New English-Irish Dictionary

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death

1 noun end of lifebás masc1 c m uhe was afraid of death bhí eagla air roimh an mbásat the moment of death ar uair an bháisthe number of road deaths is increasing tá líon na mbásanna ar na bóithre ag méadú, tá líon na ndaoine a fhaigheann bás ar na bóithre ag méadúit causes cancer deaths among women faigheann mná bás le hailse dá bharrhe suffered death by strangulation is amhlaidh a tachtadh éhis death is a great loss méala mór a bhás, drochscéal ceart a bhásalcohol-related death bás a raibh baint ag alcól leistill death do us part go scara an bás sinn 2 noun state of being deadcontroversy surrounded him in life and in death tharraing sé conspóid lena bheo agus lena mharbh

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3 noun of cell, tissuebás masc1 c m uéag masc3 c m ubrain death had occurred bhí an inchinn básaithe 4 noun (also Death) symbolic figurean Bás masc1 c m u 5 noun end of project, attempt etcbuille báis c m uthat was the death of the project ba é sin buille báis an tionscadail, chuir sin deireadh leis an tionscadal 6 noun very damaging situationit'd be social death to wear that in public ní bheadh tógáil do chinn agat dá gcaithfeá é sin go poiblí, náire shaolta a bheadh ann é sin a chaitheamh go poiblí

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as sure as death

chomh cinnte is atá grian sa spéircinnte le Diachomh cinnte is atá Dia thuas

to be at death's door

bheith ar leaba an bháisbheith ar an dé deiridhbheith ag saothrú an bháisbheith ag comhrá leis an mbásbheith sa déanach

to be the death of sb

especially humorous he'll be the death of me tabharfaidh sé mo bhás, cuirfidh sé mé, beidh mé curtha san uaigh aige, beidh mo bhás air, cuirfidh sé soir mé

to be in at the death

1 at huntbheith i láthair ag an marú 2 in match, competition SPORKilkenny were in at the death bhí Cill Chainnigh ann chun buille maraithe na muice a thabhairt, throid Cill Chainnigh go dtí gur buaileadh an buille scoir

to catch your death

they'll catch their death in that weather beidh siad conáilte san aimsir sin, cuirfidh an aimsir sin den saol iad, tabharfaidh an aimsir sin a mbás, beidh a gcrúibíní in airde san aimsir sin

to do sb to death

duine a mharúan bás a imirt ar dhuine

to do sth to death

he did that story to death seanscéal agus meirg air an scéal sin aige, d'fháisc sé an cac as an scéal sin informal

a fate worse than death

that'd be a fate worse than death ba mheasa é sin ná an bás, b'fhearr an bás féin ná é sin

like death warmed up

(also

like death warmed over

US) she was like death warmed up bhí cuma an bháis uirthi, bhí lí an bháis uirthi

to meet your death

he met his death fuair sé bás, cailleadh é

to put sb to death

duine a chur chun báisduine a mharú

to death

1 resulting in deathshe froze to death fuair sí bás leis an bhfuachthe was stabbed to death cailleadh é de bharr a sháitethey were burned to death loisceadh ina mbeatha iad 2 extremelyshe was worried to death bhí imní an domhain uirthihe was scared to death bhí eagla a chraicinn air, bhí a chroí ina bhéal, bhí sceimhle an bháis air

to the death

go básgo héagshe fought to the death throid sí go bás

to be sick to death of

I'm sick to death of this carry on tá mé tinn tuirseach den tseafóid seo, táim bréan bailithe den amadántacht sin

to be starved to death

I'm starved to death tá mé marbh ag an ocras, tá mé stiúgtha leis an ocras, tá mo bholg thiar ar mo dhroim, tá mé ar slabhra, tá airc ocrais orm

to be bored to death

I was bored to death bhí mé dubh dóite, bhí mé ag dul as mo mheabhair le leadrán

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