quarter
noun
1 noun MATH, SPOR 25% of somethingceathrú fem5 an ceathrú cuid quarter of a century ceathrú céid, cúig bliana ficheada pound and a quarter punt agus ceathrúa quarter of a million euro ceathrú milliúin euroa quarter voted against it vótáil an ceathrú cuid ina éadana quarter of road deaths an ceathrú cuid de na básanna ar na bóithreI drank three quarters of the bottle d'ól mé trí cheathrú den bhuidéaladd a quarter spoon of salt cuir isteach ceathrú spúnóige salainn 2 noun 15 minute perioda quarter of an hour ceathrú uairea quarter to ten ceathrú go dtí a deich, ceathrú chun a deich, ceathrú don deicha quarter past six ceathrú i ndiaidh a sé, ceathrú tar éis a séTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 noun BUS-ADM 3 month periodráithe fem4 the first quarter of the year an chéad ráithe den bhliain 4 noun SPOR, TV-RAD quarter finalbabhta ceathrú ceannais cluiche ceathrú ceannais 5 noun TOUR part of townceathrú fem5 ceantar masc1 the Jewish quarter ceathrú na nGiúdach 6 noun particular group or personin certain quarters of the media i gcodanna áirithe de na meáinthat's the attitude in many quarters sin é an meon atá ag cuid mhaith daoinefrom all quarters as gach cearn, as na ceithre hairde 7 noun (US) 25 centsceathrú fem5 8 noun MEAS 4 ouncesceathrú puinta quarter of butter ceathrú puint ime 9 noun MEAS 1/4 of hundredweightceathrú fem5 10 noun ASTRON phase of moonceathrú fem5 11 noun mercyceathrú anama trócaire fem4 he gave no quarter during the debate níor léirigh sé aon trócaire le linn na díospóireachtato ask for quarter ceathrú anama a iarraidh
verb
12 verb cut into four parts TRANSITIVEto quarter sth rud a ghearradh ina cheithre chuid, ceithre chuid a dhéanamh de rud 13 verb reduce to 25% TRANSITIVEthe population of the village has been quartered níl ach an ceathrú cuid de dhaonra an tsráidbhaile fágtha 14 verb provide lodging for TRANSITIVEcuir ar ceathrúinlóistín a chur ar fáil doI quartered the soldiers in a farmhouse chuir mé na saighdiúirí ar ceathrúin i dteach feirme 15 verb HIST as punishment TRANSITIVEshe was quartered rinneadh ceathrúna dá corphe was hung, drawn and quartered crochadh, tarraingíodh, agus rinneadh ceathrúna de 16 verb criss-cross in search TRANSITIVEthey quartered the woods chuardaigh siad an choill ó bhun go barr 17 verb of heraldic shield TRANSITIVEthe shield was quartered bhí an sciath roinnte go ceathrúnach