prep (O. Ir. arrad)

I In phr. i f.¤ (i n-a.), with gen.

(a) beside, in the company of, along with; close to (a place): in tan ṁbís inna arrad (gl. quando cum illo est) BCr. 33b16 . corru anat inna arrad, Ml. 42a4 . tuc Duaid fersu ... i n-a. inna fersae ..., 40c17 . unnse Conall C. am fh.¤ sund, TBFr. § 28 Y (= huinse C. C. sund, LL). fosfuair is tulaig ... i f.¤ Meda, Ériu iv 158.4 . do foethus-sa dano it a., ZCP viii 318.6 (= it ḟ.¤ , Rawl. 142b49 ). i bhfarradh Dé = apud Deum TSh. 5863 . ochtar a fforradh in rígh (of a hunting-party), Duan. F. i 39.29 . is íad so do bhi a bfarradh Muntrós d'arm an rí `along with Montrose' Rel. Celt. ii 192.32 . do shuigheadar a gcomhairle a bfharrag an rígh, PCT 407 . istaig it ḟ.¤ , IT i 71.20 ( YBL 110a36 , where the ḟ is a later addition; it arrad, LL 260a22 ). isind loch hi f.¤ na cathrach LU 9086 ( FB 83 ). is and dorala oenach do denam hi uarrad Domnaig S., LB 238ab1 ( Trip. 394.15 ). ata im farrudh tibra, Anecd. i 64 § 121 .

Abs. present: senoir do bith hi f.¤ , Mon. Tall. § 62 . cf. dus imbad lor caocai do gabail ma thecmaised forcetal indarrad `if there chanced to be instruction along with them' Mon. Tall. § 16 (= maille risan ccáoca san, Rule of Tallaght § 65 . Is inda. d s. with art., or bad spelling of i n-a. ?).

Freq. of being in the service of; of living together with; cohabiting: nicon beosa it f.¤ ... sech cach ríg do ríghaib É. (a poet to a king), Ériu viii 156.5 . cia bet caillecha at fh.¤ , Ériu ii 228.11 . bidsí ben bias im ḟ.¤ -sa, IT i 71.6 ( LL 260a10 ). asbert ní bíad ina f.¤ acht ben nad fessed nech ... riam, LU 10721 . condotuc [sc. in n-ingin] laiss co mbói ina farrud , RC xiv 242.5 . ar ai beth it f.¤-sa `notwithstanding that I am your wife' Laws v 274.21 Comm. With vb. implying motion: dobretha Sadb ... hi f.¤ Conaill, LU 8838 ( FB 63 ). don tí rachas a bfarradh mná a comharsan, Proverbs vi 29 .

Of owning bees: forsin fer batair bech (.i. forsan fear aga rabadar beich ina arrud `in his possession'), Laws iv 178z (180.1) .

(b) beside, compared with (with gen. or clause): is cluchi ... lemsa cach comlond ... darónus i f.¤ chomlaind ... Ḟir d. TBC-LL¹ 4161 . is ar nemní ... is tomáite duitsiu cech olc dorónsat ... i farradh na méla ... doratsat fort ... don chursa, TTr.² 284 . míle bliadhna gusaniugh, is hé a ṡamhail an lá ané | a farradh do ré iar ndul in comparison with your time after death (i.e. eternity) ZCP vii 301 § 12 . as ionann liom ┐ do bheinn i bParrtus beith mar so, a bfarradh mar bhím 'na féccmais, BNnÉ 66 § 101 . gidh mor ... do dhochair bhías romhad nach bíadh sgáth ... ort rempaibh a bḟarradh a bḟuighe tú ... anocht, RC xxix 124 § 29 .

II Without prep.

(a) beside, along with: amal nandéni mascul dindí as `auxilium' ce beith `genitor' á arrad Sg. 125a6 .

(b) in relation to, compared with: amal rogabh fuil a. feola, Auraic. 1822 . amhail roghabh rithim arradh Mettuir, as amhlaidh atáid na báird ... arradh na ffiledh (glossed `i ffarradh' in each clause), Ériu xiii 42.5 (cited O'Dav. 47 ; 1219 ).