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old

adjectiveaidiacht
1. person, animal: in years etc
2. person, animal: advanced in years
3. long-standing
4. in existence for a long time
5. in use for a long time
6. botanyluibheolaíocht, horticulturegairneoireacht alive for a certain time
7. botanyluibheolaíocht, horticulturegairneoireacht alive for a long time
8. owned for a long time
9. former
10. regime etc
11. school etc
12. superseded
13. earlier in time
14. familiar
15. tedious, despised
16. emphasising
17. part of town etc
nounAinmfhocal
18. person of a certain age
SubformsSainfhoirmeacha
PhrasesNathanna
 adjectiveaidiacht 1 person, animal: in years etc how old are you? cén aois thú?, cén aois atá tú?, cén aois atá agat? how old is the cat? cén aois é an cat?, cén aois atá ag an gcat? he's four months old tá sé ceithre mhí d'aois I don't know how old they are níl a fhios agam cén aois iad, níl a fhios agam cén aois atá siad, níl a fhios agam cén aois atá acu old enough sean go leor, sách sean, aosta go leor he's not old enough to go to school níl sé sean go leor le dul ar scoil, níl sé in aois scoile go fóill he's old enough to be her father tá sé sean go leor le bheith ina athair aici, tá sé sean a dhóthain le bheith ina athair aici too old róshean adj1, ró-aosta, róchríonna adj3 she's as old as me tá sí chomh sean liomsa, tá sí ar comhaois liomsa, tá sí chomh críonna liomsa 2 person, animal: advanced in yearssean adj1 cmuaosta adj3 cmucríonna adj3 cmu he's old tá sé sean they're very old tá siad an-sean, tá siad iontach sean, tá aois mhór acu you're getting old tá tú ag éirí sean, tá tú ag dul in aois, tá tú ag fáil críonna he must be pretty old by now ní foláir nó go bhfuil sé measartha sean faoin am seo, caithfidh go bhfuil sé an-chríonna faoin am seo, caithfidh go bhfuil sé cnagaosta faoin am seo the old man walked very slowly shiúil an seanfhear go han-mhallold for your ageold ageold age pensionold age pensionerold bagold batold boyold dearold fellowold fogeyold folkold ladold ladyold maidold manold man's beardold masterOld Nickold oneold people's homeold saltold stagerold wives' taleold woman 3 long-standing this is her oldest friend seo an cara is faide atá aici the Spanish were their old enemy ba iad na Spáinnigh na sean-naimhde a bhí acu he's an old acquaintance of mine is seanchara liom é, is seanchomrádaí liom ésb's old selfOld Englishold hand 4 in existence for a long time 'How old is this house?' 'It's four hundred years old.' 'Cé chomh sean agus atá an teach seo?' 'Tá sé ann le ceithre chéad bliain', 'Cén aois an teach seo?' 'Tá sé ceithre chéad bliain d'aois' much of the food is many days old tá go leor den bhia ann le roinnt laethanta the tunnel replaced the centuries old bridge cuireadh an tollán in áit an droichid a bhí ann leis na céadta bliain the conflict was more than a decade old bhí an chaismirt ar bun le níos mó ná deich mbliana a five-year old hospital ospidéal a tógadh cúig bliana roimhe sinOld English sheepdogOld Firmold goldold guardOld Red Sandstoneold roseOld SouthOld World 5 in use for a long timesean- prefcríonna adj3 cmu he loved the old buildings thaitin na seanfhoirgnimh go mór leis the tools were so old that they fell apart bhí na huirlisí chomh sean sin gur thit siad as a chéile that's a really old car is seancharr amach is amach í sin 6 botanyluibheolaíocht, horticulturegairneoireacht alive for a certain time how old is this tree? cén aois an crann seo?, cé chomh sean is atá an crann seo? she bought 10-day-old plants in the garden centre cheannaigh sí plandaí 10 lá d'aois san ionad garraíodóireachta 7 botanyluibheolaíocht, horticulturegairneoireacht alive for a long timesean adj1 cmusean- pref the green was covered with old leaves bhí an phlásóg clúdaithe le duilleoga feoite 8 owned for a long timesean- pref he filled a bag with old clothes líon sé mála le seanéadaíold hat 9 formeriar- prefsean- pref she met some of her old students bhuail sí