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