In later lang. oile, eile
other, one of two, second
, pronominal used as adj. and noun. Inflected as io, iā -stem
except in n
a
s. neut. (aill, see below).
GOI §§ 486
ff.
, Hamp, Études Celt. ix 477
(aill, arch. aild). Old-Irish
forms. Stressed forms
(a) aile (as adj. follows noun; as subst.
always with article or nach). As adj. n
s
m.
aile,
Wb. 12c46
.
n.
aill,
9c3
. a
s
m.
aile,
Wb. 9d31
. n.
aill,
13a1
. g
s.
aili,
Sg.
30a2
. d
s.
ailiu,
Wb. 21a7
.
ailiu,
Sg. 30b4
. n
p.
áili,
Wb. 12b1
.
aili,
22d14
. a
p.
aili,
Sg. 28a6
. g
p.
aile,
Wb. 12b3
. d
p.
ailib,
Wb. 12b11
. Fem. n
s.
aile,
Wb. 10d18
. a
s.
aili,
Sg. 189a8
. g
s.
aile,
Sg. 188a12
. n
p.
aili,
Sg. 22a3
. a
p.
aili,
Sg. 191a2
.
n
As subst. n
s
m.
nach a.¤
,
Wb. 20a10
. n
s
n.
a n-aill
,
Wb.
4b24
. a
s
m.
nach n-aile
,
Wb. 8a3
. éile, éle (influence of
céile,
GOI p. 308
),
6a15
,
6c18
. a
s
n.
na aill
,
Wb.
17c23
. g
s.
nach aili
,
Wb. 17b28
. d
s.
nach ailiu
,
Sg. 209b12
.
a
p.
amal na heliu,
Sg. 9b1
.
ailiu
gl. quos (nullos tepefacit sol),
Ml. 94b20
. Fem. g
s.
inna aile
,
Thes. ii 15.42
(BCr.).
(b) With double stem ala aile, alaile, with dissimilation
araile (with stress on -ail-) (as adj. precedes noun; as subst.
does not take article or other proclitic, cf. Ped. Ériu xv
188 ff.).
As adj. n
s
n.
alaill ṡain,
Sg. 6b24
.
allail (recte alaill, edd.)
pronomen
,
209b10
. g
s.
alaili thríuin,
Sg. 96a4
. d
s.
alailiu
chruth,
Ml. 98d1
. n
p.
alá aili aidme,
Ml. 89a9
.
alaaili réta,
Sg. 111b5
. a
p.
alaili dliged,
Ml. 18c11
. g
p.
ala n-aile ndoine,
Ml. 54a21
.
Fem. a
s.
allaili mbeasti,
RC xi 446.1
. g
s.
ala aile aidme,
Ml. 51c5
. d
s.
alaili tain gl. quando,
Sg. 222b2
. n
p.
ala aili
interiecta,
Sg. 10a1
.
When used with a prep. ending in a vowel alaile sometimes
drops its initial:
holailiu,
Ml. 80a2
.
horaili,
2a6
. fulailiu
(sic MS.),
102d2
.
folaill,
Laws iv 102.14
. But
hualailiu,
Ml.
40d17
.
Sg. 25b12
. With la see substantival use infra.
n
As subst. n
s
m.
alaile,
Wb. 6b20
. n
s
n.
alaill,
7d11
. a
s
m.
alaile,
Wb. 5d15
.
arele,
9c19
. With la:
lelele,
16c24
. a
s
n.
alaill,
4c33
.
aláil,
12a10
.
araill,
23b21
. g
s.
alaili,
Wb. 4c13
.
aláili,
12a34
.
álaili,
13a9
.
araili,
Sg. 10a10
.
áréli,
Wb. 13a5
.
d
s.
alailiu,
Wb. 2a14
.
arailiu,
21a13
. n
p.
alaili,
Wb. 13a16
.
ala aili
,
Sg. 215a1
. a
p. with la,
lialailiu,
Ml. 14a4
(liaailiu,
MS.).
liala ailiu,
Sg. 32b5
. g
p. ala n-aile
(gl. reliquorum),
Ml.
