n iā, f. (1 deim) darkness, dark (esp. of night): deme .i. teme . . . demi didiu fordorcha n-oidhchi, Corm. Y 437 . deimhe .i. dorchadas oidhche, O'Cl. mithig tene is'teg n-oeged | tanic deme i treb tóiden, RC xx 140 . co rānic Emain Macha fo demi ind aidchi sein, LU 10470 . dál fo d.¤ `a darkling tryst' (chev.), Metr. Dinds. iii 128 . nír bu dál deis fo demi, 70.48 . cid mór mo dām fo deme , Otia i 127 .

n neuter; neuter substantive: deme .i. gach neutur lasin laitneóir is d.¤ lasin filid ngáidelach, Corm. Y 449 . it é sin na deme thepide ┐ na lánamna demi ┐ a ngeni-side 'these are the derived neuters and the pairs of a neuter and their derivations', Auraic.² 49 § 3.14 .See also teipide, lánamain.

n n. neut., later f. n s. gein n-im[m]arbaga, BDD 106 . gein n-angbaigh, Anecd. i 65 § 131 . gein engraicichthe, Sg. 198b8 . g s. in gene, Wb. 28c12 . in mórgeine, LU 4722 . d s. geinim, Ml. 59a12 ; 85b11 . genim, Ériu ii 222.27 . n p. na geine , Trip.² 950 . gene, Fél. Feb. 26 . Vn. of gainithir.

(a) In abstract sense birth (as beginning of life, distinguished fr. `compert' conception, `breth' parturition): g ein maicc hua athair, Ml. 85b11 . a gein iar ndoinacht, 17d10 . foraithmet gene Crist, Thes. ii 253.4 (St. Missal). amlabar ... ho geinim dumb from birth, Ml. 59a12 . a chompert-som ┐ a gein, RC ix 452.8 ( LU 1648 ). maircc do ghein do gheineamain, xxxvii 345.4 . o gein tuissech Etaini, IT i 131.9 . for óenlíth ... gene Tarcellorum, Fél. Feb. 26 . sollamain na gene coimdeta, PH 6923 . mac oen-geni only-begotten , PH 2086 . a mac prim-geni first-born , 6917 . tusmiudh aicenta geine .i. mac sceo ingean o mnai, Auraic. 626 . a gein ón óig cen dith n-óige i m-breith (of Christ), Ériu ii 198.18 . Specifically of the Nativity: i n-aidchi in gene, Wb. 28c12 . iar naifreann na geine, BNnÉ 108 § 35 . hi bliadhain na geine, RC xviii 380.14 (Tig.). With cognate verb, dun genim rongenairsom, Ml. 85b11 . Fig. origin (of things or actions): gein engraicichthe (= origo substitutionis), Sg. 198b8 , cf. origenistum .i. bunadgein, 181a4 . iss ed gein n-im[m]arbaga fil la firu Herend a source of contention, BDD 106.

(b) the act of procreation: in crand fa rabadur ac denum na gene (of Adam and Eve), D IV 2 42vb43 .

(c) In concrete sense that which is born, an infant, a person (esp. common in poetry): ní segar baithis acht menip dóig bes marb in gein when it is thought the infant will die, Ériu ii 208.z . rogénair in gein, iv 138.7 . ni rubai for talmain gein bad gáithiu, 24 § 10 . na gigne gein gabas gnimrada cutrumma ... rut-sa, TBC-LL¹ 4015 . maith tra in gen ro compred and .i. Áed Slane, LU 4263 . maith a ṅgein con-compred and .i. Fíacha Mulletha(i)n mac Éogain, CMMucr. 50 § 41 . la hAilill gein ṁbúada, Fél. Prol. 178 . in gein ba huallchu fo nim the being that was proudest under heaven, Metr. Dinds. ii 36.12 . ba garg in gein ... ingen Rotmand, iii 160.1 . do imgabāil in mōrgene | immadich Mag Muirthemne, TBC-I¹ 240 . nach bí gein ag gabháil a n-oighreachta dá n-éis, TSh. 4305 . ro tusmit geni torotharda imda isin Roim, CCath. 891 . With defining gen.: rucustar gein meic, Acall. 544 . gein mhínaluinn ... mic, Ériu v 80.30 . Of the foetus: in gein fil it brú, Trip. 78.24 . adroethuig ... in n-gein bui ina bruinn, IT i 139.29 . dá fuirghe do ghein gan a breith, SG 18.28 . marbhad a geine, Laws i 180.12 Comm. Transf. of a pupil or disciple (?): gen[e] .i. deíscipuil, ut est saeru mo gene maoi, O'Dav. 1034.

(d) Gramm.

(1) Used of shared parts or properties of a lánamain deme (two non-neuter nouns which are themselves the parts or properties of a neuter noun): it é sin na deme thepide ┐ na lánamna demi ┐ a ngeni-side 'these are the derived neuters and the pairs of a neuter and their derivations', Auraic.² 49 § 3.14 . almnæ ┐ ecsait lanamnai in gluini. cnaim ┐ feoil a ngeni-side, Auraic. 1854 . géin ón lanamain, Auraic. 5080 (Trefhocul) . See Authorities and Adaptations 43-51.

