old
adjective
1 adjective person, animal: in years etchow old are you? cén aois thú?, cén aois atá tú?, cén aois atá agat?how old is the cat? cén aois é an cat?, cén aois atá ag an gcat?he's four months old tá sé ceithre mhí d'aoisI don't know how old they are níl a fhios agam cén aois iad, níl a fhios agam cén aois atá siad, níl a fhios agam cén aois atá acuold enough sean go leor, sách sean, aosta go leorhe's not old enough to go to school níl sé sean go leor le dul ar scoil, níl sé in aois scoile go fóillhe's old enough to be her father tá sé sean go leor le bheith ina athair aici, tá sé sean a dhóthain le bheith ina athair aicitoo old róshean adj1, ró-aosta, róchríonna adj3she's as old as me tá sí chomh sean liomsa, tá sí ar comhaois liomsa, tá sí chomh críonna liomsa 2 adjective person, animal: advanced in yearssean adj1 aosta adj3 críonna adj3 he's old tá sé seanthey're very old tá siad an-sean, tá siad iontach sean, tá aois mhór acuyou're getting old tá tú ag éirí sean, tá tú ag dul in aois, tá tú ag fáil críonnahe must be pretty old by now ní foláir nó go bhfuil sé measartha sean faoin am seo, caithfidh go bhfuil sé an-chríonna faoin am seo, caithfidh go bhfuil sé cnagaosta faoin am seothe old man walked very slowly shiúil an seanfhear go han-mhallTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 adjective long-standingthis is her oldest friend seo an cara is faide atá aicithe Spanish were their old enemy ba iad na Spáinnigh na sean-naimhde a bhí acuhe's an old acquaintance of mine is seanchara liom é, is seanchomrádaí liom é 4 adjective in existence for a long time'How old is this house?' 'It's four hundred years old.' 'Cé chomh sean agus atá an teach seo?' 'Tá sé ann le ceithre chéad bliain', 'Cén aois an teach seo?' 'Tá sé ceithre chéad bliain d'aois'much of the food is many days old tá go leor den bhia ann le roinnt laethantathe tunnel replaced the centuries old bridge cuireadh an tollán in áit an droichid a bhí ann leis na céadta bliainthe conflict was more than a decade old bhí an chaismirt ar bun le níos mó ná deich mblianaa five-year old hospital ospidéal a tógadh cúig bliana roimhe sin 5 adjective in use for a long timesean- prefcríonna adj3 he loved the old buildings thaitin na seanfhoirgnimh go mór leisthe tools were so old that they fell apart bhí na huirlisí chomh sean sin gur thit siad as a chéilethat's a really old car is seancharr amach is amach í sin 6 adjective BOT, HORT alive for a certain timehow old is this tree? cén aois an crann seo?, cé chomh sean is atá an crann seo?she bought 10-day-old plants in the garden centre cheannaigh sí plandaí 10 lá d'aois san ionad garraíodóireachta 7 adjective BOT, HORT alive for a long timesean adj1 sean- prefthe green was covered with old leaves bhí an phlásóg clúdaithe le duilleoga feoite 8 adjective owned for a long timesean- prefhe filled a bag with old clothes líon sé mála le seanéadaí 9 adjective formeriar- prefsean- prefshe met some of her old students bhuail sí le cuid dá cuid iarscoláiríhe's an old boyfriend of hers iarbhuachaill dá cuid is ea é, seanstócach dá cuid is ea éthey're old Dublin neighbours ba chomharsana i mBaile Átha iad Cliath lá den saol 10 adjective regime etcsean- prefhe didn't want to restore the old regime níor theastaigh uaidh an seanréimeas a thabhairt ar aisnew leaders are sometimes as hard as the old ones uaireanta bíonn ceannairí nua chomh crua leis na seancheannairí, in amanna bíonn ceannairí nua chomh crua leis na ceannairí a bhí ann rompu 11 adjective school etcsean- prefhe visited his old school thug sé cuairt ar a sheanscoil 12 adjective supersededsean- prefthe new road was built parallel to the old road tógadh an bóthar nua comhthreomhar leis an seanbhóthar 13 adjective earlier in timesean- prefit was like old times bhí sé ar nós na seanlaethanta, ba gheall leis na seanlaethanta é 14 adjective informal familiarthanks, old buddy go raibh maith agat, a sheanchara; go raibh maith agat, a sheanchomrádaí; go raibh maith agat, a sheanmhéitgo on then, you old devil you coinnigh ort, a stail; ar aghaidh leat, a chailleachpoor old Anna is ill tá Anna bhocht tinndear old Breandán had his photo on the front page bhí pictiúr de Bhreandán bocht ar an gcéad leathanachfarewell to dear old Ireland céad slán le hÉirinn bhochtshe learns that good old dad had paid the fine faigheann sí amach go bhfuil an fhíneáil íoctha ag daidí cóirgood old Tom! mo ghraidhin thú, a Thomáis! 15 adjective informal tedious, despisedit's only a silly old game níl ann ach seanchluiche gan mhaith, níl ann ach seandiabhal cluichethe same old story an seanscéal céanna, seanscéal agus meirg airhe was tired of the same old tunes bhí sé tuirseach de na seanphoirt chéanna 16 adjective informal emphasisinghe was in a right old sweat bhí imní cheart airthey had a tough old year bhí bliain an-chrua acu, bhí drochbhliain amach acu, bhí drochbhliain cheart acu 17 (also Old) adjective part of town etcsean- prefshe lives in the heart of Old Edinburgh tá cónaí uirthi i gcroílár sheanchathair Dhún Éideann
noun
18 noun person of a certain ageit's a nursery for 2-4 year olds naíonra atá ann do pháistí idir 2-4 bliana d'aois, is naíonra é do pháistí idir 2 agus 4