foul
adjective
1 adjective nasty, smelly, etcbréan adj1 lofa adj3 he took off the foul rags bhain sé de na bratóga bréana, bhain sé de na ceirteacha brocachahe smelled foul bhí sé bréan, bhí boladh bréan uaidh, bhí boladh bréan leisthis food tastes foul! tá blas lofa ar an mbia seo!, tá blas millteanach ar an mbia seo! 2 adjective SPOR not allowed by the rulesfealltach adj1 calaoiseach adj1 it was a foul tackle greamú fealltach a bhí ann, taicil calaoiseach a bhí annTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 adjective of mood, temperdroch- prefshe's in a foul mood tá drochghiúmar uirthi, tá drochaoibh uirthi, tá drochspion uirthi, tá sí cantalach 4 adjective MET of weatherdroch- preffoul weather is forecast for the weekend tá drochaimsir geallta don deireadh seachtaine, aimsir dhona atá tuartha don deireadh seachtaine 5 adjective rude, offensivedroch- prefsalach adj1 brocach adj1 they called me foul names bhí siad ag tabhairt ainmneacha gránna ormhe has a foul mouth bíonn drochbhéal air, tá sé tugtha don droch-chaintfoul language droch-chaint, mionnaí móra 6 adjective informal awfuluafásach adj1 millteanach adj1 the exam was foul bhí an scrúdú uafásach, bhí an scrúdú millteanach 7 adjective literary wickeddanartha adj3 murder most foul dúnmharú danartha 8 adjective pollutedtruaillithe adj3 foul water uisce truaillithe, uisce salach familiar
verb
9 verb make dirty TRANSITIVEsalaigh verb it fouls the air salaíonn sé an t-aerto foul the environment an timpeallacht a thruailliú 10 verb soil with excrement TRANSITIVEsalaigh verb truailligh verb the dog fouled the footpath shalaigh an madra an cosán, rinne an madra a chac ar an gcosánto foul yourself tú féin a shalú, cac i do chuid éadaigh, do chac a dhéanamh i do bhríste 11 verb SPOR break rules in sport 12 verb SPOR in baseball TRANSITIVEbuail thar teorainnto foul a ball liathróid a bhualadh thar teorainn 13 (also foul up) verb become caught or stuck 14 verb NAUT of a ship TRANSITIVEtar salach ar to foul another boat teacht salach ar bhád eilenoun
15 noun SPOR breach of rulesfeall masc1 calaois fem2 to commit a foul on sb feall a dhéanamh ar dhuine, calaois a dhéanamh ar dhuinewe heard his cries of 'foul!' chualamar é ag scairteadh 'feall!' 16 noun SPOR in baseballhe hit a foul chuir sé an liathróid as an imirt