n
ā, f. See O'Rahilly,
Ériu xiii 165.
Also blag, blad.
blogh bladh (ón roind),
IGT Decl. § 39.16
.
(a)
fragment, piece, bit: b.¤ dergthened (rhetoric),
LU 8683
(
FB 52
).
boíseom oc ithi blogi do thanaig. . . . Dobeir in
ṁbloig isin tabaill,
LL 14429
,
30
. cindus rombatur int
psailm hi tosugh . . . i mblogaibh `in fragments',
Hib. Min.
7.3
. blagh don telcomu `a fragment of that cask',
Lism. L.
4409.
lestar . . . cu torchair ┐ co nderna(d) bloga de (= confractum est),
Lat. Lives 73 § 67.
do bert builli di co cloidim
co nderna di bloig (sic leg.) di made two pieces of her,
Laws i
74.2 Comm.
co ro-scáil a ṅdíb blogu (of an enchanted
animal),
PH 1180.
a sciath ina blodhuibh brisdi fura thaebh,
ZCP vi 44.21
.
domarb se seiser dib le bloidh bic do crann
sleghi,
280.30
.
cóir damh go bhfionnam an bhfuil / blagh
ionnam do na harmuibh,
DDána 5.5
. blagh (blodh, v.l.) dá
héill le a (let, v.l.) ferchoinsin a piece of . . . leash,
IGT Decl.
ex. 419.
an bloghúd don bhairghin,
ex. 923
. go ndéantar
blogha béal-sgaoilte dhi (of a wrecked ship),
TSh. 735.
blogo
egae (B. na f.),
ACL iii 310 § 4.
brisfighthear a mblodhuibh sibh = shall be broken in pieces,
Isaiah viii 9.
le dteilgthear . . . gach blodh d'armaibh innilte na hurchóide piece
(separate weapon ?),
Eochairsg. 47.3
. Fig. of a
saint:
b.¤
dond liic lógmair,
Fél. Oct. 5.
(b)
part, portion:
bladh .i. rann no cuid do ní,
O'Cl.
co
n-derna v blogai de (viz. of bacon),
IT i 41.20
.
brisedh do
thabhairt annsin for blaidh da sluagh,
AFM iii 384.5
. mar
bhloigh don Bhórumha `share',
Aithd. D. 4.8
.
a chor ina
chalaind féin / blodh do phéin an anaim úaib,
IGT Decl. ex.
720
. inniss dúinni . . . blogh (bladh, v.l.) ale dott imthechtaib
another bit of your adventure,
Anecd. i 29.14
.
blagh . . . dá
bhoirb-éachtaibh,
TSh. 1168.
Of land, territory, terrain etc.:
cot ngab rígi blogi do Ultaib .i. Mag Murthemni,
IT ii2 215.26
.
bladh d'feronn,
BNnÉ 284 § 271
.
dar cenn bloighi bicce don
doman,
CCath. 553.
aga raibhe bladh mór don tír `a large
portion of the territory',
AFM vi 2006.5
.
imon mbloidh mbicc
tíre i mboí,
2260.15
. Coire Bhreacán blagh dar gconair `part
of our path',
SGS iv 62 § 8.
Of time:
iar mbloid don
ló,
Ériu v 116.4
.
sē bliadna . . . co mbloidh do blíadain,
ZCP viii 111.27
. o caictigis do gemrid co blaig don errach
`from . . . the first fortnight in Winter into the Spring',
Ann. Conn. 1339.4
.
tar bloigh dá n-aois,
DDána 42.9
. do ghabhadar . . . ríoghacht Éireann bladh do bhliadhain `part of a
year',
Keat. ii 1823.
A part of a number of people, animals, etc.:
fagbhus blogh
día naomaibh ag cantain oifice Dé ann,
BNnÉ 187 § 27
. ar
cenn na blodhe eile . . . don Gamanraige `the rest of the G.',
Ériu viii 138.5
.
blogh d'aes na criche sin,
Marco P. 165.
a mbloigh dia mbarcuibh `some of the ships',
150
.
blad da
n-echaib maithi,
Ann. Conn. 1288.5
. blogh dib darab ainm
acuta ┐ blod d[ara]b ainm croinica `
group' (of diseases),
RC xlix 55.22
,
23
.
In literary contexts: (explaining esse feda `
essence . . . of
letter
') in b.¤ aoir tebide gebhes in fid i n-elluch focail `the
fragment of cut off air' (of a vowel),
Auraic. 897.
is blod do
q quidim u,
2838
. in blad sin issin sceol that
passage
,
BB
428b45
.
conidh bladh do bhethaid Mhaodhocc conuicce sin,
BNnÉ 274 § 249
.
blag bec de,
TBC-I¹ 800.
tirūarsi ┐ blogha
beca dhī (viz. of the Táin),
ACL iii 4.24
.
Compds. blod beim bailc `smashing onset',
Cog. 172.29
.
blo[g]bemnech na scíath ┐ na bocote,
TFerbe 331
. iar ná
bhlaidhrébadh lá gonna mór `greatly battered',
AFM vi 2328. 3
.