thick
adjective
1 adjective of layer, slice, materialtiubh adj you need thicker paper tá páipéar níos tibhe uaitthick socks stocaí tiubhacut the bread in thick slices gearr an t-arán ina shliseanna tiubha 2 adjective when measuring thicknessar tiúsit's a metre thick tá sé méadar ar tiúshow thick is that wall? cé chomh tiubh agus atá an balla sin?, cén tiús atá an balla sin?Show full entry
3 adjective of liquidramhar adj tiubh adj thick cream uachtar ramharthick oil ola thiubh 4 adjective of hair, furtiubh adj dlúth adj1 he has a thick beard tá féasóg thiubh airtheir fur is very thick tá a bhfionnadh an-dlúth 5 adjective HORT of vegetationtiubh adj dlúth adj1 much of Ireland was covered in thick forests bhí go leor d'Éirinn cumhdaithe le foraoisí dlútha 6 adjective of cloud, smoke, etcdlúth adj1 tiubh adj trom adj there was thick fog bhí ceo dlúth ann, bhí ceo trom ann 7 adjective full of sthtiubh adj ramhar adj lán adj1 the air was thick with smoke bhí an t-aer ramhar le deatach, bhí sé plúchtach le toitthe area is thick with wild flowers tá an ceantar lán le bláthanna fiáine, tá bláthanna fiáine ag fás go fras sa cheantarthe room was thick with people bhí an seomra plódaithe le daoine, bhí an seomra lán ó chúl go doras 8 adjective having strong smelllán adj1 ar maos ramhar adj the air was thick with the scent of flowers bhí an t-aer ar maos le cumhracht bláthanna 9 adjective of accent: strongláidir adj tréan adj1 she has a thick Scottish accent tá blas láidir Albanach ar a cuid cainte 10 adjective (of voice) showing emotionplúchta adj3 tochtmhar adj1 her voice was thick with emotion bhí tocht ina glórhis voice was thick with fear bhí scéin le mothú ina ghlór 11 adjective informal stupiddúr adj1 bómánta adj3 tiubh adj are you thick or what? nach dtuigeann tú dada?, an bhfuil ciall ar bith agat?, an amadán ar fad thú?get that into your thick head tuig é sin anois, a amadáin; lig isteach i do phastae é sin 12 adjective informal close, friendlythey're very thick with her tá siad an-mhór léi, tá siad an-chairdiúil léi 13 adjective informal angryfeargach adj1 colgach adj1 tiubh adj he got thick tháinig olc air, tháinig straidhn air, d'éirigh sé tiubhdon't get thick with me ná bí colgach liomsa, ná bí ag éirí chugamsa
adverb
14 adverb thicklytiubh spread the jam on thick smear an tsubh mhilis go tiubh air