EXACT MATCHES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
west1 . 1 s. a Iarthar m. House facing (the) west, teach agus a aghaidh siar. On the west, thiar; ar an taobh thiar. To the west, siar. From the west, aniar. The wind is in the west, tá an ghaoth thiar. b The West, an tIarthar, an Domhan Thiar. 2 adv. (Of rest) Thiar; (of motion) siar. To go west, (i) dul siar; (ii) P: bás a fháil; deireadh a bheith le (rud). West by south, north, siar lámh ó dheas, lámh ó thuaidh. 3 a. (An áit) thiar; (an ghaoth) aniar.
west2, v.i. (Of sun, ship) Téann siar.
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Nau: The island bears south-west, tá an t-oileán siar ó dheas (uainn).
Twenty degrees west of Greenwich, fiche céim laistiar de Greenwich.
Too far east is west, soir gach siar faoi dheireadh thiar.
Mountains that go from east to west, sléibhte atá ag rith soir siar.
P: It went west, thit an tóin as.
The West Indies, na hIndiacha Thiar.
Nau: The coast lies east and west, soir is anoir atá an cósta sínte.
North by west, ó thuaidh lámh siar.
The north-west wind, an ghaoth aniar aduaidh.
North-west by west, siar ó thuaidh lámh siar.
North-west by north, siar ó thuaidh lámh ó thuaidh.
To alter (the) course two points to the west, (an) cúrsa a athrú dhá phointe siar.
The street runs east and west, tá an tsráid ag síneadh soir siar.
South by west, ó dheas lámh siar.
The south-west wind, an ghaoth aniar aneas.
South-west by west, siar ó dheas lámh siar.
To steer west, seoladh siar.