le cuid dá cuid iarscoláirí he's an old boyfriend of hers iarbhuachaill dá cuid is ea é, seanstócach dá cuid is ea é they're old Dublin neighbours ba chomharsana i mBaile Átha iad Cliath lá den saolold boy network 10 regime etcsean- pref he didn't want to restore the old regime níor theastaigh uaidh an seanréimeas a thabhairt ar ais new leaders are sometimes as hard as the old ones uaireanta bíonn ceannairí nua chomh crua leis na seancheannairí, in amanna bíonn ceannairí nua chomh crua leis na ceannairí a bhí ann rompuold countryOld Sod 11 school etcsean- pref he visited his old school thug sé cuairt ar a sheanscoilold school tie 12 supersededsean- pref the new road was built parallel to the old road tógadh an bóthar nua comhthreomhar leis an seanbhótharOld Believerold economyOld IRAold moonold religionold schoolOld StyleOld Testament 13 earlier in timesean- pref it was like old times bhí sé ar nós na seanlaethanta, ba gheall leis na seanlaethanta éfor old times' sakeof oldOld Bailey 14 informalneamhfhoirmeálta familiar thanks, old buddy go raibh maith agat, a sheanchara; go raibh maith agat, a sheanchomrádaí; go raibh maith agat, a sheanmhéit go on then, you old devil you coinnigh ort, a stail; ar aghaidh leat, a chailleach poor old Anna is ill tá Anna bhocht tinn dear old Breandán had his photo on the front page bhí pictiúr de Bhreandán bocht ar an gcéad leathanach farewell to dear old Ireland céad slán le hÉirinn bhocht she learns that good old dad had paid the fine faigheann sí amach go bhfuil an fhíneáil íoctha ag daidí cóir good old Tom! mo ghraidhin thú, a Thomáis!old beanold boyold girlOld Gloryold thing 15 informalneamhfhoirmeálta tedious, despised it's only a silly old game níl ann ach seanchluiche gan mhaith, níl ann ach seandiabhal cluiche the same old story an seanscéal céanna, seanscéal agus meirg air he was tired of the same old tunes bhí sé tuirseach de na seanphoirt chéanna 16 informalneamhfhoirmeálta emphasising he was in a right old sweat bhí imní cheart air they had a tough old year bhí bliain an-chrua acu, bhí drochbhliain amach acu, bhí drochbhliain cheart acu 17 (also nó Old) part of town etcsean- pref she lives in the heart of Old Edinburgh tá cónaí uirthi i gcroílár sheanchathair Dhún Éideann nounAinmfhocal 18 person of a certain age it's a nursery for 2-4 year olds naíonra atá ann do pháistí idir 2-4 bliana d'aois, is naíonra é do pháistí idir 2 agus 4 SubformsSainfhoirmeacha → Old→ older→ oldest→ the old→ the older→ the oldest PhrasesNathanna as old as the hills chomh sean leis an gceochomh sean leis na cnoicchomh sean leis na clocha glasa for old times' sake i gcuimhne ar na laethanta a bhíi gcuimhne na seanlaethanta give it the old college try (USSAM), informalneamhfhoirmeálta they gave it the old college try rinne siad a seacht ndícheall, rinne siad a seandícheall of old 1 especially literaturelitríocht of ancient times in days of old fadó, i bhfad ó shin, sna seanlaethanta the heroes of old na laochra fadó, na seanlaochra 2 in the pasti bhfad ó shinfadó I knew them of old bhí aithne agam orthu i bhfad roimhe sin old for your age he looks old for his age tá cuma níos sine air ná mar atá sé, tá cuma shean air dá aois she dresses old for her age caitheann sí éadaí a chuireann cuma níos sine uirthi ná mar atá sí, caitheann sí éadaí a chuireann cuma na haoise uirthi sb's old self he's not his old self yet níl sé tagtha chuige féin fós, níl sé ar a sheanléim go fóill, níl sé ar ais aige féin go fóill the old days an sean-amna seanlaethantaan seansaol they played snooker together in the old days d'imrídís snúcar le chéile sna seanlaethanta, d'imrídís snúcar le chéile lá den saol the good old days na laethanta a bhína laethanta órga the bad old days na drochlaethanta

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 adjectiveaidiacht Sean- pref it comes from Old French is ón tSean-Fhraincis éOld EnglishOld Irish→ old
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