dirty
adjective
1 adjective not cleansalach adj1 brocach adj1 his hands were dirty bhí a lámha salachdon't leave your dirty clothes there! ná fág do chuid éadaí salacha ansin!they'll get dirty éireoidh siad salach, beidh siad salachto make sth dirty rud a shalú, rud a dhéanamh salach 2 adjective coloursmúr- prefdirty brown smúrdhonn adj1Taispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 adjective weathersalach adj1 cáidheach adj1 it was dirty weather bhí aimsir shalach annit's dirty today tá sé cáidheach inniu 4 adjective rude, smuttygáirsiúil adj2 salach adj1 cáidheach adj1 he tells dirty stories insíonn sé scéalta gáirsiúla, insíonn sé scéalta salachaa dirty magazine iris gháirsiúil, iris ghraostadirty talk caint ghraosta, salachar cainte, gráiscínteacht chainte 5 adjective dishonest, shamefulgránna adj3 suarach adj1 fealltach adj1 things got very dirty very quickly d'éirigh cúrsaí an-suarach go han-sciobthait was a dirty deed gníomh suarach ba ea é, ba ghránna an beart éshe despises the whole dirty business of politics tá an ghráin aici ar obair ghránna na polaitíochtait was a very dirty campaign bhí gach sórt salachair ar siúl le linn an fheachtaisthere's some dirty work going on here! tá uisce faoi thalamh éigin ar siúl anseo!, tá rud éigin fealltach ar bun anseo!the dirty rat! an suarachán!, an rud suarach! 6 adjective SPOR game, player, etcsalach adj1 a dirty game cluiche salachdirty play imirt shalacha dirty blow buille fealltach, buille fabhtach
verb
7 verb make sth dirty TRANSITIVEsalaigh verb don't dirty it ná salaigh é, ná déan salach éif he dirties his nappy má shalaíonn sé a chlúidín 8 verb person, reputation TRANSITIVEdroch-chlú a tharraingt ardroch-cháil a tharraingt arthat's how her reputation was dirtied is mar sin a tarraingíodh droch-chlú uirthi, sin mar a fágadh smál ar a clúthat's what dirtied them sin é an rud a shalaigh a gcáil, sin é an rud tharraing náire orthuadverb
9 adverb talk etcgo graosta go gáirsiúil to talk dirty to sb labhairt go graosta le duine, bheith ag gráiscínteacht le duine 10 adverb fight, play, etcgo salachto fight dirty troid go salach, troid go fealltachto play dirty imirt go salach