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deaf

 1 adjective hearing impairedbodhar adj  c m ushe's slightly deaf tá moill bheag éisteachta uirthia profoundly deaf child páiste atá bodhar amach is amach, páiste atá bodhar ar fadto be born deaf bheith bodhar ó bhroinn, bheith bodhar ó rugadh thúto go deaf éirí bodhar, an éisteacht a chailleadh 2 adjective unwilling to listenthe authorities were deaf to our demands rinne na húdaráis neamhiontas dár gcuid éileamh, thug na húdaráis neamhaird ar ár gcuid éileamh

the deaf

 (also the Deaf) noundaoine bodhrana bodhair mpl1
phrases

as deaf as a post

 (also

deaf as a post

) informalchomh bodhar le slischomh bodhar le cloch

to fall on deaf ears

 our request has fallen on deaf ears tugadh an chluas bhodhar dár n-iarratas, níor tugadh aird ar bith ar ár n-iarratas

to turn a deaf ear to sb

 an chluas bhodhar a thabhairt do dhuineneamhaird a thabhairt ar dhuineneamhiontas a dhéanamh de dhuine

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