37a21
.
Sg. 201b15
. d
p.
alailib,
Wb. 25b13
.
Sg. 208b8
. Fem.
a
s.
fri alaili
,
Sg. 202a4
. d
s. aréli (see above),
Wb. 8a7
,
alaili,
Sg. 189a7 . 212b3
.
In Bardic verse this form alliterates with words beginning
either with r- or vowels:
líonmhar dá reic re-roile,
DDána
61.3
.
sgol i n-ucht ar-oile ag ól,
103.25
.
(c) Unstressed forms (always adjectival preceding noun or
aí, see below, and most usually with preceding article or
cach). With article (both words indecl.) n
s
m.
indala mmod,
Ml. 45b11
. a
s
m.
indala fer,
Wb. 4c16
. d
s.
dondala lucht,
Wb. 16c20
. n
s
f.
indala chlas,
Ml. 138d1
. g
s
f.
indala rainne,
Sg. 74b7
. a
s
n.
indala lestar,
Wb. 4c32
. With cach, usually
cach la:
cach la sel,
Wb. 15d9
.
cach le céin,
Ml. 19c1
. Without
art. somet. also all, see C I (a) below.
A. The form AILE.
I As adj. following its noun
other, second:
frituidecht a.¤
anísiu,
Sg. 21b11
.
pronomen naill,
197b17
.
fogur na liter na.¤
,
4a8
.
guidiu itge n-a.¤
,
Fél. Ep. 413
. anní nail as much again,
IT ii1 180.177
.
cethri fogaetha a.¤
,
SR 49
. immon michil
lasin crosfigill-so immon muiri lasind crosfigell na.¤ immasech
`with the next',
Mon. Tall. 137.z (§ 28)
. do nach raod aliu
`to any other matter',
143.30 (§ 43)
.
isind le[i]th ailiu,
Críth G. 591
(eliu, MS.).
do c[h]ellaib elib,
BColm. 62.20
. forsin
triur aili `the other three',
RC xxiv 174.10
.
aisceda imda eili,
Sc.M² § 4 R
.
Longínus in ainm ele,
PH 673
.
a dhuine
dhiombuain eile,
DDána 27.3
. céd eili d'uaislib `a hundred
other nobles',
IGT Decl. ex. 60
. ┐ ní eili and furthermore,
Hy Maine
161.31
. beag oile as congnamh ré chois `little else',
Dán Dé x 17
.
aill with non-neut. noun: ro-lēcus-[s]a gaí
n-aill cucut-su,
Sc.M² § 13
.
issin láim n-aill,
MU² 543
.
do
thuc bulli n-aill,
TBC-LL¹ 1998
. fecht n-aile (n-aill), úair a.¤
another time, on another occasion see fecht and 2 úar. Of
future time, next, forthcoming:
lathi n-and resint samḟuin a.¤
cind bliadna,
LU 3298
(
SCC § 10
). cosin caiscc naili `until
the next Easter',
Mon. Tall. 132.17 (§ 12)
. nach (na) . . . a.¤
(aill) any other . . . : nábat nacha arm aili `let it not be any other
arms',
Wb. 11d14
.
dochum nacha rainne a.¤
,
Sg. 188a12
.
indtan noteigdis nach leth aili,
Mon. Tall. 129.18 (§ 6)
.
in
nacha reduibh ailib,
Ériu ii 106.9
. Masc. with neut. noun:
huare nad fil na nert n-a.¤
,
Ml. 29d5
.
n
II As subst.
