ground
noun
1 noun surface of earthtalamh masc the ground is soft there tá an talamh bog ansinhe was lying on the ground bhí sé ina luí ar an talamhthe whole way down to the ground an bealach ar fad síos go talamha metre below ground méadar faoi thalamh, méadar faoin talamhthey stay on the low ground fanann siad ar an talamh íseal 2 (also grounds) noun land for specific purposeláthair fem5 football ground páirc pheilethe Gaelic Grounds Páirc na nGaelhunting ground dúiche sheilgeTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 noun territorytalamh masc fód masc1 they're more confident on home ground tá siad níos muiníní ar a bhfód féin 4 noun (also grounds) also LAW reasoncúis fem2 bonn masc1 foras technical term masc1 on that ground alone it's unfair ar an mbonn sin féin tá sé éagórachon the grounds that ... ar an mbonn go ...; ó tharla go ...; toisc go ...on the grounds of bad health mar gheall ar dhrochshláinte, de bharr drochshláintethey abstained on religious grounds staon siad ar chúiseanna reiligiúinwe had good grounds for refusing bhí cúis mhaith againn diúltúthere are grounds for hope tá údar dóchais annthey have grounds for appeal tá foras achomhairc acugrounds for divorce foras le haghaidh colscartha 5 noun subject, domainábhar masc1 réimse masc4 both books cover the same ground clúdaíonn an dá leabhar an t-ábhar céannathis is new ground for us tá sé seo nua againnit was familiar ground for her bhí seantaithí aici airto go back over old ground dul siar ar an seanscéal céanna, an t-iomaire céanna a threabhadh arísto be on safe ground with sth bheith ar thalamh slán le rud 6 noun position, opinionseasamh masc1 the middle ground an talamh láiryou're either for it or against it, there's no middle ground tá tú ar a shon nó tá tú ina éadan, níl aon idir eatarthu ann 7 noun level of progressany ground gained was soon lost again is gearr a mhair aon dul chun cinn a rinneadhdespite the ground lost over recent months d'ainneoin an dul ar gcúl a tharla le cúpla míthey failed to regain any ground sháraigh orthu aon teacht aniar a dhéanamh 8 noun ART background of paintingbonn masc1 ground colour cúldath masc3 9 noun (also ground wire) (US) ELECTRIC wiresreang thalmhaithe
adjective
10 adjective MIL of force, attack, etctalún gs as adj ground attack ionsaí talúnground force fórsa talún 11 adjective FOOD crushedmeilte adj3 ground almond almóinn mheilteverb
12 verb AERO order plane etc down TRANSITIVEcoinnigh ar talamhcoimeád ar talamh 13 verb base idea etc on sth TRANSITIVEbunaigh PhrV he grounded his theory on Marxism bhunaigh sé a theoiric ar an Marxachasit's grounded in Irish tradition tá sé fréamhaithe i dtraidisiún na hÉireann 14 verb teach (sb) basics of TRANSITIVEto ground sb in sth buneolas ar rud a thabhairt do dhuine, bunoiliúint i rud a chur ar dhuinethey're well grounded in current theory tá buneolas maith acu ar an teoiric reatha 15 verb punish child etc TRANSITIVEcoinnigh istigh coimeád istigh he was grounded for a few days coinníodh istigh ar feadh cúpla lá é 16 verb SPOR touch ball down TRANSITIVEtalmhaigh verb 17 verb of boat TRANSITIVEtriomaigh verb
18 verb (US) ELECTRIC earth TRANSITIVEtalmhaigh verb