adj
o, ā.
(a)
right (as opposed to left), dexter:
deas (gl. dexter),
Ir. Gl. 386
.
for láim deis,
BCr. 19c2
. alleth o laim deiss gl.
dexteram eius partem,
Sg. 17b2
. i noxil in tuib deiss of the
right side,
Thes. ii 254
.
co súilib dessaib (: chennaib),
SR 3671
.
inna ndornaibh dessaib,
Ériu ii 130
.
a lámh dhes is a chos
chlé,
Acall. 1539
.
in fath . . . ara n-abar cle seach deas,
Lec.
533a31
.
smitt a cluaisi dessi,
PH 3115
.
ocht cét lām ṅd.¤ do
imdibe,
LL 123a54
.
na láma desa,
Reg. San. Col. xxi
.
beannacht na láimhe deise,
TSh. 272
. Hence as subst. ā, f.
right
hand, right-hand side (lám being understood):
tria deis,
Tur.
142
.
for Dé deis,
SR 1497
.
Hib. Min. 10.323
.
bith dia deis
hi flaith nime,
Trip.² 284
.
réidig romainn . . . for do deis,
Metr. Dinds. iii. 40
. ?
ar des rig is ruirech,
TBC-I¹ 2269
.
suidhimse ar deis dreagain T.,
TD 11.101
. manais . . . ina deis,
TBC-I¹ 3305
.
a chlé fri muir n-Icht, a d.¤ fri bruig mbuan-B.,
Metr. Dinds. iii 190
.
deis fri Banba, bél fri Bóin,
Ériu iv 92
.
a d.¤ fo-thuaid fri fuined His right northward towards the sunset
(Christ on the Cross),
PH 3321
.
ná findad do chlé a ndingne
do deis (leg. dess),
6081
. cor duinndeise fad ghruaidh a blow
on thy cheek from the right hand (?),
TD 3.41
. Combined with
1 s. pr. aff. dessum
on my right, to right of me:
Crist dessum,
Crist tuathum,
Thes. ii 357
(Hy. vii).
Dia tuathum . . . Dia
dessom,
Hy. vi 2
.
(b)
south (the s. being on the right to a person facing east).
As prep. south of. In Mid. Ir. usually tes on the analogy of
tuaid, tuath:
i nDruim rig tes Taltin tréin,
RC xxiii 312
. des
Almain south of A.,
RC xxiv 54
=
TFrag. 42
.
i n-iath
Cairpri des Bóinn,
Rawl. 158.2
=
ZCP viii 333
. des maig
Midi (sic leg.),
Fél. Prol. 226
. Cf. Desgabair (= s. of the
Gabar). Note also: do deiss Danuib s. of the Danube,
LL
136a33
(cf. tuaith Benna Bairche n. of B.B.,
Hy. ii 29
). See
O'Rahilly, EIHM 462
. In various advbl.
phrases: andess from the south, northwards:
dolluid andes for
Beluch M.,
IT i 106
.
ro faith a ndeas,
Todd Nenn. 138
. With FRI
from the S. towards, hence to the south of: ruind aness (= frinn
andess south of us),
TBC-LL¹ 1215
.
conid farcaib . . . andes i
ndeisciurt Letha,
Hy. ii 10
.
D. mac D. do Ernaib Muman
andeas,
Acall. 207
. fo d.¤
, fa d.¤
southwards:
fa d.¤ no fa thuaith,
Wb. 29a21
.
scailit uad fo d.¤ fo thuaid,
LL 209a5
.
do chuatar
fo des dochum a tīre,
ZCP iii 19
.
dafáid fo d.¤ co Victor,
Hy.
ii 47
.
isin dara míle ó Róim fo d.¤
,
PH 1918
.
roláis a n-ernail
. . . seoco fod.¤ hi clithar B.,
TBC-I¹ 1774
.
bodes is bothuaid,
Acall. 2742
.
do cuaid Padraic d'foglaim bo deas,
Todd Nenn.
106
.
luidh bu dhés,
ZCP xi 212
. dēchais uaidh fo dhes,
Moling § 33
. a chlé fod.¤ frisin ṅgréin His left southwards
towards the sun (Christ on the Cross),
PH 3320
(cf.
ZCP ii 225
).
(mod.)
an taoibh budh dheas,
Matthew xii 42
. Cf. sadess.
(c) In fig. sense
right, just, meet: nír d.¤
(or deis, see note)
dait mo guin,
TBC-LL¹ 3953
. ni deis re Dia dergmartra ar dáinib
God does not deem fit, desire,
MR 172
.
nochar deis é le dreich
nDē,
ZCP vii 304
. an arra is deisse re feichemuin toicheda
ināt a seoit fein which . . . prefers,
Laws v 420
. ?
nírbo dál deis,
Metr. Dinds. iii 70.3
. Manchaigh as dáibh as deisi | sealbh
inbhir na hÉirnesi they have the best right to the possession,
3 C 13, 453
. As attrib.:
cūic bā dēc don deachain des (: ances),
ZCP ix 171 § 3
.
Dia deas,
SG 21.41
.
rogell C. cach ní ndes,
BColm. 90
.
(d) By extension convenient, becoming, agreeable, well-arranged, neat, later pretty, fine:
des cach suabais,
Corm. Y
468
.
folt . . . cass d.¤ drumnech,
TBC-LL¹ 5173
.
in t-aislingthe
laind lán-des,
SR 3350
.
cēd matal mōirdhes,
ZCP viii 116
.
claidmi . . . dessa,
Cog. 162.14
.
mór a gcrábhadh deas a
ndaonnacht,
DDána 122.17
.
gārda roidhess,
Fl. Earls 78
.
cos deas ó mbídh slacht ar bhrógaibh,
Keat. Poems 203
.
ro
bo des leo,
Lism. L. 1909
.
ger maith leis . . . nochar deis ē le
dreich nDé,
ZCP vii 304
. is des tarla sin that has happened
conveniently,
Caithr. CC § 65
.
go dtárla an ghaoth go deas
dona death-ḟearaibh,
ML 46
. do cuir fa aithne ar a manchaibh biadh . . . do beith co des acu to have in readiness,
BCC
§ 230
.
Compds.
(a)
¤dorn:
ní raibhi . . . d. gan dá manáis,
Acall.
232
.
a chúach 'na des-durn,
Ériu iv 100 § 33
.
¤druim
right of the central line (of Ogam):
it hé a n-airde: desdruim, túathdruim, lesdruim, tredruim, imdruim 'these are their symbols: right of, left of, athwart, across and around the central line',
Auraic.² 51 § 6,4
.
¤ḟertas:
fil do
desḟertais in charpait,
IT i 320.21
.
¤lám:
ca lín dofaeth dom
deslaim,
RC xxiii 420.10
.
co scenaib . . . ina deslamaib,
LU
3888
(
SCC 40
).
beannacht na deasláimhe,
TSh. 9896
.
deslām
glēgeal,
ZCP vii 304 § 9
.
deas-lámh Dé,
Dán Dé xxiii 38
.
¤lethan:
in dá ech . . . deslethna,
JRSAI lxxi 376.9
.
¤breth:
nírbo deis-breth ná daig-bert,
Metr. Dinds. ii 30.55
.
(b)
¤donn:
co ndānaib domuin dess-duind,
SR 2674
(
brown
or ruddy in the south?). rinn . . . ina glaicc . . . da deasbualadh
Ainnti-Crist (intens. to give A. a fine beating?),
Lib. Flav. 32ra23
.
¤mass: as mo lāim degduinn desmais `
shapely
',
ZCP xiii 8.8
(cf.
GJ viii 49
).