(a)
another, the other, others etc.: cuit inna aine
┐ inna a.¤
of the one and of the other,
Thes. ii 15.42
(Bcr.).
amal na heliu `like the others',
Sg. 9b2
. arus leth do fallaib an
aill do doebdadaib `for half is due for the neglects, the other for the
claimants,'
Laws iv 126.21 Comm.
mad a.¤ da lina beta olca folaid
`one of two parties',
ii 366.11
.
ma a.¤ dá lína bes anfoltach,
O'D. 565
(
H 3.17, 441
). co ndearnadhsom in a.¤
chédna likewise,
TFrag. 22.22
.
mani tucad . . . ní din chéttadall ni bered a n-aill,
Sc.M² § 1
.
ní fargaib bennachtain ┐ ní
thuc anaill (alali, v.l.),
RC viii 52.25
. aroile . . . anaill the one
. . . the other (ref. to léo),
Grail 3399
.
(b) period of two days:
a.¤ do mnaib . . . treisi do rig,
Laws
i 78.15
. nat ṡasai aena tar a.¤
`that one day should not be extended beyond two days',
120.18
.
athgabail a.¤ itir uin ┐ treise
rosmidir Sencha,
126.11
.
cach athgabail a.¤
,
144.24
.i. for ata
anad naili ┐ apad aili,
146.21 Comm.
is for dail na haili,
146.12 Comm.
athgabail a.¤ do ingin im comorbus a mathar,
146.y
.i. ar ata anadh naili,
148.3. Comm.
a.¤ déc space of
twelve days (cf. a.¤ déc one twelfth
, (g) infra):
a.¤ do mnaib, a.¤
dec doib im roe,
Laws i 78.15
.
(c) Frequ. a n-aill
something else, anything else: nimbe
anaild arbera bith `he has nothing else that he may eat',
Mon. Tall. 146.16 (§ 50)
. ind lethbairgin ┐ ind cethramtu nó
anaild `the half loaf and the quarter or other quantity,
151.z
(§ 63)
,
ní fogbat merdrecha Ulad a n-aill acht foraim én
dóib,
LU 3254
(
SCC § 5
). it é do theoir ríagla / nítroib anaill
bas diliu `have thou naught else dearer',
Ériu i 194 § 7
. in fil
anaill? ol Grigoir `is there anything else?'
ZCP iii 30.21
.
(d) Hence with ocus, etc.
furthermore:
┐ anaill forácbus[s]a
. . .,
LL 279a7
. ┐ anaill béus, iarfaig-siu and furthermore, ask
. . .,
TBC-LL¹ 1920
.
┐ dano a n-aill and úair ni chesend nech,
LU 2654
.
┐ anaill niro tagaill . . .,
Grail 2786
. Cf. similar use
of araill:
et araill aile dana béus,
TBC-LL¹ 106
.
┐ araill and,
dano, . . . ní fil rígain . . .,
LU 4015
(
SCC § 46
).
araill ele
bheós ro leth ainm . . .,
AFM v 1858.z
.
┐ araill ele nir bó
siodhach . . .,
vi 2052.10
.
(e) Uninflected aill . . . aill
one . . . another, some . . . others
(not found in O. Ir. Glosses): imrordus in rígraid / . . . / aill
úas laithib lígdaib / aill fo díanaib déraib some . . . others,
Fél. Prol. 23
. aill fir mair . . . / aill ingene húage `one of a
mighty man . . . another of a virginal maiden',
June 5
. áill
fri cumaid . . . aill ele fri teichead (of persons),
Alex. 309
.
.lll. carpdech . . . aill bruitt budi aill bruit deirg `some in
yellow mantles others in red mantles',
RC xiv 412.8
. Hence
adverbially partly . . . partly:
aill is tóla catha crūach / aill is
cōra cacha crích,
ZCP xi 110 § 30
.
go ruc in ingen leis aill ar
áis aill ar égin,
Ériu xi 46.13
. Cf.
aill .i. aonfecht .. . ut est
aill torla tres tochuired,
O'Dav. 34
,
Ériu xiii 15.11
.
(f) With nach
any other: arna arroímatsom nach na.¤
`lest
they should receive any one else',
Wb. 14d37
.
cen acaldaim
nach aili,
Sg. 153b7
. cen acomol naich aili do `without joining
any other to it',
197b17
.
nib écen na aill,
Wb. 22d12
.
ni
gessid na aill act búaid precepte,
Wb. 26a34
. ní epur na haill
`I say nothing more',
Sg. p. 217 marg. sup.