(2) Used in the Auraicept of Ogam accent signs, the three kinds `forsail,' `dinin disail' and `arnin' being termed respectively `gein forchomélta,' `gein decométa' and `gein frecométa (frithchometa),' 5006 seq. See also geinddae and compds. of 4 prím- and óen.

n ī, f. (lán + emon, Thurn., Stud. in E. Ir. Law p. 4 ). n s. ind l.¤ , LU 5403 . 6060 . O'Mulc. 132. lanomain, Fél. Mar. 24. Corm. Y 824. a s. lanamnai, LU 11017 (= lánamni, Imr. Brain 53.10 ). lánamnai, LU 11021 (ibid. Imr. Brain 53.14 ). g s. lánamna (leg. -a[e]?), Críth G. 411. n pl. lanamnai, Auraic. 1853. lánamna[i, Críth G. 334. lanmhona, BB 18b16 prob. for lanomna. g pl. lánamnae, Críth G. 384 . lánamna[e], 399 . d pl. lánómnaib, LB 173a40 . Later with a d s. -ain, g s. -amna. IGT Decl. § 10 . Also lánamha (n-stem), § 9 .

(a) of persons married couple : lanamuin .i. lan homo .i. plenus homo duine comlán .i. fer ┐ ben no lanomuin .i. quasi lenamuin ar ni fil etarscarad doib acht ar Día, O'Dav. 1189a = O'D. 297 ( H 3.17, 233 ). lānomain .i. lān-somain ō c[h]ach dīb dia chēlei, ar is lethsomain nechtar de sech araile, Corm. Y 824 . lotar . . . co Ailill ┐ co Meidb, ar rofetatar issí lanamain ro ḟailsad, IT i 77.1 . (Lg.). mac lanamhna nemcholaidhe, Ériu iii 154.31 . di cach lanamain dligthig, BCrólige 3 . itir ín lanamhaín `between the married couple', Laws iv 210.15 Comm . roḟaietur in l.¤ sin ar feis leaptha ┐ láimhdheraighthi, Acall. 820 . cóig lánamna déc gacha bairce, CS 10.11 . imdha l.¤ san luing / ó áladhaib in ubaill, IGT Decl. ex. 325 . in úair do loigh lánamha, IGT Decl. ex. 312 . a lepthaib na lánamhnaib, 321 . is amhlaid batur in lanamhain sin i coibligi dlighthigh `cum uxore sua in legitimo matrimonio', Lat. Lives 101.2 . lánamhna is ógha is feadhbha, DDána 29.35 . fā maith sēn ┐ soladh na lānamna sin, ML² 603 . mo bruig, mo lánamuin wedded state, ZCP xii 273.1 . Of lovers: ansait ind l.¤ fo deóid (of Medb and Fergus), LU 5403 . co comarnic ind lánamuin, Fing. R. 371 . is mellach lim ind l.¤ ucut, LU 6060 ( TBC-I¹ 1587 ). Of two saints: án lanomain lígach, Fél. Mar. 24. Cf. is tre fír flathemon tra libarna lána lanamna ban, ZCP xi 89 § 14.

Legal: cáin lánamnae law of relationships between couples, see Stud. in E. Ir. Law i § 1 . The married couple is the chief subject of Cáin Lánamnae, though other pairings are also referred to: cis lir lanamna do cuisin la Feine? . . . a ocht: flaith fri aicillne, eclais fria manchu, athair fria ingin, . . . fer fria bein, § 2. Of numbers of persons attending men of different ranks on circuit: deich lánamna[i] a chórus for coí ó challainn co hinit, Críth G. 334.

(b) Other applications. Of animals: lanamain cach oenmil / . . . sluag mór dolanamnaib (of pairs of animals in the Ark), SR 2504 - 6 . lanamain cacha fiadmil[a], ZCP i 459.2 . lanamain gach fiadha, Acall. 7371. Of body and soul: ar clíne crád an anma / nár líne na lánamhna, IGT Decl. ex. 314 . Of corresponding pieces of chess-set: fidchell C. / . . . oenfer dia fairinn namma / do-scicher (dos-crenand v.l.) secht lánamna, RC xx 282.12 (i.e. one single piece was worth seven pairs from any other set; `seven couples (of slaves)' Stokes) = LU 1108 . díoth Gall leis 'gan lánamhain / a lann 's a cheis chróirighin lance and spear, Aithd. D. 20.7 . In linguistic terminology, in the phr. lánamain deime the pairs of a neuter, i.e. two non-neuter nouns which are associated with a neuter noun: it é sin na deme thepide ┐ na lánamna demi ┐ a ngeni-side 'these are the derived neuters and the pairs of a neuter and their derivations', Auraic.² 49 § 3.14 . suil ┐ fiacail lanamain in chind. srebann ┐cru lanamain ... in cridi, Auraic. 1808 . a lanamna demi, Auraic. 5079 (trefhocul) . See Authorities and Adaptations 43-51 .

