1 noun mishaptimpiste fem4 c m utionóisc fem2 c m utaisme fem4 c m uhe met with an accidenttharla timpiste dó, bhain taisme dófatal accidenttimpiste mharfach, tionóisc mharfachroad accidenttimpiste bhóthair2 noun unexpected eventmy pregnancy was an accidentde thaisme a d'éirigh mé torrachit was a happy accidentis maith mar a tharla séit's an accident of birth that I'm Irisháit mo bhreithe a dhéanann Éireannach díom
phrases
accidents will happen
is beag an áit nach mbíonn an taismení leithne an t-aer ná an timpiste
to be an accident waiting to happen
informalit was an accident waiting to happenb'fhurasta a aithint go dtarlódh an timpiste seo, bhí an tionóisc seo réidh le tarlú
by accident
de thaisme c m ude thimpiste c m utrí thionóisc
to have a little accident
euphemistic tú féin a fhliuchadhshe had a little accidentd'fhliuch sí í féin, rugadh gearr uirthi
it's no accident that ...
ní de thimpiste a ...ní taisme ar bith é go ...
more by accident than by design
it happened more by accident than by designde thaisme níos mó ná d'aon ghnó a tharla sé