n (= Lat. gemma) a gem, a precious stone :
gem .i. a
gemma, ōnd lic lōgmair,
Corm. Y 677
.
gemm ... do leic
logmuir,
SR 368
.
co ngeim nderscaigthe,
PH 852
.
co n-gem
do licc logmar,
TBC-LL¹ 5552
St.
gleóir gemma bec do charrmoccul,
IT i 119.14
.
an gheamh criostail chaorórdha,
L. Cl. A. B., 205.58
. pl.
ocht ngemma deirg dracondai,
IT i 310.23
(
FB 51
).
co m-brechtrad gem n-écsamail,
ib.
178.2
.
tir n-anagre is gemm co ndath,
Rawl. 78b9
=
gaem co mblad,
LL 136a19
.
da íalcrand ... inar cenglad gema glemaiseca
gloinighi,
Études Celt. i 80.23
.
tri cét gemann nglan,
Metr. Dinds. iii 120.20
.
tri nói gem carrmocail,
122.39
.
de
gemmaib carrmocail,
PH 2001
. Cf.
TTebe 2215
.
co ngemaib
... glanidi,
Cog. 162.6
.
coroin ... de gheimhaidhibh,
ZCP iv
442.26
.
di na gemmaib leag lógmar,
Alex. 628
. Of the pupil
of the eye :
fail. vii. ngemma ... for lár a dá imlisse,
TBC-I¹ 60
.
Cf.
2034
. Fig. of a person :
Mathussalem ... ba he in
gradgemm,
SR 2254
. sāir-gem do Gaoidelaib (of Cainnech),
ACL iii 220.5
.
Muiredach in lec loghmur ┐ in gem
gloine,
AU ii 174.9
. Cf.
AFM iii 8.11
.
ba geam gloinidhe ...
an tí buí ann,
ML 94.10
.
Compds.
¤cumtach
jewel-ornamentation, jewelry :
aeingem
... do derscnaig do gemcumtachaib an domain,
CCath. 4713
.
¤delg a pin studded with gems :
lenda ... go n-geamdhelccaibh
arccait iompa,
TBC-LL¹ 5516
St.