monabhar
monaplacht
monarc
monarcha
monatóireacht
moncaí
monsún
mór
morálta
moráltacht
móramh
mórán
moratóir
Morávach
morgáiste
mór-roinn
mórshaothar
mórshiúl
mórthír
mósáic
mosc
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mór
ADJECTIVE
OPPOSITE: beag
♦
large
big
great
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teach mór
♦
a big house
♦
fadhb mhór
♦
a big problem
♦
tá mé faoi bhrú an-mhór
♦
I am under a lot of pressure
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tá [A] mór le [B]
♦
[A] is very friendly with [B]
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tá mo dheartháir agus mise an-mhór le chéile
♦
my brother and I are great friends
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is mór [rud] le [duine]
♦
[something] is important to [somebody]
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is mór liom an tionscadal seo
♦
this project means a lot to me
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ba mhór cúis na Gaeilge le m'athair
♦
the Irish-language cause was very dear to my father
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ní mór [rud a dhéanamh]
♦
it is necessary [to do something]
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ní mór an doras a chur faoi ghlas gach oíche
♦
the door must be locked every night
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ní mór na hiarratais a bheith istigh faoi mheán lae
♦
the applications must be in by midday
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an chuid is mó de [rud]
♦
most of [something]
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tá an chuid is mó de na daoine anseo
♦
most of the people are here
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tá an chuid is mó den obair déanta
♦
most of the work is done
Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms
Grammatical forms
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mór
ADJECTIVE
♦
GRADED FORM
♦
mó
♦
PLURAL
♦
móra
Iontrálacha gaolmhara
Related entries
Related entries
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go mór
♦
very much
♦
tá mé go mór in éad leat
♦
I am very much jealous of you
♦
taitníonn sé go mór liom
♦
I like it very much
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máthair mhór
SYNONYM: seanmháthair
OPPOSITE: athair mór
♦
grandmother
♦
móide
♦
plus
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an praghas, móide cáin bhreisluacha
♦
the price, plus value-added tax
♦
a dó móide a trí
♦
two plus three
Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples
Related examples
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tá airgead mór á íoc le scéimeanna cultúrtha gach bliain
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big money is being paid to cultural schemes each year
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Cá mhéad a dó móide a trí?
♦
How much is two plus three?
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Is maith liom bricfeasta mór a ithe ag tús an lae.
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I like to eat a big breakfast at the beginning of the day.
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baile mór
♦
a big town
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Cé a d'fhág an beart mór irisí anseo?
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Who left the large pack of magazines here?
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Cé hí cailín na spéaclaí móra?
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Who is the girl with the big glasses?
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Cé chomh mór is a bhí sé?
♦
How big was it?
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Déarfainn go raibh níos mó ólta agamsa ná mar a bhí aigesean.
♦
I'd say I had more to drink that he.
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Fadhb mhór é seo.
♦
This is a big problem.
♦
Tá líon mór teangacha in úsáid in Éirinn sa lá atá inniu ann.
♦
A large number of languages are being used in Ireland today.
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Tá suim mhór aige sna cluichí Gaelacha leis.
♦
He is also very interested in Gaelic games.
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beart mór irisí
♦
a large pack of newspapers
♦
Tá mé i mo chónaí in uimhir a trí, Sráid Mhór, árasán a dó.
Diarmuid Ó Sé, Joseph Shiels: Teach Yourself Irish, Teach Yourself Books, 1998
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I live in number three, High Street, apartment two.
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fuair siad lear mór d'ábhar pléascach
♦
they found a great deal of explosives
♦
An bhfuil clann mhór agat, a Shéamais?
Diarmuid Ó Sé, Joseph Shiels: Teach Yourself Irish, Teach Yourself Books, 1998
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Do you have a lot of children, Séamas?
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Is sráidbhaile mór é Maigh Cuilinn anois.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
♦
Maigh Cuilinn is a big village now.
♦
Tá sé an-mhór.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
♦
It's very big.
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Táimid ag iarraidh bus a fháil ó Ghaillimh go Ros an Mhíl leis an mbád a fháil go hInis Mór.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
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We want to get a bus from Galway to Ros an Mhíl to get the boat to Inis Mór.
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Is meicneoir é. Ní maith leis an obair sin níos mó.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
♦
He is a mechanic. He doesn't like that job anymore.
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Bíonn muid sa leabharlann agus sa saotharlann an chuid is mó den am.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
♦
We are [usually] in the library and the lab most of the time.
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Is mór an trua sin.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
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That's a shame.