(Thes. ii xxii).
in fail na aill adcota[r] dam,
Trip.² 1323
.
cona bía cuit do
nach ailiu i nHére,
2766
. do-bérad naill ( = na aill) would
give something else,
BDD² 276
. With partitive DI something
else of:
asbéram na aill diar ṅgnímaib,
Wb. 17c23
.
in fuil
anaill d'ingantaib air?,
Grail 2983
. Cf. aill do buadaib Duind
C. andso something of the triumphs,
TBC-LL¹ 1529
.
(g) In numerals (fractions). a.¤ déac one twelfth: oile dég f.,
IGT Decl. § 3
.
oil a dég (oil dhég v.l.) lochdach,
IGT Decl. § 14
.
aili deac brotto `the twelfth part of a second',
Thes. ii 13.29
(BCr.). erpais Patraic aili deac Erend dó the
twelfth part of Ireland,
Trip.² 911
. `a.¤ dhéc the twelfth part,
the Brehon's fee
. Anglicé allayéag,'
O'Don. Suppl.
ni uil
aile déc dosomh ┐ atá éiric a gubreite fairsium,
O'D. 536
(
H 3.17, 432
).
da tecarthar ni da folaid cruid on breithemain,
no ailedec,
Laws i 234.17 Comm.
diablad na aile dec,
234.18
Comm.
no co thormaigi fa geall co roib aile dec,
v 252.20
Comm.
log a breithemnuis, aile dec,
212.22 Comm.
Perh.
also in:
ni bhía an oile dēgsi am díaigh / nach foighe Ó
Bríain d'éicsi úaim,
IGT Decl. ex. 216
.
barr na ngēg uile re
n-idnaibh / uile dég gun fidhbaidh ortt (lochtach),
ex. 225
.
Cf. Kl. enair for dardain ail uathaid fuirre `the second day of the
moon thereon',
RC xviii 176.27
(Tig.).
284.2
. For ail dec
35.9
Stokes suggests reading ail uathaid.
B. The form ALAILE etc.
I As adj.
(a)
other: aliud pronomen .
i. is allail (recte alaill,
edd.) pronomen
,
Sg. 209b10
. cenn cridi ┐ alaaili réta `and
other things',
111b5
. sech alaili dliged ┐ indliuchtu `apart from
other sayings and meanings',
Ml. 18c11
.
imtech[t] Boinde . . .
┐ alanaile n-aband,
AU i 308. 11
, cf.
330.4
,
374.4
. In later lang.
neut. form somet. used after noun irrespective of gender:
leth
in moige . . . al-leth allaill,
RC xi 446.52
.
don taeb araill,
Stair Erc. 782
.
isin luing araill,
Grail 2969
.
isind láim anaill,
TBC-LL¹ 1719
. Note also: adhaigh n-aill n-aile another night,
BNnÉ 324 § 38
.
(b) Usually some, a certain
(gl. quidam, aliquis): hualailiu
chlausul gl. uelut in clausula,
Ml. 40d17
. holailiu lon gl.
quodam adipe,
80a2
. ainm alaili thríuin `name of a certain
hero',
Sg. 96a4
.
alaill ṡain,
6b24
. hualailiu mud gl. quodammodo,
25b12
. con alailiu fogoir (leg. fogur, edd.) gl. aliquo `with
some sound',
39a2
. alaili tain gl. quando,
222b1a
. ac gūmāidim
ala naile nairec ninganta falsely boasting of various wonderful
inventions,
Corm. Y 825
. cornan alaili cuislendach, `a certain
piper Cornan',
Mon. Tall. 131.23 (§ 10)
.
alaili fáith marb,
Trip.² 1395
.
di araile anmcharait,
ACL iii 5.3
.
aroile fer
angid,
PH 818
. doní . . . araile gaitt irisech `she commits a
certain pious theft',
BColm. 84.10
.
i n-araile domnuch,
ZCP
iii 33.15
.
ro indsaig araile carruic . . . ┐ ros buail,
Grail 1435
.
in araile locc i lLaighis `at a certain place',
AFM ii 1066.3
. Cf.
co aroile mainistir ecin,
RC x 187.4
.
n
II As subst.
