pale
adjective
1 adjective in colouréadrom adj1 bán- prefpale blue bánghorm adj1a pale shade of purple corcra éadrom 2 adjective of skin, facebán adj1 mílítheach adj1 bánghnúiseach adj1 he looks pale tá sé bán san aghaidh, tá sé mílítheachshe was deathly pale bhí dath an bháis uirthi, bhí lí an bháis uirthiTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 adjective of lightlag adj1 báiteach adj1 a pale light solas lag, meathsholas masc1a pale moon gealach bháiteach, gealach thláith 4 adjective low in qualitylag adj1 lag- prefthe film is a pale imitation of the play is lagaithris ar an dráma é an scannán, níl gaire ar bith ag an scannán ar an dráma
verb
5 verb of skin, face INTRANSITIVEthe skin pales éiríonn an craiceann bán, tagann dath bán ar an gcraiceannshe paled tháinig mílí uirthi, tháinig dath bán uirthi 6 verb seem less important INTRANSITIVEthe film pales in comparison to the book ní fiú dada an scannán i gcomparáid leis an leabharthe other things pale into insignificance when you hear that is beag le rá na rudaí eile nuair a chloiseann tú é sinnoun
7 noun CONSTR fencepáil fem2claí masc4 8 noun limitscóip fem2 réim fem2 that's beyond the pale of this article tá sé sin lasmuigh de scóip an ailt seo 9 noun in heraldrycuaille masc4