adj
io, iā
easy, light:
is asse duib maid do denum,
Wb.
4a4
. mad asse dom gl. uellim autem esse apud uos,
20a1
.
ni
asse tacre . . . friss,
25b14
.
ni asse nóib di suidib,
3d28
.
connabí
asse a aicsin leu,
Ml. 116a1
.
Ɔnách ase ditia do buith uandí
as dis.
,
Sg. 104b4
.
con[n]ách assa[e] bóaire do cach áe,
Críth G. 147
.
inge .vii. n-uasalchuru nadat assai do
thaithbiuch,
Ériu xvii 66 § 7
(
Laws iv 210.1
).
ni hassa
bith fria,
LL 12434
.
ro gabh an ní nad asa,
AFM i 336.3
.
nocho n-asa a n-áirim gním Laigen,
SG 375.37
. dia m-bad
assa do etir if it was at all possible for him(?),
Alex. 809
. In
cheville:
cúairt n-assa,
Metr. Dinds. iii 290.63
.
Compar.
as asu,
Sg. 187a3
. ?
assu éc ernbáis,
BDD² 718
.
is assu ém damsa . . . oldás daitsiu,
LU 4790
(TBC). is asso
in tsīrgorta / oldās in sīrloscadh more bearable,
ZCP vii 311 §
20
. Note also:
astul .i. slisen nō gāe libuir nō assude a dul,
Corm. Y 19
=
assaite a dul,
O'Mulc. 96
. Cf. 1 usa. With
neg. it is difficult (on idiom see St. fr. Táin Gloss.):
ní assu
du chách imram isindroféith,
Ml. 126a7
. ar ní assu nach ai
araili dib one is just as difficult as the other,
LU 2080
(
FA 15
).
ni asu araile,
Laws iv 184.11
`it is one of the most difficult',
Plummer MS notes. in t-oenchrand ni h-assu a chlód which
it is not possible to fell(?),
TBC-LL¹ 2349
.
ní hassu dún . . . a
idnaide,
LU 5666
(TBC). In phrase is a.¤ la
considers easy:
is asa lim fuaidridh do cur,
IT iii 201.3
. With compar.:
is
assu linn scarad friar corp,
Wb. 15c22
.
ba assu limm oldaas
for n-imdibe-si,
20b9
. iss asu chách lind `the easiest thing in
the world',
MacCongl. 103.18
.
ce de bid assu latsu?,
TBC-I¹ 1221
(`which of the two would you deem the lighter?' St. fr. Táin
Gloss.). Note also:
co mbad esaiti leo a fecht ┐ a slogad,
TBC-LL¹ 189
. With superl.:
cia tír ass asam lat do thabairt
dúinne,
ZCP viii 318.34
.
As subst. in phr. iar n-assu
after (the time when it was)
easy (feasible); too late: cobair iar n-asa (sic leg., edd.),
Mon. Tall. 164.22 (§ 90)
.
rabert giarb í in chobair iar n-assu
(iarnasa v.l.),
TBC-LL¹ 3942
.
bid aithrigi iar n-assu,
Ériu ii
138 § 134
.
aithirge iar n-assu,
LB 101
marg. inf.
cia dorada
aitrige / is hí ind hí iar n-assa,
TFrag. 110.10
.
bés bidh edón
cidh áes Arda as nesa / mani pad ferr, a Dé, iar n-as[s]u / nī
bud messu,
ACL iii 297 § 57
. But perh. difft. word.
As n.pr.
Assa a ainmsi . . . ar ba hurussa a haltram,
LL
12425
.
Assa a hainm gó sin anald, ar ba hailgen,
RC vi
174.20
.