Pota Focal Intergaelic
ban | bead | beag | beann | began
Gluais TíHouse Glossary Gluais Beo!Beo! Glossary TeasárasThesaurus BriathraVerbs
béal bealach bealadh béaldath béalóg béaloideas Bealtaine bean beann beannacht beannaigh beár béar bearbóir béarlagair bearna bearnaigh bearr bearradh beart beartaigh
bean
FEMININE NOUN
OPPOSITE: fear
woman
is bean lách í
she's a nice woman
bhí idir fhir agus mhná ann
both men and women were there
bean
FEMININE NOUN
SYNONYM: bean chéile
wife
thréig a bhean é
his wife left him
Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms
bean
FEMININE NOUN
GENITIVE SINGULAR
mná
NOMINATVE PLURAL
mná
GENITIVE PLURAL
ban
Iontrálacha gaolmhara
Related entries
bean chéile
OPPOSITE: fear céile
wife
bhfuil mo bhean chéile?
where is my wife?
bean an
DO NOT CONFUSE WITH: bean tí
the landlady in charge of boarding house
rinne bean an bricfeasta dúinn
the landlady made us breakfast
bean
DO NOT CONFUSE WITH: bean an tí
housewife
is bean í
she is a housewife
STAITISTICÍ · STATISTICS
Is é bean an 92ú focal is minice úsáid sa Ghaeilge. Tagann sé chun cinn uair amháin i ngach 1,156 focal.
Bean is the 92th most frequently used word in Irish. It occurs once in every 1,156 words.
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Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples
duine de na mná ádhúla a bhfuil na fir de shíor ina ndiaidh
I am not one of those luvcky women who are constantly chased by men
aghaidh na mná
the woman's face
aithne agam ar do bhean chéile
I know your wife
chuir a bhean chéile nua in aithne dúinn
he introduced his new wife to us
an bhean is áille ar domhan
the most beautiful woman in the world
an fear singil seo ag lorg bean álainn le pósadh
this single man is looking for a pretty woman to marry
bhí bean aosta ina measc
there was an elderly woman among them
acu bean a phósfaidh ?
which woman will you marry?
bíonn corróga na mban níos leithne a guaillí
a woman's hips are wider than her shoulders
dílis bhean chéile
faithful to his wife
ar fhág do bhean chéile sa bhaile anocht?
did you leave your wife at home tonight?
baineann na scéalta le saighdiúirí a mharaítear agus na mná a fhágtar ina ndiaidh
the stories are about soldiers who are killed and women who are left behind
fuair amach go bhfuil bean eile aige!
I found out that he has another woman!
bean ghorm
black woman
bean ghránna
an ugly woman
an í sin an bhean a d'imigh uait?
is that the woman who left you?
is bean lách í
she's a pleasant woman
d'ith pónairí le haghaidh bricfeasta
I ate beans for breakfast
leithreas na mban
ladies' toilet
Bean ghránna í.
She is an ugly woman.
an tseanbhean bhocht ar an deiridh.
The poor old woman is on her last legs.
An bhfuil aithne agat ar mo bhean?
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
Do you know my wife?
mo bhean ag coinneáil go maith an babhta seo.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
My wife [who is expecting a child] is getting along well this time.
Is bean agus bhíonn mórán seans agam labhairt le daoine eile seachas m'fhear agus mo chlann.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
I am a housewife and I don't have much chance to speak with other people except my husband and my children.
Is post sealadach é, ach is banaltra í mo bhean agus is post buan é sin.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
It is a temporary position, but my wife is a nurse and that is a permanent position.
Is í an bhean sin a mháthair.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
That woman is his mother.
Mo bhean agus ár mbeirt ghasúr.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
My wife and our two children.
a bhean ag súil le páiste i gceann cúpla .
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
His wife is expecting a child in a couple of months.
Gortaíodh a bhean.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
His wife was injured.
Téim féin agus mo bhean chéile amach choinne béile achan oíche Aoine.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
Myself and my wife go out together for a meal every Friday night.
i mo chónaí i dteach scoite le mo bhean agus mo chlann.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
I live in a detached house with my wife and my children.
Níor bhean í a chuaigh siar ar a focal.
Alex Hijmans: Aiséirí, Cois Life 2011
She wasn't a woman who'd go back on her word [who wouldn't do what she'd said she'd do].
Thoisigh siad a mhagadh ar Sheimí, a leis gurb í a bheadh mar mhnaoi aige.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
They started making fun of Jamie, saying she would be his wife one day.
Bhí triúr ban ag spágáil leo fríd an tsneachta.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
Three women were wading through the snow.
raibh a bhean marbh ach cupla go rabhathas á i modh rúin go raibh ag smaoineamh ar cheann eile a tharraingt air.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
His wife was only dead for a couple of days when people started saying in secret that he was thinking of helping himself to a new one.
A dh'iarraidh mná nach raibh toil aici do.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
Pursuing a woman who didn't fancy him.
thabhair grá do chroí choíche do mhnaoi.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
Don't ever fall in love with a woman.
pónairí caife a mheilt
to grind coffee beans
pónairí bácáilte
baked beans
saoirse na mban
women's liberation
scartha ó mo bhean chéile
I am separated from my wife
níl suim aige in aon rud seachas beoir agus mná
he isn't interested in anything except beer and women
seisear ban céille
six wives
an tríú bean chéile
the third wife
trua agam don bhean bhocht a fuair bás
I pity the poor woman who died
d'iarr gloine uisce ar an bhean
I asked the woman for a glass of water