adj
o, ā
I
leprous, scurfy; of animals, mangy
(on the Irish
connotations see
Ir. Hist. Stud. vi 186
-
8
): i[n]dara huair dí
ba c.¤ / ind uair aile ba gléglan (of the hand of Moses),
SR
3819
. ité clama bodra `scabbed',
Metr. Dinds. iv 304.12
.
im cairid claim `a mangy sheep',
Laws i 188.17 Comm.
do-badus-[s]a c.¤, ┐ ro-m-slanaig Ísu,
PH 2790
. mná deaghumhla . . . / fearumhla ináid fir cinn chloimh `sturdier than
scurvy-headed men',
Bard. Synt. Tr. p. 14 § 25
.
capall clamh
,
TSh. 2558
.
[duine] bhías clamh nó gearbach,
Levit. xxi 20
.
II
(a) More freq. as subst. o, m. and ā, f.
leper
:
c.¤ .i. occultus, ar doeim in gainem (leg. -ech) a chorp,
O'Mulc. 198
.
alali c.¤ dia tuititis a baild,
Vita Br. 25
.
an claimh do choemhclodh cuirpghloin,
Blathm. 147
(in chlaim, ed.).
in c.¤ gáde
ailgis dí,
Thes. ii 339.5
(
Hy. v 49
).
don ch.¤
,
43
(Comm.).
dia tubert in ṁbréit don chlum,
LL 370e23
.
im dingbail
mic . . . di claim,
Laws i 124.y
. mac claime, ni comail
mathair ar nach ruilli aillsi uaithi son of a leprous woman,
O'Dav. 1364
.
boí debaid in tan sin dia claum fri Patraic,
Trip.² 914
.
hi richt claim,
BColm. 102.30
. Lia in Chlaim
(at Tailtiu),
LL 27890
.
linn muilind . . . na daine no-dos-fotraic inti . . . dogni clumu dib,
Todd Nenn. 200.5
.
d'innmad chos na c.¤
,
LB 228
marg. sup.
atchí . . . Ruadhan clomha
ina dhiaigh. Ro ailsiot na cloimh almsain fair,
BNnÉ 325
,
326 § 44
.
As epithet:
Laignēn clamh
,
Corm. Y 180
.
(b) ? In pl.
scurvy, mange
: air a mbía . . . claimh no gearba
= scurvy,
Levit. xxii 22
(or leg. claimhe).
Compds. With adj.
Conall Cernach t'ainm gusaníu,
Conall gran[d]a clamtruath tu budesta,
ZCP i 104.35
v.l.
(cloentruag, text). With noun, see trusca(e) (`
smallpox
',
Ir. Hist. Stud. vi 183
).