EXACT MATCHES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
slope1, s. 1 a Fána f, sléim f. Steep slope, fána ghéar. Slope down, fána (síos). Slope up, ardú m. Angle of slope, céim fhána. Slope of wall, fiar m, caitheamh m, balla. Street on the slope, sráid le fána. Arms at the slope, airm ar claon. Civ.E: Natural slope, fána nádúrtha. b Cut on the slope, gearrtha ar fiar. 2 Leiceann m (cnoic). Half-way up, down, the slope, leath bealaigh i gcoinne an aird, le fána.
slope2 . 1 v.i. a Claonann, caitheann; (upwards) crochann. It slopes down, tá fána (anuas) leis. It slopes upwards, éiríonn, crochann, sé; (of road) tá ard ann. (Of writing) To slope forward, backward, bheith ag luí chun tosaigh, chun deiridh. b The garden slopes down to the river, tá fána leis an ngairdín síos chun na habhann. 2 v.tr. a Gearraim ar fiar, b Mil: Slope arms! claonaigí airm! To slope swords, claimhte a chur ar claon.
slope3, v.i.F: 1 To slope about, bheith ag fálróid thart. 2 To slope (off), s.to do a slope, na boinn a thabhairt as; ligean leat féin.
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Sloping bench, claonbhinse m.
Slope carpeted with flowers, fánán faoi bhrat bláthanna.
A sharp rise of ground with a corresponding slope on the far side, ard géar agus a dhíol, a chothrom, d'fhána ar an taobh eile.
Sloping shoulders, guaille buidéil, silte.
The slope grows steeper, tá an mhala ag éirí crochta; tá an t-ard ag géarú.