TORTHAÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
simple. 1 a. a (Of pers.) Saonta, macánta, gan chealg. Simple folk, daoine soineanta. A simple soul, créatúr m gan choir. b Pej: Simplí, saonta, sochreidte. What a simple soul he is! mo ghraidhin a chiall! níl aon pheaca air! S.a. SIMON. c Simple problem, ceist fhurasta. F: As simple as ABC, as shelling peas, chomh furasta lena bhfaca tú riamh. d Com: Simple interest, ús m simplí. Gram: Simple sentence, abairt shimplí. Surg: Simple fracture, briseadh folaigh. e Jur: Simple contract, conradh simplí. f F: It's simple robbery, níl ann ach gadaíocht. 2 s.Med: Bot: Simples, luibheanna (leighis). ► simply, adv. 1 (Labhraím) go simplí, go sothuigthe. 2 a You look simply lovely, tá tú ag breathnú go hálainn ar fad! You simply must go, níl aon dul as agat ach dul. b It was simply to test you, ní raibh ann ach ag iarraidh féachaint a chur ort. I simply observed that. . ., ní dúirt mé a dhath ach go...
ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Mth: Simple, quadratic, equation, cothromóid shimplí, chearnach.
Ever so simple, chomh héasca le haon rud.
Z: Simple eye, súil shimplí.
(Property held in) fee-simple, (gabháltas) bithdhílse f.
Man cast in simple mould, fear breá saonta.
Simple-natured, soineanta, saonta.
The pure and simple truth, lomchlár m na fírinne.
Simple Simon, duine le Dia.