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Tá an geansaí sin rómhór.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
♦
That jumper is too big.
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Tá an cóta sin rómhór.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
♦
That coat is too big.
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Is féidir leat tiomáint go neart áiteanna in gConamara gan níos mó ná uair a chloig a chaitheamh ar an mbóthar.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
♦
You can drive to plenty of places in Connemara without spending more than an hour on the road.
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Beidh muid ag súil go mór leis an seó a bheas ar siúl anocht ag a hocht.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
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We are greatly anticipating the show that will be playing tonight at eight.
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Is ceantar mór turasóireachta é.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
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It's a big tourist area.
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An bhfuil tú féin agus do dheartháir an-mhór le chéile?
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
♦
Are you and your brother very close?
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Táim ag súil go mór leis.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
♦
I am looking forward to it very much.
♦
Réitím go maith léi, den chuid is mó.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
♦
I get on well with her, for the most part.
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Tá mé faoi bhrú an-mhór faoi láthair.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
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I'm under a lot of pressure at the moment.
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Taitníonn an geimhreadh go mór liom.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
♦
I like winter very much.
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Níl aon suim mhór agam sa ngarraíodóireacht.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
♦
I am not interested in gardening much.
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Tá mé i mo chónaí i gcathair mhór.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
♦
I live in a big city.
♦
Tá mé i mo chónaí in Órán Mór i gContae na Gaillimhe.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
♦
I'm living in Oranmore in County Galway.
♦
An bhfuil an t-árasán mór?
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
♦
Is the apartment big?
♦
Tá dhá sheomra codlata ann, cistin an-deas agus seomra suí an-mhór.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
♦
There are two bedrooms, a very nice kitchen and a very big sitting room.
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Tá dhá cheann acu an-mhór ach tá an ceann eile an-bheag.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
♦
Two of them are very big but the other one is very small.
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Níl gairdín ar bith agam, faraor, ach tá páirc mhór, an-ghar do mo theach.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
♦
I have no garden, alas, but there's a big park very close to my house
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Tá suim mhór agam ann.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
♦
I have a big interest in it.
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Ba ar an phobal sin is mó a thit ualach na heisimirce.
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That community was worst affected by emigration.
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Thaitin sé go mór liom agus níor thiteamar amach le chéile riamh.
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I liked him very much and we never fell out.
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Cuireann sé go mór le maise an leathanaigh má bhíonn sé beagáinín níos dathúla ná sin.
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I makes the page look a lot better if it is a little mode colourful than that.
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Bhí an pota chomh mór sin go bhféadfá brachán do theach lán bochtán a dhéanamh ann.
Alex Hijmans: Aiséirí, Cois Life 2011
♦
The pot was so large you could make porridge for a house full of poor people in it.
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Baile ar mhó líon na gcanálacha ná líon na sráideanna.
Alex Hijmans: Aiséirí, Cois Life 2011
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A town with more canals than streets.
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Tá dúil mhór agam in áiteanna mar seo.
'Beo!', beo.ie
♦
I love places like this.
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Is mór an trua dom nach bhfaca mé an dráma riamh.
'Beo!', beo.ie
♦
I regret very much that I never saw the play.
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An rud is mó atá le tabhairt faoi deara ar an dream seo ná chomh hamaitéarach is a bhí siad.
'Beo!', beo.ie
♦
The biggest thing to notice on these people is how amateurish they were.
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An cheist is mó atá ag déanamh scime do sheirbhísí rúnda Mheiriceá ná, cá bhfuil na spiairí Rúiseacha?
'Beo!', beo.ie
♦
The question that bothers the American secret services most is, where are the Russian spies?
♦
Is cuimhin liom gur chuir sí go mór leis an chúrsa.
'Beo!', beo.ie
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I remember that she added a lot to the course.
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Ní raibh le feiceáil ar an túr ach poll mór ina thaobh.
'Beo!', beo.ie
♦
All you could see on the building was a big hole in its side.
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Tosaíodh ag aslonnú daoine as foirgnimh mhóra timpeall na tíre mar Túr Sears in Siceágo.
'Beo!', beo.ie
♦
People started being evacuated from tall buildings around the country such as Sears Tower in Chicago.
♦
Ba chosúil go raibh níos mó eitleáin i spéartha Mheiriceá ag díriú ar spriocanna rúnda.
'Beo!', beo.ie
♦
It seemed that even more airplanes in American skies were targeting secret targets.
♦
Táthar ann a deir nach raibh in ionsaithe an 11ú Meán Fomhair ach leithscéal do Mheiriceá cogadh a fhearadh ar an domhan mór.
