silence

nounAinmfhocal 1 absence of soundtost masc3 cmuciúnas masc1 cmusuaimhneas masc1 cmu there was complete silence bhí ciúnas iomlán ann, bhí tost iomlán ann to break the silence an ciúnas a bhriseadh silence! ciúnas! we sat there in silence shuíomar ansin gan focal asainn, shuíomar ansin go ciúin her silence was all the answer he needed thug a tost an freagra dó he kept silence d'fhan sé ina thost silence must be maintained during the examination ní mór fanacht ciúin i rith an scrúdaithe 2 pause, interruptiontost masc3 cmuciúnas masc1 cmu there was a silence for a few seconds bhí tost ann ar feadh cúpla soicind, níor dúradh focal ar feadh cúpla soicind there was a stunned silence thost gach duine le halltacht there was silence, then a voice was heard bhí ciúnas ann, ansin chualathas guth 3 discretion, concealmenttost masc3 cmuciúnas masc1 cmu he kept a silence about these events ní dúirt sé focal faoi na heachtraí seo, níor labhair sé faoi na heachtraí seo attempts were made to ensure the silence of witnesses rinneadh iarrachtaí tabhairt ar fhinnéithe fanacht ina dtost the papers maintained silence about it ní dúirt na nuachtáin dada faoi, níor luadh sna nuachtáin é she broke the silence about the bullying labhair sí amach faoin mbulaíocht verbbriathar 4 make sb be quiet transitiveaistreachcuir ina thost they wanted to silence their critics ba mhian leo lucht a gcáinte a chur ina dtost he was silenced by the hierarchy chuir an cliarlathas ina thost é, chuir an cliarlathas gobán ann 5 make sth be quiet transitiveaistreachciúnaigh verb cmu the alarm was finally silenced ciúnaíodh an t-aláram faoi dheireadh PhrasesNathanna silence is golden is binn béal ina thost to observe a silence (also nó to hold a silence) a one-minute silence was observed in his memory bhí nóiméad ciúnais ann i gcuimhne air, bhí nóiméad ciúnais ann ina chuimhne to observe silence fanacht i do thostfanacht ciúin

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