New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: delight · delighted · delightful · light on · delightedly · belt in · daylight saving · delisting · enlighten · light gun

delight

1 noun pleasureríméad masc1 c m ulúcháir fem2 c m ugliondar masc1 c m uto his delight, she had gone bhí sí imithe, rud a chuir lúcháir airit was a pure delight to listen to them pléisiúr Dé a bhí ann a bheith ag éisteacht leo 2 noun sth giving pleasurethe village is a delight is sráidbhaile gleoite atá annculinary delights togha an bhia, togha agus rogha an bhia, scoth an bhia

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3 verb TRANSITIVElúcháir a chur ar c m uaoibhneas a chur ar c m ugliondar a chur ar c m uthe circus delighted the kids bhí na páistí iontach tógtha leis an sorcas, bhain na páistí an-spraoi as an sorcas

phrases

to take delight in doing sth

sásamh a bhaint as rudtaitneamh a bhaint as rudshe took a great delight in learning the language bhain sí an-sásamh as an teanga a fhoghlaim

to delight the eye

(also

to delight the ear

) he delights the eye tá sé an-dathúil, tá sé iontach dóighiúil

phrasal verbs

delight in

(v + prep) TRANSITIVEsult a bhaint as c m usásamh a bhaint as c m ushe delights in his company baineann sí an-sásamh as a chomhluadar, taitníonn a chuideachta go mór léi

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