'Beo!', beo.ie
♦
Some people say the 11 September attacks were only an excuse for America to wage war against the whole world.
♦
Táimid inár gcónaí i ndomhan nua anois, a bhuíochas do Bin Laden, Mohammed Atta, agus na scórtha eile nach bhfuil ann níos mó chun é a fheiceáil.
'Beo!', beo.ie
♦
We live in a new world now, thanks to Bin Laden, Mohammed Atta and scores of others who are not there anymore to see it.
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Ach tá cuma spíonta ar chuid mhór acu fán tráth seo.
'Beo!', beo.ie
♦
But many of them look tired now.
♦
An chúis is mó go bhfuil meath tagtha ar bhlaganna na Gaeilge ná...
'Beo!', beo.ie
♦
The biggest reason why Irish-language blogs have started declining is...
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Twitter, an toighis chumarsáide is mó atá i bhfaisean san am i láthair.
'Beo!', beo.ie
♦
Twitter, the choice means of communication in fashion right now.
♦
Tá an chuid is mó de ghnólachtaí na tíre i seilbh phríobháideach.
'Beo!', beo.ie
♦
Most of the country's businesses are in private ownership.
♦
As an am seo amach b'iad sclábhaithe formhór mór na ndaoine gorma a facthas san Eoraip agus sa domhan nua.
'Beo!', beo.ie
♦
From this time onward, most black people seen in Europe and the new world were slaves.
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Mar a leath an tír siar amach, tháinig níos mó stáit isteach san aontacht nár ghlac le sclábhaíocht.
'Beo!', beo.ie
♦
As the country spread out west, more states joined the union that did not accept slavery.
♦
Tharraing an máistir air an leabhar mór.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
♦
The master pulled towards himself the big book.
♦
Má tá teach mór agus culaith mhaith éadaigh aigesean, altaíodh sé iad.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
♦
If he has a big house and good clothes, he should be thankful for them.
♦
An mbeidh an ghrian mórán níos mó nuair a bheimid ag a taobh?
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
♦
Will the sun be much bigger when we're beside it?
♦
Ba mhór an truaighe nach bhfuair mé foghlaim i m'óige.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
♦
It's a shame I didn't get an education when I was young.
♦
A mháthair mhór, is tú a chan an fhírinne.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
♦
You were right, grandma.
♦
Bhí an baile mór fá chupla céad míle dóibh.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
♦
The city was a couple hundred miles away.
♦
D'éist sí. Ní raibh ní ba mhó le mothachtáil.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
♦
She listened. Nothing more could be heard.
♦
Bhí lúcháir mhór ar Bhabaí roimhe.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
♦
Babaí was very happy to see him. to welcome him when he arrived
♦
Is mór an gar gan an duine bocht a bheith istigh.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
♦
It's a good thing the poor man isn't in.
♦
clúdaíonn an chathair achar mór
♦
the city covers a large area
♦
daoine óga is mó a chaitheann drugaí
♦
drugs are taken mostly by young people
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is mór an chaoithiúlacht do phaisinéirí é
♦
it's a great convenience for passengers
♦
is cathair mhór é Baile Átha Cliath
♦
Dublin is a big city
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cé chomh mór a bhí sé?
cé chomh mór is a bhí sé?
♦
how big was it?
♦
is maith liom cíocha móra
♦
I like big tits
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tá níos mó ama uaim chun an cheist a chíoradh i gceart
♦
I need more time to examine the question properly
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tá suim mhór aige sna cluichí Gaelacha fosta
♦
he is also very interested in Gaelic games
♦
níl aon fhuinneamh ionam níos mó
♦
there is no energy in me anymore
♦
tá sé seo i bhfad Éireann níos mó ná mar a cheap mé!
♦
this is way bigger than I thought!
♦
tá líon mór teangacha in úsáid in Éirinn sa lá atá inniu ann
♦
a large number of languages is being used in Ireland today
♦
ní féidir linn dul san iomaíocht leis na comhlachtaí móra
♦
we can't compete with the big companies
♦
feicim carn mór airgid i mo chuid aislingí
♦
I see a big pile of money in my visions
♦
chuidigh siad le lear mór daoine
♦
they helped a great deal of people
♦
tá suim mhór aige sna cluichí Gaelacha, leis
♦
he is very interested in Gaelic games, too
♦
bhail, sin an seachtú haithne agat, is déan a mhór nó a bheag di
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
♦
well, that's the seventh commandment for you, whatever you think of it
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moil mhór
♦
a big delay
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