(a)
another, the other:
ni ferr nech alailiu,
Wb.
2a16
.
ni áir do neuch molad alaili,
16a24
. is coitchen do
cechtar de ainm alaili `the name of each is common to both',
Ml. 14d12
.
intí diib bes tresa orcaid alaile,
Ml. 19d6
. tar cenn
alanaile gl. aliorumuice,
95d9
.
Sg. 201b15
. cenmathá dobrethir
┐ alaaili `except the adverb and other (parts of speech)',
71b17
.
muidit secht catha ren Osseirgé for na Déise . . . asberat araile is
tricha cath others say,
Ériu iii 138.102
. in foirend is craibdige araile `the folk who are more believing than the rest',
PH
6363
.
coná baí aithgne neich sech alaile díb,
TBFr. 271
.
cach gabal tra issuidiu araile hisesam `every other division is
sung sitting, the next standing',
Mon. Tall. 140.4 (§ 31)
. gach
clas ro claideadh do línadh do arbaim alaill do imbim the
furrows to be filled alternately with corn and butter,
Laws iv
98.14 Comm.
drécht diib i nAidniu, araill diib oc Dubcechair,
ZCP viii 305.30
. Hence alaile . . . alaile etc. (the) one . . .
the other, another:
biit alaili and rofinnatar a pecte rosíu (sic)
docói grád forru alaili is iarum . . .,
Wb. 29a28
.
alaaili diib
hi remthechtas . . . alaaili dano it coitchena eter remthechtas,
Sg. 215a1
. Later araill . . . de is used of all genders:
comérgit
Ulaid araill díb . . . araill,
LU 5017
. Cf.
a dá grúad . . . co
ndeirgi fola laíg ┐ araill eile co solusgili sneachta,
BDD²
38
. Also when first part of phrase contains ind ala (infra).
(b) With idea of mutual action each other: con rochra
cách a.¤
lit. that each may love the other (= that all may love
each other),
Wb. 6d1
.
rosbennach cách dib elathain aroile,
Fél. 4.20
.
Eogan . . .┐ Oed . . . do marbad aroili,
Ann. Conn.
1340.12
.
ar bruinnib ┐ ochtaip aroile ┐ a chēile,
Fl. Earls,
80.17
. Frequ. with prepp.: combad imned for araill domsa
so that it should be trouble upon trouble for me,
Wb. 23b21
.
Cf.
in peccath for arele,
9c19
.
is ball cách dialailiu,
5d4
.
ar a ndig cechtar dīb sech anaile (araile v.l.) so that they can
get past each other (of two chariots),
Corm. Y 1082 (96.11)
.
ni dernai nechtar n-ai olc fri araili,
TBFr. 24.3
=
fria chéile,
420
.
ón tráth co roili,
BDD² 1251
.
lán ón orsain go ar-oile /
an teach . . .,
DDána 85.37
.
casmhail a rún dá-roile,
92.6
.
an ro loitseat Goill ┐ Geraltaig imo roile (roile) isan tansa
`the injuries mutually done upon each other',
AFM v 1734.15
.
dīss derbrāthor dieroile `two . . . brothers',
Fl. Earls 124.1
.
?asrean a ceile agh fo laill do `his neighbour shall give him
another calf',
Laws iv 102.14 Comm.
