n o, m. (& n. ?). n
s.
in fotha
,
Sg. 4b3
. d
s.
fothu,
Wb.
8c18
.
Ml. 120d20
. a
s.
fotha,
BCr. 33b4
. n
p.
fotha,
SR 4245
.
fothai,
8081
. Treated as neut. :
f.¤
ndeich,
Corm. Y 447
.
f.¤ n-utmall,
Triads 173
(but :
in f.¤ utmall,
Sg. 4b3
).
f.¤ n-aimser,
ZCP viii 195 § 2
(chev.).
fatha mbúaidre,
BS
30.22
(poem). fatha, fotha m., n
p. fotha,
-dha,
IGT, Decl.
§ 2
; pl.
fothada,
LB 1a52
.
Acc. to Thurn.
ZCP xiii 301
<*fo-suide `subsidium',
hence
(a)
foundation, basis, bottom: cumtach don fothu
Wb. 8c18
. for fothu (gl. super basem)
Ml. 120d20
; f.¤
(gl.
fundamentum)
Sg. 4b3
; (crepido)
BCr. 33b4
. iarsnaib fothib
(gl. post ... crepundia ; taken as = crepido ? or fig. ?)
Ml.
44c13
. f.¤ .i. fundameint, O'Cl.
fundamentum .i. f.¤
,
Auraic.
400
.
fothai fudomnai domuin,
SR 8081
.
rochraithit fothada
na haibesi,
PH 35
(
LB 1a
).
a[c] cumdach na catrach, ...
a[c] cor a f.¤
,
Aen. 304
.
co ro toccbhadh cúirte cloch ... da
fothaibh fulaing,
AFM vi 2012.9
.
Base, socle (of a pillar,
etc.) : se f.¤ dec. ... do arggot ... dá f.¤ dib cech oenchláir (of
boards of Tabernacle = bases argenteas
Exodus xxvi 19
)
SR
4245
=
se ḟ.¤ ... dí ḟ.¤
,
LB 120b30
,
se fothai,
BB 241b36
. cona
fot[h]aib clārda[ib] fotae (fothu v.l.) `tabular bases' (of
quivers)
CCath. 5452
.
(b) in fig. sense
foundation, origin, source
, often of persons.
ba hiat .xii. f.¤ na heclaisi,
LB 146b5
.
is iat sin [viz. firta
Crist] is f.¤ ┐ is bunad di cech ṡoscela ...,
149a17
.
brethem
cen f.¤ n-eoluis,
Laws v 352z
.
f.¤ n-utmall eolais,
Triads 173
(a `door of falsehood').
Eua ... f.¤ febda fírclainne,
SR
1064
. na Fothaig ... f.¤ suith iat, ar ísí cetchlann ruc Fuinche
`foundation of offspring'
Fianaig. 4.3
.
Cormac ... ba f.¤
fondbalc flatha,
Metr. Dinds. i 36
. Cf. fer fatha na fregra
(epithet of the high-king Domnall ua Neill)
BB 50b34
(
MacCarthy 424
). Fotha bec, F.¤ mór (titles of law-tracts),
O'D. 1582
,
1584
(
H 5.15, p. 7a
,
7b0
). An extension of
this is : f.¤
`
patterne
'
RSClára 36b
.
(c)
cause, ground, reason: Cf. ciho fothaib son (gl. quibus
... facibus accensi sunt ... ut armari ... non timerent)
Ml.
16b19
. f.¤ .i. adhbhar, O'Cl.
is he tra f.¤ dia raibe in scel sa,
ACL iii 4.8
. sé fatha fiadhnach fa fuil | bás F. the manifest
cause from which the death of F. occurred
Lec. 311r42
(= cf.
f.¤ fiamach,
MacCarthy 420
<
BB 50b8
). eg don gargfatha
fiadhnach ib.
Lec.
311r
41
. creac[h]a ... eir nách bí fōir ná fatha
without remedy or reason
ZCP viii 226.1
.
doróni cói ... ┐
nír bó gan ḟ.¤ dhó,
TTr.² 1715
.
bud forderg in fatha, is olc
tachar flatha | re fatha gan chin,
Fianaig. 84. 10
-
12
.
conid
ed sin f.¤ cocaid Connacht ┐ fer Muman,
RC xxiv 186 § 19
.
conid f.¤ do chosnum ... ib.
is e sin f.¤ aideda Fergusa,
Laws
i 68.17
.
fatha marbtha Eóin ain,
Ériu iv 174 § 4
.
fatha
tuidhechta Mu chua a hUlltaib,
Lism. L. 4654
.
damhna
dér ┐ f.¤ fíorchaoíneadh,
AFM v 1616.15
. in fatha ara n[d]eachaid sair the reason he went
ACL iii 324.9
. ar in f.¤ sin for
that reason
Cóir Anm. 102
.
ar na fothaibh sin,
AFM v 1860.7
.
ca fatha um nách fuigbeadh ? why not ?
ZCP viii 563 § 25
.
don fh.¤ ima roluidh,
Leb. Gab.(i) i 222
. anba in fatha forceatuil (of the warnings of Doomsday)
D IV 2, 89ra
(=
DDána p. 87
).
(d) by extension used of landed estate or property
(regarded
as basis of legal status ?) : f.¤ na n-uasal `property'
Laws iii 234.20
. f.¤ ┐ rith (= principal & interest) ;
bo dona
gradhaibh Feine ina f.¤ ┐ bo for rith ; ... ceithre ba ... itir
fotha ┐ rith,
H 3.17, c. 549, 10
;
13
(
Laws iii 234
). raith
laisa mbi f.¤ (.i. ac a mbi bunad tochusa) `a surety who has
a basis'
v 498.8
,
27
.
is cumrachta f.¤ fri flaith, fri heclais,
ZCP xii 365.25
. Cf.
có saorthar filedha ? O neillghibh
airchedail, go bḟotha go bfoirbthethaidh foghloma ...,
Ériu xiii 17.34
.
Tir da locha forsiung f.¤
,
LL 37b7
(
Auraic.
5135
). Cf.
Metr. Dinds. iii 408.20
.