dachtal m1 dactyl
dachtalach a dactylic
damhsa m4 an bháis
danse macabre
dámh f2
(Hist.)
poetic company; literary caste
dámhscoil f2
school of poetry
dán m1
poem; craft; art, faculty, art of poetry; (Hist.) gift; (Hist.)
syllabic verse
dán m1 diaga religious
poem
dán m1 díreach filíocht shiollach (na Gaeilge); véarsaíocht
shiollach le dianrialacha dochta [(Irish) syllabic poetry; strict syllabic verse]
dán m1 grá love poem
dán m1 molta praise poem, panegyric, eulogy
dán m1 pósta epithalamium
dánfhocal m1
epigram (in syllabic metre)
daonlathach
a democratic
daonna a human
daonnacht f3 humanity
daonnachaí m4 humanist
daonnachaíoch a humanistic
daonnachas m1 humanism
daorbhard m1
(Hist.)
base bard
dátheangach
a bilingual
deabhóid f2 devotion
deabhóideach a devout,
devotional
déach a
dual
déachas m1 dualism
deachtú m
composition;
dictation
deachtú m dáin
composing of poetry
déaduchtaigh
v deduce
déaduchtú m
deduction
dea-fhoghras m1 euphony
dealraitheacht f3 verisimilitude, vraisemblance (fr)
déan v talamh slán de assume
déanmhas m1
formation
déantús m1
make,
manufacture, handiwork, creation
déantús m1 liteartha
literary creation
dearadh m design
dearadh m clúdaigh
cover design
dearadh m leabha(i)r book design
dearbhaigh v
declare, affirm,
assert
dearbhú m declaration;
(Hist.) defamatory literary genre on the subject of marital
infidelity
dearcadh m outlook,
point of view
dearmad m1
error, erratum
(la)
dearscnaitheach
a excellent; clear, distinctive; prominent,
pre-eminent
deasghnách
a ritual
deasghnáth m3 rite, ritual
deasghnáthach
a ritualistic
dea-shaothraithe
a well-developed
deaslabhartha
a well-spoken; witty, eloquent
débat débat (fr)
débhéascna f4 diglossia
débhrí f4 ambiguity
débhríoch a ambiguous
déchiallach
a equivocal, ambiguous
déchoilíniú m double colonization
défhiús m1 ambivalence
défhiúsach a ambivalent
défhócas m1 double focus, bifocus
défhócasú m double focalization,
bifocalization
défhoghar m1
diphthong
déghuthach a double-voiced
deichshiollach m1 decasyllable
deichshiollach a decasyllabic
deifnídeach a definitive
deilbhín m4
(Comp.)
icon
deilbhíocht
f3 morphology
deilbhíochta
gs as a
morphological
deilbheolaíocht
f3 (study of) morphology
deilín m4
sing-song,
rigmarole
deimhnigh v
affirm
déine f4
intensity
déine f4 (an) mhothaithe
intensity of
feeling
deireadh m1 end
deisbhéalach a well-spoken,
witty
deisbhéalaí f4 readiness of speech, wittiness
deismíneach
a refined
deismíneacht
f3 refinement
deismir a
fine, exemplary
deismireacht f3 fine (stylistic) example, illustration;
embellishment, touch
deismireacht f3 chainte nice turn of speech
deismireacht f3 stíle stylistic embellishment, touch
délóg f2
dualogue
démhéadar m1 dimeter
démhéadrach a dimetrical
démhíosachán m1 bimonthly
dénártha a binary
dénárthacht f3 binarism
dénouement dénouement (fr)
déscaradh m
dichotomy
déshiollach m1 disyllable
déshiollach a disyllabic
déthroitheach a dimetrical
diacronach a diachronic
diaga a
divine; sacred,
holy; theological
diagacht f3
divinity;
godliness, piety; theology
diagaire m4
divine,
theologian
dí-ainm a anonymous
diaicritic f2
diacritic
diaicriticiúil
a diacritical
dialachtaic f2 dialectic(s)
dialachtaic f2 stairiúil historical dialectic(s)
dialachtaiciúil a dialectical
dialann f2 diary
dialannaí m4 diarist
dialannaíocht
f3 diary-keeping
diall m (ó) deviation (from)
dialóg f2 dialogue
dialóg f2 inmheánach interior dialogue
dialógach a dialogic
diamhair a
obscure;
mysterious, uncanny
diamhracht f3
obscurity;
mysteriousness
dian a
intense; strict
diancheistiú m interrogate
dianrialacha
fpl strict rules
dícheangal m1
dissociation
díchódaigh v decode
díchuimhne f4 forgetting, forgetfulness, amnesia
díchumadh m deformation
différance différance (fr)
difríocht f3 difference
difríocht f3 ghnéasach
sexual difference
dífhréamhaigh
v uproot, deracinate
dífhréamhaithe
a uprooted, deracinated, déraciné (fr)
dígeann m1 (of play, plot) climax
díghnáthú m defamiliarization,
ostrananie (ru)
díláithrigh
v displace
díláithrithe
a displaced
díláithriú m displacement
díláraigh v
decentre
díláraithe a
decentred
dílárú m
decentring
dílárú m na suibiachta decentring of
the subject
