away
adverb
1 adverb moving from sthchun bealaigh ar shiúl they were taken away for questioning tugadh chun bealaigh iad chun iad a cheistiú, tugadh ar shiúl iad lena gceistiúshe ran away with her boyfriend d'éalaigh sí lena buachaillhe walked away from the fight d'imigh sé leis ón troid, shiúil sé ar shiúl ón troidthe smell drove them away chuir an boladh an ruaig orthu, dhíbir an boladh iadshe sent him away dhíbir sí é, chuir sí chun bealaigh é, thug sí bóthar dóshe jumped away from him phreab sí siar uaidh, léim sí siar uaidhthe apples came away easily from the branch tháinig na húlla den chraobh go héasca 2 adverb facing another wayi leataobh he turned away d'iompaigh sé i leataobhshe looked away from me d'fhéach sí i leataobh uaim, d'amharc sí uaimTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 adverb continuing into distancethe sea stretches away forever tá an fharraige le feiceáil uait go bun na spéire, tá an fharraige fad do radhairc uait 4 adverb absentar shiúl imithe he was away when it happened bhí sé ar shiúl nuair a tharla sé, bhí sé as baile nuair a tharla séshe's away to a wedding tá sí imithe léi chuig bainisI'd love to be able to go away ba bhreá liom a bheith ábalta imeacht liom 5 adverb at distance fromkeep away from the animals fan amach ó na hainmhithe, fan glan ar na hainmhithehe was some distance away from home bhí sé tamall maith ó bhaile, bhí sé píosa maith ar shiúl ón mbailethey stayed away from the match d'fhan siad amach ón gcluiche, d'fhan siad ar shiúl ón gcluicheit was great to be away from the traffic bhí sé go hiontach a bheith ar shiúl ón trácht, b'iontach é a bheith i bhfad ón trácht 6 adverb at specified distancear shiúl the school is a mile and a half away tá an scoil míle go leith ar shiúlwe heard the noise a short distance away chualamar an torann in aice láimhe, chualamar an tormán achar gearr ar shiúlthey live a long way away from the city tá siad ina gcónaí i bhfad amach ón gcathairwe were only ten metres away from the stage ní rabhamar ach deich méadar ón stáitsethey lived twenty kilometres away from here bhí siad ina gcónaí fiche ciliméadar ón áit seo, bhí siad ina gcónaí fiche ciliméadar as an áit seo 7 adverb at distance in timear shiúl as seo ó bhaile ó láthair the shops are just minutes away níl na siopaí ach cúpla bomaite ar shiúl, níl na siopaí ach cúpla nóiméad uait, tá na siopaí buailte ort 8 adverb removingchun bealaigh ar shiúl take that rubbish away beir leat an bruscar sin, tabhair ar shiúl an bruscar sin, tabhair an bruscar sin chun bealaighthrow that sweet away caith uait an milseán sinwe wiped the tears away ghlanamar na deoraget away from that bad habit éirigh as an drochnós sin, fág an drochnós sin i do dhiaidhI scraped the paint away from the floor scríob mé an phéint den urlárwe've done away with that rule chuireamar deireadh leis an riail sin, rinneamar ar shiúl leis an riail sin 9 adverb stored somewherei leataobh i dtaisce I filed it away in my head choinnigh mé i mo chloigeann éall her things were hidden away bhí a cuid rudaí uile curtha i bhfolach aiciI've put away my brushes for ever tá mo chuid scuab curtha uaim agam go deo, tá mo chuid scuab leagtha uaim go deo agamhe stored his money away chuir sé a chuid airgid i dtaisce 10 adverb to sb elseI won't give away my property ní thabharfaidh mé uaim mo chuid maoine, ní thabharfaidh mé mo chuid maoine ar shiúlhe gave the secret away sceith sé an rún 11 adverb gradually fadingthe music died away chuaigh an ceol in éag, chuaigh an ceol i léigthe soldiers had melted away bhí na saighdiúirí imithe as amharc, bhí na saighdiúirí éalaithe leothe carpet was worn away bhí an cairpéad caite 12 adverb to lower levelle fána síos the garden slopes away from the house tá an gairdín ag titim le fána anuas ón teach, tá caitheamh le fána anuas ón teach sa ghairdín 13 adverb continuouslythey're working away on the garden tá siad ag obair leo ar an ngairdín, tá siad ag obair gan stad ar an ngairdín 14 adverb SPOR not at home groundas baile we'll be playing away beimid ag imirt as baile
adjective
15 adjective SPOR of match, team, groundas baile an away match cluiche as baile, cluiche ar shiúl as bailethe away team an fhoireann as baile, na cuairteoirí