The Irish word for clean is
glan
Translations for clean and their definitions
| glan | |
| 1. adj. clean | |
| 2. adj. clear | |
| 3. v. clean |
| ar fad | |
| 1. adv. still (up to a time, as in the preceding time) | |
| An bhfuil sé beo ar fad? - Is he still alive? | |
| 2. adv. all, fully | |
| Glaofaidh mé an mhuintir eile ar fad. - I’ll call all the others. | |
| Ní drochdhuine ar fad é. - He is not all bad. | |
| 3. adv. always | |
| Tá teach na mbocht ansin ar fad. - There is always the workhouse. | |
| Is ag bisiú ar fad atá sé. - It is getting better and better. | |
| 4. adv. quite, clean (to the greatest extent, fully, completely) | |
| Sin scéal eile ar fad. - That is quite another thing. | |
| Rinne mé dearmad ar fad air. - I clean forgot. | |
| a mhalairt ar fad - quite the contrary | |
| 5. adv. altogether (without exception, wholly, completely) | |
| Tá sé lasmuigh de mo raonsa ar fad. - It’s off my beat altogether. | |
| 6. adv. away (on; in continuance; without intermission or delay) | |
| Bhí an tine ina caor ar fad. - The fire was blazing away. | |
| 7. adv. long, in length (with units of measurement) | |
| 8. adv. , t=The island itself is about three miles wide and one mile long. |
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