(c)
somebody, something; a certain person or thing
. In sg.:
araill tra cairigedarsom there is a certain thing (?) (`there are
other things now which he blames'),
Wb. 25b9
. So also: [con]-secha alaill indib (`he corrects another thing in them'),
26c1
.
aroile do lāmhoip S. Niclās `one of the hands',
Fl. Earls 80.20
.
ba ingnad liasna Fomoire alaill tarfas doib isin cath a certain
thing,
RC xii 92 § 122
. atpert aroile fris `a certain man',
Stair Erc. 1449
. Note also: ara ara bélaib isin charput sin
araile forseng fánfota forbrec a charioteer in front of him . . .
and he was,
LU 9274
. In pl.: is sí cétbaid alanaile `this is the
opinion of some',
Ml. 36a1
.
circunflex la grecu for alailib diib,
Sg. 208b8
. With DI: araill d'feraib Midi `some of the men of M.',
RC xviii 23.31
.
do deachaidh fein cona mac . . . ┐ ar oile dia
mhuintir innte,
Leb. Gab.(i) 242.26
.
d'foraithmet araill dona
neithibh remraiti,
272.6
.
araill d'áes na cemenn sin,
CCath.
86
.
(d) As adv. (d
s
n.) arailiu `otherwise',
Wb. 21a13
(introducing an alternative explanation); cf. alailiu chruth gl.
aliter,
Ml. 98d1
.
alailiu,
Wb. 9a23
(see Bergin,
Ériu xiv 29
;
xvii 1; Pedersen,
Ériu xv 188
).
alaile,
Anecd. iii 59.2
.
araili
.i. gne eile,
Laws iv 68.3
. Perh. also in
TBC-I¹ 1044
,
TBC-LL¹ 1833 ff.
(reading ... cadān co leith. Allaile (alailiu LU) dia tonda etc.) .
C. The form (a)la, al(l).
I As adj.
(a)
other, one of two, second
(in this use a `compositional prefix',
GOI § 394
): all-aidchi on another night,
IT ii2 194.21
.
alachéill in sin,
ZCP viii 313.29
.
Morc .i. ala flaith na Fomoire,
Leb. Gab.(i) 80.30
.
béra cend ríg alathúaithi lat,
BDD² 727
.
fria lesa alabrugh of other territories,
O'Curry 454
(
H 3.18, 242a
).
rogrād fir alathīre 'great love of a man of another land',
Ériu ii 15 § 2
. ? nach for ala thire tí tarrassais 'that you did not abide upon the surface of another land',
PMLA lvi 940
(
LL 37013
). li ala lécuinn Saul `by one of S.'s cheeks',
Ml. 55c1
.
ala n-or di
i teg, a n-aill fri sīn,
Corm. Y 35
(aurso).
ala thred dub alaili
find,
Anecd. i 57 § 58
. tēora blaī būirig . . . blaī mescae . . .
alablaī dúnaid la túatha téchtai tecraiter the second exemption,
ZCP xi 83.1
. cath Ocha alachath `the second battle',
RC
xiii 54.10
. ala-chor second contract,
Laws ii 274.z
. mád ala
feacht iar mbrethaib forru `for the second time',
66.16
. See
also under compds. and 1 al. See also under allabrig.
(b) With article ind ala one of two, (the) one (. . . the other)
(see also B II (a) supra): dotóeth indala fiacail airthir a chinn
`one of the two teeth',
Thes. ii 248.9
. arambé indala rann
cen diall `that one of the two parts be undeclined',
Sg. 74b6
.
ind ala c. gl. praetermisit unam c (i.e. by writing hoc for hocc),
205b5
. co lluid tré scíath n-ete indala heóin one of the two
birds,
LU 3282
(
SCC § 7
).
doroigu ind ala fer . . . et romiscsigestar alaile,
Wb. 4c16
.
is léir dorigni indala lestar is dínnimu
dongní alaill,
4c32-33
.
ni coir dídnad dondala lucht et
troscud dond lucht ailiu,
16c20
. īadais andala (indara, LU)
sūil . . . asoilg alaile,
TBC-I¹ 394
.
benaid . . . Mac Cecht a chend
dondala fir . . . ro boí in fer aile oc élúd,
LU 7942
.
Loch nE.
dindala leith di ┐ Slíab C. dind leith ailiu,
Trip.² 1957
.
