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hair

1 noun ANAT on headgruaig fem2 c m ufolt masc1 c m umy hair is still wet tá mo chuid gruaige fliuch fóshave you brushed your hair yet? ar scuab tú do chuid gruaige fós?she got her hair done fuair sí cóiriú gruaigehe has short red hair tá gruaig ghairid rua aira woman with long brown hair bean a bhfuil gruaig fhada dhonn uirthi

modifiergruaige gs as adj c m uhair conditioner feabhsaitheoir gruaigehair gel glóthach ghruaigehair straightener díritheoir gruaige

2 noun ANAT on human bodyclúmh masc1 c m ugruaig fem2 c m ufionnadh masc1 c m ubody hair clúmh masc1facial hair clúmh aghaidheunderarm hair clúmh ascaille

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3 noun animal's coatfionnadh masc1 c m ucat hair fionnadh cait 4 noun ANAT individual strandribe masc4 c m uribe gruaige c m uhe has a few grey hairs tá roinnt ribí liatha aige

phrases

hair of the dog (that bit you)

leigheas na póite a hól arís

to keep out of sb's hair

fanacht as bealach duinefanacht as cosán duine

keep your hair on

informalcoimeád guaim ort féintóg go bog ésocraigh síos c m u

to let your hair down

scaoileadh leat féinligean leat féin

to make sb's hair stand on end

(also

to make sb's hair curl

) it'd make your hair stand on end chuirfeadh sé an ghruaig ina colgsheasamh ar do cheann, thógfadh sé an ghruaig de do cheann

not to touch a hair on sb's head

(also

not to harm a hair on sb's head

) he wouldn't touch a hair on her head ní leagfadh sé méar uirthi, ní bhainfeadh sé di

to not have a hair out of place

she never had a hair out of place bhí sí i gcónaí pioctha pointeáilte, ní bhíodh ribe as áit riamh uirthi

not to turn a hair

nobody turned a hair at it níor thóg aon duine aon cheann de, níor chuir aon duine aon nath ann, níor chuir sé isteach ná amach ar aon duine

to be tearing your hair out

(also

to be pulling your hair out

) she was pulling her hair out bhí sí ag dul as a meabhair, bhí sí i mbarr a céille, bhí sí ag dul ar mire

a hair's breadth

oiread na fríde c m uthere wasn't a hair's breadth between them ní raibh oiread na fríde eatarthu, ní raibh barr ribe eatarthuhe went within a hair's breadth of it chuaigh sé faoi aon de

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hair of the dog (that bit you)

to keep out of sb's hair

keep your hair on

to let your hair down

to make sb's hair stand on end

to make sb's hair curl

not to touch a hair on sb's head

not to harm a hair on sb's head

to not have a hair out of place

not to turn a hair

to be tearing your hair out

to be pulling your hair out

a hair's breadth

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