ind gene na lanamnaide deme , Auraic. 1812. For lánamnae, g s. of lánamain?

pref neuter? ferurlonn banurlonn nemurlonn, Auraic. 1712. nemdialt neuter declension , 1879 (dist. from ferdialt s.v díalt, dealt and bandialt). A corruption of dem-? cf. deimdialt, 1858 ; demhinsce, 521 , 542 , 550 ; deme `neuter', 566 , 569 . Cf. also: masgal ┐ feimin ┐ nemutur lasin Laitneoir, 3025 . iter femin ┐ mascol .i. nemotar, Anecd. v 23 n. 14 ; these exx. seem a fanciful combination of 1 nem- with Lat. uter.

adj dark: t.¤ .i. cach ndorchai ut dicitur teimean dorchi no odar, Corm. 42 = tem, Corm. Y 1213 . Cf. Corm. 16 s.v. deme . `t.¤' dorca, Metr. Gl. 32 § 11 . So also Lec. Gl. 521 , Stowe Gl. 156 . cain teasbann t.¤ essgal (.i. is taithnemach doesbann dorchatu esgail[e] na daille form), ZCP iii 224.21 . In B. na f.: do theimh .i. bās, ZCP iii 378.16 = ulc, v 484 § 7 . See temaid.

? Compd.: co mbert a rinn etir a glunn ┐ colpa gur team-loisc a cinn an cholpa, Anecd. ii 79.25 (see CMMucr. (CCA) 147 n. 783 ).

adj o, ā (teim). Also teimin.

(a) dark, obscure: temen .i. doirche, Corm. 16 deme . teimean dorchi no odar, 42 teim. tucc Cú Chulainn ainm teimhen | air d'Eimir og a tochmarc an enigmatical name, Sitzungsb. Pr. Akad. 1919 v 93 § 20 . marb de thám tria thár temen, LL 7a18 =teimel, BB 28b29 , cf. Leb. Gab.(i) 102.14 . ? Hence of persons plain, inconspicuous: nimtha sin duine t.¤ | co nglanc[h]ēill, cid imthemel, ZCP vi 267 § 10 . do duine temen is glē | bat cara, bat cocēle who is homely but has understanding, 268 § 14.

(b) dark in colour, of the colour called `teimen' (in SR 79 - 80 temen and alad are placed between dub and corcair, used of the winds): folt dond temin fair, TBC-LL¹ 5246 . ... meic Duach Teimhin, Leb. Gab.(i) 170.8 . in lon teimhen `the dusky ousel,' Fianaig. 16.25 . muir ndubtemen, SR 909 . uan ... | cen gaili ṅduib no temein, 3902 .

(c) Subst. the wind whose colour is `teimen': in temen, SR 62 , 79 . in timin, Laws i 26.x Comm. in temin ┐ in alad itir in dub ┐ in corcra bit, 28.3 Comm. As the name of a colour: dathogam ... aicme huatha .i. huath, dub, temen, cron, quiar, Auraic. 5699.

? mád Conlai cesad clár clé comad fortemen taidbecht, Ériu i 118.11 = fortamail, Comp. CC 14.9 .

adj io, iā part. of do-eipen cut, excised, fashioned, selected :

(a) In phr. Bérla t.¤ the selected language, Gaelic (see teipe) : cia tucait ar a n-ebarar berla tebige don gaeidilg ? Ni hansa, uair ro teibed as cach bérla, ACL iii 247.5 . in bérla teibidi cona fortormaigib .i. Bérla Féne ┐ Iarmbérla ┐ a mBérla n-eadarscartha ... ┐ Bérla na filed ... ┐ an Gnath-bérla, 17 . san cheathramhadh mír don Ghaedhilg ré ráidhtear Béarla Teibidhe, Keat. ii 948 , cf. 141 . bérla teibide co tenn | Gaeidelg sciamda gá scríbenn (in a poem listing the languages spoken by the various invaders of Ireland), SG 348.11 . a thintód sin tra ┐ a chiall isin belra thebide (i.e. from Hebrew into Irish), LB 230a48 . bearla theibidhe `of the physicians,' Eg. Gl. 625 . Cf. teanga air siubhal go coitcheann idir na cineadhachaibh ... nach raibhe díleas aig cineadh air bith, darbh 'ainm an Bérla Teibhidhe, ITS xxiv 68.24 .

(b) Fig., in linguistic terminology, in the phr. deime teipide, a neuter noun which has associated non-neuter nouns: it é sin na deme thepide ┐ na lánamna demi ┐ a ngeni-side 'these are the derived neuters and the pairs of a neuter and their derivations', Auraic.² 49 § 3.14 . ceand cridi fulang a dhe demi tebidhi in fhir, Auraic. 1808 . cich ┐ glun a ndemi thepide (of the word ben), Auraic. 1853 . a demi thepidi, Auraic. 5078 (trefhocul). See Authorities and Adaptations, 43-51.

Cf. tobaide .i. cinnti, ut est cain-bera do dliged ar bera do thurbaid tobaide .i. tepe [de] .i. cinntí, O'Dav. 1523. See tóbaide.