n [-ál, ā, f.] vn. of do-fúarascaib.
IGT Decl. § 148
.
Verbs § 100
.
(a) act of giving an account of, describing:
ni
chumaic thra nech ... túarascbail nó innisin inna n-airecht
sin,
LU 1996
(
FA 6
). tri cressa ... ┐ ni fes la túaraiscbáil
cid atascomnaic,
LU 2017
(
FA 8
).
(b)
account, description: atot-gén ... ar do thúarascbáil
from the description (I have been given) of thee (? from thy
appearance, see (c)),
BDD² 56
. ní dia tuarascbáil (of a
monster),
LU 2429
.
tuarascbail delba Conculaind,
TBC-LL¹
2705
.
ata tuaruscbail tróm er in peccad-sa ic Solam,
PH
7768
.
is leōr sin dia tūarascbāil,
ZCP viii 218 § 21
.
tucsatar
tuarusc[b]al na hingene do,
RC iii 351.8
. tonn Tursgair
mo thúarasgbail `the wave of T. is my emblem' (i.e. I am
like ... ?),
Celt. Rev. iv 20.23
.
do bhéar dhaoibh ... tuarasgbháil tighe Ifeirnn,
Dán Dé xxv 21
. gach aonstaruidhe
thráchtas ar thuarasgbháil na gcríoch `
geography
,'
Keat.
ii 490
. as fair tuccadh an tuarusccbáil si (folld. by quatrain),
AFM i 176.13
.
ainm na heaslainte ... ┐ a tuarasgbail,
Rosa Angl. 2.11
.
lé droch thúarusgbháil do thabhairt air
an bhfearann,
Numbers xiv 36.
(c)
appearance, characteristics (as distinct from mere
description thereof, but meanings (b) and (c) often difficult
to distinguish):
ba ingnad a túarascbail ┐ a delb,
LU 3109
.
nirbo segunda a tuarascbáil he had an unprepossessing look,
8516
(
FB 37
). do folsigud na tuarascbála bias do féin i
lló brátha to show forth his appearance at the day of judgment (?),
LU 2310
.
ba hí a thuarascbail: gnuis aingelda lais
...,
PH 313
. ba hálaind tuaruscbhail na hindsi sin .i. lān
d'fhiaghublaibh ┐ d'ēnaibh ... `
character
,'
Ériu iii 164 § 18
.
ni raibi forsin domun ingen bid chaime tachim nó tuarascbail inda si,
RC xxiv 198.z
. trí tuarascbalai gach nainmnedaigh
characteristics
,
Triads 189
v.l.
créad tuaruscbāil
na buidhne atā san dorus ?,
Feis Tighe Chonáin 76.
(d) Gramm. the `descriptive' case:
a digbail .i. den fir
┐ a thuarascbail .i. in fer ... acht ... is inunn a thuarascbail
┐ a inchosc,
Goid. 75. 6
,
7
. is fer a thuarasgbhail `its descriptive,'
Auraic. 1529
.
a thuarascbail .i. in fer,
1889
.
(e)
mode, manner
, in phrase fo th.¤
as conj. or adv. ní
hí sin tuarascbáil bha tú-sa indiu itir it is not thus that I
am today,
TBC-LL¹ 3403
.
ra pad maith lind ... co m-bad hí
sein tuarascbail fa tístais Ulaid dar saigid,
4609
. tiucfamuid ar siad, ┐ do cuadar a triur fon tuarascbail cedna,
┐ ro beannachtsad dó,
MS. Mat. 530.39
.
(f) In Mod. Ir. fame, reputation:
test ┐ tuariscbail na
n-anmand,
TTebe 1678
.
tuilledh ele do thestaibh ┐ do
thuarusccbhalaibh Maodhócc,
BNnÉ 279.6
. dod' thuarasgbháil go fíor lean justify your reputation (?),
Oss. iv 156.25
.
atā ... do thuaruscbáil ar lucht an tīre si gurab íad is
fīrinnighi ... fon doman `it is said of ...,'
Fl. Earls 92.21
.
in tuaruscbāil reatha a reputation for running,
Feis Tighe Chonáin 1755
.
do chúalamar a ttúaruscbháil `the fame thereof,'
Jeremiah vi 24
.
do bhrígh gu bhfuil tuárasgbháil bhur gcreidmhe ar feadh
an domhain uile,
Romans i 8.
(g) In Mod. Ir. also news, report; trace, vestige: ar n-a
cloistin sin d'Ua Néll ┐ d'á t-sluagh, do fhilletar fó tuaruscbáil na crech sin at the tidings of those plunders,
AU iii 542.18
.
le tuarasgbháil as mheadh blaoisg `a rumour no weightier
than a shell,'
Content. xvi 82
. ní maith na túarusgbhála
do chluinim `it is no good report that I hear,'
I Sam. ii 24
.
túarasgbhála cogthadh,
Mark xiii 7
. ní frith in [t]sleg sin
iarum acht oen tuarascbail fosfuair Mael Odarn `save one
trace of it which M. found' (?),
RC xv 305.18
. ní fhuil fis
tuarusgbala in cethruir ele o sin `nothing has since been
known,'
Maund. 258
.
go nach fríoth a tuarasgbháil dá
héis,
TSh. 63.
?
trēigim an tūaruscbāil | ar tīr na Trīnōidi,
ZCP viii
216.17
.