v (*to-ro-ad-guid-, Bergin, Ériu xi 139 ). The deut. forms found are no doubt back-formations. Indic. pres. 3 s. dofairget, Laws v 272.9 . Cf. O'Dav. 655 . toirgden, BDD² 314 . ? 3 pl. tarctait, Arch. iii 303 . Subj. pres. 2 s. (as ipv.) toirg, BDD² 322 (see Gloss.). 3 s. mana targadh biadh `was offered', leg. targa unless he offer (?), Laws i 220 Comm. Pass. s. dia toirgiustur , ib. Pret. and perf. 1 s. targa[d], Acall. 1986 etc. targad, MR 128 ff . targasa, leg. targa[d]-sa (?), 130 . 3 s. dofarcaid, Im. Brain i 46 . do-farguid, Laws v 502.22 ( O'Dav. 979 ) = dofairgi, ZCP iv 227.10 . Usually targ(a)id, tarc(a)id. toirgid, TBC² 1336 . rothairgid, SR 2953 . 3 pl. targadar, Im. Brain i 67 , etc. Pass. do-fairges, IT iii 36 n. 6 . tarcas, Anecd. i 47 . tairces, TBC² 2437 . targas, Ériu iii 162 . tarcus, Laws i 114 Comm.

Later as simple vb. taircid. Note also pres. 3 s. doaircend, Laws v 210 . ? dofaircenn, Anecd. v 26 n. 7 . ? tafairg, ii 122 Comm. Condit. 1 s. go ttaireoghuin , Luc. Fid. 319 . Pret. 1 s. targus-sa, Buile S. 20 (§ 16) . 3 s. do-airg, Alex. 610 . 3 pl. do rairccset , FM v 1360 . ? doraircsiter, Anecd. v 26 n. 2 . Vn. 1 taircsiu. IGT Verbs § 9 .

(a) offers, proffers: tairg tri damu dóib offer them, BDD §§ 33 , 34 , 35 . targa[d] dhō muinci sealga, Acall. 1986 . cona tucad nech cogle | cid notharged diaraile so that none clearly understood what to offer (?) his fellow (of the builders of Babel), SR 2764 . rothairgid Laban lán lōg | ar ingaire do Iacōb, 2953 . ? tuc dam th'ór is t'arget, | dāig rofairgged dam since you have offered (them) to me (?), TBC 3099 = mēd rotfairced (t later) dam, TBC² 2288 . dothairced cach dib a dáil offered (delivered) his judgement (?), SR 4521 (cf. YBL 292b34 , LB 122a2 ). ? ellgid sé saidhecht do neoch .i. dofaircenn imat toicthi, Anecd. v 26 n. 7 . ? tairr .i. arinni taircther ind cach biad all food is proffered (i.e. sent) into it, Corm. Y 1262 (do-airicc ?). targid cach ben díb lōg dam-sa, LL 229a33 . doairg A. lóg don choicait for cét táisech dodénad immthús dō, Alex. 610 ; 319 . uair nād ḟoēt uad a toirgid do because he did not accept his offer, TBC² 1336 . targaid . . . a thír cona thoirthe | ina coibche d'óen-mnái, Met. Dinds. iii 300 . dofargaidh coícait torc dia ēisi, Dinds. 112 ( RC xvi 63 ). do tairgeadh bó aile dí da cind, Im. Brain i 58 . ? dā trian a clain[n]e . . ., dā trian etha ┐ bleachta . . . tarced fri coir [fri] fairche | dhoibh gacha haidche Samna, BB 28b36 = taircced, Leb. Gab. 104 . taircsed sīd ┐ cōrus ┐ comada do A., YBL 208a23 . targcaid Cíarān aentaid do Cholmán, BColm. 86 . targaidh . . . a man- cine do B. ┐ ni rogabh inní sin, BNnÉ 41 . fleadh do tairged doibh . . . a tig Dommad, Cóir Anm. 77 = fl. do tairced . . ., SG ii 464 . nīr gapadh comha no cennach dar thairccset, Fl. Earls 64 . fear . . . dia ttarccus comhorbus Iae, FM iii 18 . tarcas dō fa secht . . . a chert is a dliged his legal rights were offered him sevenfold, Anecd. i 47 . fer doaircend cert ┐ dlige, Laws v 210 (glossed .i. tairges). dia taircetur dlighedh do, i 88 , 86 . nir thairccset dál nā dliged, Leb. Gab. 156 = ni taircsit, Lec. 25b13 . do thairg comhaidh uaidhe, ML 106 . tairgthear leath Eireann uait-si do C. let half Ireland be offered by thee, 62 . tairgthur leth Erend uathaib let them offer to surrender, Ériu viii 26 . tarcatar an ingin do C., Lism. L. 4174 . rothairg a ingen mur mnaī dó, ZCP vi 33 ; CCath. 1141 . targas doibh seoit ┐ maine ┐ nír gabhsat iat, Ériu iii 162 . do thairg sé airgead dóibh, Acts viii 18 . hi prím rucad Crist rontairc who offered himself, LB 247b49 ( KMMisc. 158 ). ben dofairget ar decmuic who offers (herself), Laws v 272 (glossed .i. tairgeas hi fein ar choibci ingnath, 276 ), cf. O'Dav. 655 . dofarcaid M. a réir dó di ṡétaib, Im. Brain i 46 . d'egnuib (degnuíbh ?) iarthair dūisig domuin, | is dō tārctait to him (Patrick) they offer it (= make their offers) (?), Arch. iii 303 . da tairgim uili amus forro if we offer (make) an onset, Aen. 2978 . nach tairgid coimhghleic, Ó Bruad. ii 230 . Folld. by clause, offers (to), proposes (to): tarcid C. dosom comrac do dēnam ris-seom, TBC 4655 . tairgidh A. tiachtain dō a comrac aenfhir frit A. offers to come and fight thee, Aen. 2764 . targadar do M. toidheacht lais do thabairt chatha, Im. Brain 167 . Mág Suibne . . . dothairg Ó Domnaill do ghairm de O' D. offered him the title of Mac S., O'Gr. Cat. 386 . targid F. dó comad ris nobeith a port, Im. Brain ii 294 . Perh. also: Iudas rotaircestair, | do Iudib rothrēgestair Judas proposed it (?), Lec. 345a16 .

(b) attempts, ventures: tairg ueith ullam 'na oirchill strive to be ready, Ériu v 138 . dia bréige d'adhradh ná tairg, O'Hussey T. C. 125 . nā tairgedh aenduine aguibh cosaint do dēnum, ZCP vi 48 . nā tairgi[d]si cur ré tuicsin cumacht an airdrig do not attempt to understand, RC xxiv 384 = Ériu ii 146 . issed do thairgdis, slige nimhe do gabáil, RC xxv 390 . do thairg L. a dhenamh ┐ níor ḟét é, xxix 112 . annsa sligid do thaircc A. do réidhiugud, Maund. 237 . crēd fār thairc sē an fairce do siubal ina commōr-sin do sdoirm ? BCC 230 . Note also: ro-fedar intí bad maith do do dul diantairgimis if we chose to send him (?), IT ii2 226 . gluaisis an inghen annsin | re hesccara Dē dūiligh, | nir taircc re dāil budh decra she never attempted a harder tryst (?), ZCP xii 382 . ? dothairced cach dib a dáil | do cech leith immon sanctáir, SR 4521 . Cf. do-áirci.