dílseacht f3
allegiance
dímhorálta a
amoral
dímhoráltacht
f3 amorality
diminsean m1
dimension
dinimic f2 dynamics
dinimiciúil a dynamic
Diníseach a
Dionysian
dinnseanchas m1 lore of places, toponymy
dinnseanchas m1 meadarach metrical lore of places
díolaim f3 anthology, compilation
díolamóir m3 anthologist, compiler
díonbhrollach m1
(vindicatory) preface
díorthach a derivative
díorthaigh v
derive
díorthú m
derivation
dioscúrsa m4 discourse
dioscúrsach a discursive
díospóireacht f3 debate
diostóipe f4
dystopia
diostóipeach
a dystopian
diostóipeachas
m1 dystopianism
díphearsanú m depersonalization
dírbheathaisnéis f2 autobiography
dírbheathaisnéiseach a autobiographical
dírbheathaisnéisí m4 autobiographer
díreach a
direct
díscaoileadh
m dissolution, disintegration
díscaoileadh
m na mainistreacha dissolution of the monasteries, the
díscaoileadh
m an tseanreachta breaking up of the old order, the
disciplín m4
(branch of
knowledge) discipline
díshondas m1 dissonance
díspeagadh m pejoration
díspeagúil a
pejorative
díth f2 ainm anonymity
díthógáil f3
deconstruction
díthógálaí m4
deconstructionist
díthreabhach
m1 hermit
diúltú m (do)
abrogation (of)
dleachtanna
fpl údair royalties
dlí m4 law
dlí m4 canónta canon law
dlí m4 na féine ancient law system (of Ireland)
dlisteanach
a legitimate
dlisteanú m legitimation
dlús m1
compactness,
density
dlúth a
compact, dense
dlúthdhiosca
m4 compact disc, CD
dlútheagrán m1 compact edition
dochiallach
a abstruse
docht a
rigorous
dóchúlacht f3
likelihood,
probability
doichte f4
rigor
dogmach a
dogmatic
dogmachas m1
dogmatism
doiciméad m1 document
doiciméadach a documentary
doiléir a dim,
obscure; vague, indistinct
doiléire f4 dimness, obscurity; vagueness, indistinctness
doléite a illegible
domhandú m globalization
dos m1
(Hist.) a
poet (file) of the fifth grade
double
entendre double
entendre (fr)
draíocht f3 magic
dráma m4 drama, (stage-)play
dráma m4 a chur ar an stáitse, a stáitsiú
to stage a play
dráma m4 aonghnímh one-act play
dráma m4 balbh, geáitsíochta dumb show, mime
dráma m4 cistine kitchen drama
dráma m4 míorúilte miracle play
dráma m4 moráltachta morality play
dráma m4 páise passion play
dráma m4 puipéad
puppet show
dráma m4 tíre folk drama
dráma m4 trí ghníomh three-act play
drámadóir m3 dramatist, playwright
drámaíocht f3 drama, dramatic art
drámatúil a dramatic
drámatúlacht f3 dramatic quality, dramaticism
drámú m
dramatization
dramatis
personae dramatis
personae (la)
dreach m3 aspect
dréacht
m3 (literary, musical) piece, composition; tract; contribution; draft
dréacht m3 molta eulogy
dréacht m3 diaganta (religious) tract
driseag m1 (Hist.) a kind of
base bard (daorbhard); a poet (file) of a low grade
droichead m1 uama sraith uamach
focal gan séimhiú ná urú [series of alliterating words unrelieved by either
lenition or eclipsis]
droim m4 leabhair book spine
dromchla m4 surface
dromchlach a superficial
duan m1 song, poem
duan m1 molta, caithréime song of praise, of triumph
duanaire m4 poem-book; verse anthology; maker or reciter of
verses
duanaire m4 teaghlaigh (Hist.) family poem-book
duanaireacht f3 (act of) verse-making; recitation of song,
poetry
duanmharbhna m elegy,
threnody
duanmholadh m praise
poem, eulogy, panegyric
duanoirfideacht f3 singing of songs
duantiomna m4 testament in verse
dubáil v
dub
dubáil f3 dubbing
dúblóg f2 doublet
dubhfhocal m1
riddle,
conundrum, enigma
dúchais gs as a. inherited,
inherent; innate, native
dúchas m1
heritage; native
place or country, traditional connection; heredity, innate quality
dúchasach a hereditary,
ancestral; inherited, inherent; innate, instinctive; native, indigenous;
vernacular
dúchasachas m1 nativism
dúchasóir
m3 nativist
duilleog f2 (leabhair)
leaf (of book)
duine m4 a bhfuil an insint dírithe air/ uirthi narratee, destinateur (fr)
duine m4 a dhéanann staidéar ar chúrsaí reacaireachta
duine m4 eile, an
other, the
duine m4 sárbhuach
genius
dúisigh v (sprid, cuimhne) evoke
dúnadh m cadence;
(Hist.) closure of poem in syllabic metre through repetition
of opening phrase, word, syllable, or letter at end of poem
dúnadh m dáin close of a poem
dúrúin mpl dúnmharaithe murder mysteries