Later indara: indara láim dó fri ubull bragat in chon. dobeir
araile fria chúl one of his hands,
LU 5012
.
indara fecht . . .
canait ceol . . . in fecht n-aill contúaset fri ceól muintire
nime,
1978
(
FA 5
).
is hé indara fer . . . ró an . . . Donnmal int
aili,
Trip.² 1521
.
(c) ind ala the second
(cf. tánaiste): cengsat siar dind ara
chur `for the second time',
Metr. Dinds. iii 4.33
. isin dara cét
lá deidenach don ré `on the second last day of the term',
Laws
iv 136.1 Comm.
Hence in compd. numerals: ala rann deac
`one twelfth',
Thes. ii 13.29
(BCr.). issed indala nainmm déc
the twelfth name,
Thr. Ir. Gl. 25.9
=
indara hainm,
Corm. Y 750
. indala descipul lxx at the seventy-second disciple,
Laws
i 20.2 Comm.
fir errainne co alasét sesed with sixty-two `séts'
ZCP xii 361.21
.
?torad cach trethain ala cairrge,
Laws v
484.2
(Comm. takes as all beyond). Cf.
co treathan ala cairge
no ala caire,
O'Curry 20
(
H 3.18, 9a
).
(d) cach (a)la
every other, every second: cach la céin . . . in
céin naili sometimes . . . sometimes,
Ml. 19b1, 3
. cachlacein
`alternately',
Mon. Tall. 146.29 (§ 52)
. is i fescur cachlacēin /
dlegar dīdnad dōib they are entitled to a meal on alternate days
at vesper-time (of fasting regulations),
ZCP xiii 29.14
. cach la
sel dún for imrádud dé in sel aile for precept `at one time
meditating on God, at another time preaching',
Wb. 15d9
.
ammarbad cach la sel iarum do a mbeogud indtale dia
marbad `he continues alternately to mortify and revive them
from their dying state',
Mon. Tall. 147.16 (§ 52)
. bó cona
timthuch cech la blíadnai . . . colp[d]ach ḟirenn lee in mblíadnai n-aili every second year,
Críth G. 266
. cach alablīa[dain] every second year,
Corm. Y 1082
(
Anecd. iv 96.16
).
cach ara bliadain,
Laws iv 140.29 Comm.
druinech cechla
bean / crecōir cechla fer,
ZCP ix 170.17
.
ate cuir treineacha la
Feine cach la fear dia urgaire, alaili dia forngaire,
Laws iv
54.13
. gach re n-am alternately,
Dán Dé v 41
.
II
n As subst. indala n-aí (invariable)
one of the two:
is
dochu ind ala nái oldaas a n-aill,
Wb. 4b24
. togu ind ala n-ái
. . . damnad alaili `to choose one of the twain . . . to condem
the other',
4c13
.
ci atbela ind ala n-ái ni epil alaill,
Sg. 30a3
.
ind ala n-aí antúaid alaile andess,
67b22
.
co n-accai in da
mnaí . . . indala n-ai brat úaine impe alaili brat corcra,
LU
3285
(
SCC § 8
).
elcuig indalanae, ruibidh alailiu,
ZCP viii
105.11
.
da fítt . . . inddala hí do tabirt do Día . . . araile do
tomailt fadein,
Mon. Tall. 161.10 (§ 80)
. Later also
ala
(n-)aí: ar lēicse ala aí di arailiu,
ZCP xv 316 § 10
.
ni frith ala
ai do thacru,
354 § 42
.
dá [n]dorus [n]-and—comla[e] ar ala
n-aí, clíath ar alailiu,
Críth G. 101
.
bōthar, talla dā boin
fair .i. alanāi for fot alaile for tarsnae,
Corm. Y 1082
(
Anecd.
iv 96.17
).
COMPDS.
cosnamach fri hailecricha,
Ériu viii 173.28
.
i
n-ailithír,
Trip.² 2033
. asna hailithírib foreign countries,
TTr.² 1747
(cf. ailithir).
aile máthair,
Sg. 152a2
(not treated as
compd. by
GOI § 394
. Perh. infl. by the Lat.
altera mater). See also C I (a) above.