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Letter M, Column 70

      a ghuin | 'sa maitin ar Muigh Smerthuin, Anecd. i 33.6 .
      maten na trēn os Druim C., Fen. 228.28 . dergmaten Cruthni,
       Baile in Scáil § 32 ( ZCP xiii 381 ), cf. § 34 . firfid secht catha
      Cualgi la deora [= teora] der[c]-maitni Femin, § 10 ( 374 ).
5     ticfa uair na dergmaitne, LL 48 a 5 ( SG 372.36 ). mōrmatan
      Atha, ZCP xii 237 § 57. mormadan Atha Buidhe, MacCarthy
      406.13 .

      mátán o, m., a club or staff? mátan maglorci móri fria ais
      amal mol mulind, FB 37. matán matluirge, 38 Eg. cona
10    madan . . . in mathan, 40 Eg. mattan lorgan lānremhire
      . . . fria gualaind, ZCP xiii 168. 11 . gs. la turcbail a mátan,
       FB 38 ( LU 8524 ). la togbail in matain, 39 Eg.

      matanrad o, m., (orig. n.?) morning-time: ó nóna co maidenrad,
       Anecd. ii 3.16 . fri eirge moch matanraid `the early rise of
15    morning time ', Ériu vii 4 § 3. as úar gǽth an mhadanraidh,
       Buile S. 88.9 , cf. 72.3 .

      math u, m., an archaic word for bear, K. M. Wortk. § 43 ; for
      deriv. see RC x 166 , xxvi 198 ; replaced in Mid.Ir. by math-
      gamain. gs. bruth matho, FB 52 = mathgaman, Eg. tond
20    mairnech mathrúamdae, ib. (compd.?) = athruamda, Eg.
      See mathgamain and Mathgein.

      1 matha danger, hazard? m.¤ .i. cunntabairt, O'Dav. 1278
      (`doubt' Stokes). mathadh .i. cunntabairt ut est: cen matha for
      marbu marus .i. cin conntabairt, 1238 . mathfadh .i. conn-
25    tabhairt, O'Cl. for médugud matha fo neimh, LL 385 c 16
      (Timna Cathaír Móir).

      3 Matha npr.m. name of a mythical druid: m.¤ mac Umoir . . .
      in drai do Loegaire, Laws iii 28.13 . m.¤ mac U. do Thuathaib
30    De Danand no do Fearaib Bolg, ib. 28 Comm. Math mac
      Úmóir in drui, LL 9 b 37 (of the Tuatha De D.) .iii. fāithi fis la
      geinti .i. Mathu, Nuada, Goibnend. Matha enim graece .i.
      disce interpretatur, unde dicitur: fa math denad fa math
      fogles, O'Mulc. 665. Marstrander, RC xxxvi 353 fg., suggests
35    that the same word appears in Latinized form in Trip. 317.7
      ( Ardm. 12 b 1 ): sed revertam eum in gentilitatem et ad mathoum
      `I will turn him back to heathenism and to (the service of)
      Mathous ', i.e. occult practices (in Thes. ii 265 emended
      `Matho[n]um' and connected with the words follg.); also in
40    compds. mathmarc, etc. , and in O'Clery's maitheas .i. draoi-
      dheacht.

máthir mathir máthar

      máthair r,f. ns. máthir, Sg. 65 a 6 . ds. sen-mathir, Wb. 29 d 11 .
      gs. máthar, Sg. 31 a 12 , 61 a 22 . mathar, Ml. 71 c 15 . In Mid.Ir.
      freq. with guttural st. in pl. máthair (np. máithre, -acha; gp.
45    máthar, maithr-each, -edh), IGT Dec. § 32. In MSS. usually
      contracted.
      A mother. mathair, gl. mater, Ir. Gl. 1052. mathair quasi
      mater, Corm. Y 852. fria athair ┐ fria mathair, TBC 196.
      eter in n-ingin ┐ a mmát[h]air, FB 6. imda mathair boed
50    many a fond mother , AU 777 (poem). siur máthar (gl. mater-
      tera), Sg. 61 a 22 . bás mór máthar Íssu, Fél. Jan. 18. is clann
      én-athar ┐ én-máthar sínd .i. Adaim ┐ Eua, PH 7500. pl.
      mathri na fātha, SR 7471. dá mac dēc . . . con cethraib
      máthrechaib, 3008 . athra sceo mathra, ZCP xi 95 § 49.
55    máthrecha na mac, PH 392. a mbronnaib a maithrech, IT
      i 19.38 = Trip. 444.2 . dáermacne . . . a lleth o mathrechaib
      on their mothers' side , TBC 1740. Of animals: boí in loeg
      immalle rá m.¤, Lat. Lives 86. cairm hi tat a mmaithre na
      lloeg-sa, LU 1753. Fig.: as máthir a ṡotho feissin cach n-
60    óenchrann, Sg. 65 a 6 . is i in scriptuir diada is m.¤ dona hulib
      iresachaib, LB 251 b 17 . mathair .i. tosach ut est: máthir
      coctha . . . eccuin want of common sense is the mother of war ,
       O'Dav. 1212. m.¤ na n-olc an anumhla, PBocht 26.31 . m.¤
      neantóg `the breeding of nettles ', Zephaniah ii.9 .
65    Compd. máthar-marbthach, gl. matricida, Ir. Gl. 318.

máthardae io, iā. maternal: isin mbroin mathardi, Ml. 44 a 10 .
ar tteanga mátharda, Ir. Review 1913, 594 § 2 .

mátharlach [o, m.] (<máthair; for suff. see Ped. ii 55 ) a womb:
gl. matrix, Sg. 69 a 7 .

70 mátharnat f. (dim. of máthair) little mother, mammy: vs. a
mátharnait! FB 44 , 47 .

? mathcosan: m.¤ tri feolc[h]ar inso, TBC² 2830 (diagnosis of
a wound); leg. imathchosán (-chomsán) reviling, attack?

mathfad see 1 matha.

mathgaman matho mathgamna

75    mathgamain m. (cf. math) a bear: gl. ursus, Ir. Gl. 418. tír
      i fail m.¤ mall, LL 136 a 34 . gs. bruth mathgaman, FB 52 Eg. =
      matho LU. pl. amal bíti mathgamna etir banbraid, RC xiii
      456 § 52. gala mathgamna ┐ brotha léoman, BDD 92. mar
      leoman ic techta fo mathgamnaib, TBC 2163 , cf. 5585 and
80     TBC² 1949. i n-earball an mhathghamna, TSh. 7431. math-
      ghamhuin, 1 Sam. xvii 34. nuallamuid amhuil mathghamhna,
       Isa. lix 11. Often used of a warrior: inmain m.¤ mórglonnach,
       TBC 5354. an dā mathgamain morghlonnacha, CF 874. as
      mé an mathgamhain ar menmain, BNnÉ 285 § 273. is math-
85    ghamhna meardha . . . a míleadha, Todd Lect. iv 82.21 .
      Common as n.pr. m.: Mathgamain mac Cennetigh, AU 966.