sin; i ndiaidh an iomláin, níl sé chomh doiligh sin to mean business informalneamhfhoirmeálta he means business tá sé lom dáiríre, ní ag déanamh grinn atá sé to mean to say informalneamhfhoirmeálta 1 signify that doesn't mean to say I'm happy ní hionann sin agus a rá go bhfuil mé sásta 2 correcting or clarifying I like it, I mean to say, it's fine is maith liom é, is éard atá i gceist agam go bhfuil sé go breá; is maith liom é, is é atáim a rá go bhfuil sé go breá you mean to say you don't know! ná habair nach bhfuil a fhios agat!, níl tú á rá nach bhfuil a fhios agat! to mean well he means well níl dochar dá laghad ann, tá a chroí san áit cheart she meant well le dea-thoil a rinne sí é

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