adj
io, iā. Also doirche, n
p
f.
doirchi,
SR 63
.
I
(a)
dark,
gloomy:
d.¤
,
Sg. 165a
marg. inf.
Ml. 40c15
.
inn-aithchi dorchi,
30a4
. dorchai gl. (nocte) caeca,
Thes. ii 31.22
.
tem .i. cach
ndorchi,
Corm. Y 1213
.
dobar .i. cach ndorche,
424
.
tromcheó doborda dorcha,
FB § 36
.
tír ndub ndorcha,
FA § 21
LB.
sruth usci duib dorchai,
§ 30
.
nél dorcha,
SR 3967
.
i ndiamraib dorchuib,
7576
.
il-luc dub dorchu,
Fél. March 9
.
slog
dub dorcha . . . do démnaib,
PH 8101
. a n-inada dorcha,
Laws v 326.15 Comm.
a ndoiribh doirchibh,
BS 116.11
.
Dia diamair nach dorcha | rī sorcha,
ACL iii 221.14
.
Compar.
dorchu ina dubgémriud,
FA § 30
LB.
is doirche ná gach doghroinn 'it is grimmer than any affliction',
Giolla Brighde 46 § 25
. Of persons in
the dark:
is dorcha cech oen i n-ecmais ecnai,
PH 6861
.
ar
mo beth dall dorcha i n-uamthig thalman,
TTebe 179
. Of
colour, complexion, etc.:
in dub ind liath | ind odar doirchi
datha | nidat soirchi,
SR 63
. bra-dorcha
dark-browed
,
LL
266b42
.
suile dorcha,
24 P 3, 173.11
. a bhfechuin do bheith
aduathmhar dorcha (aspectus horridus obscurusque),
23 K 42,
191.2
.
a n-ētaigi do bheith dorcha,
Fl. Earls 254.16
.
fear
doirche,
3 C 13, 571.19
. Emann dorcha (a sobriquet?),
AFM
v 1280
.
(b) Fig.
not clear, obscure:
ba dorcha la cách in labra,
IT iii
187.1
.
is dorcha a fidrad inn airchedail,
Ériu v 32.7
.
cid
dorche sāmad cāich ┐ cid rūndae,
Corm. Y 803
.
can briathar
dorcha nā dochiallach do radha,
Lib. Flav. i 21b
.
eolus dorcha,
Eochairsg. 68.30
.
is radharc spéucláire dorcha atá
aguinn anois,
1 Corinth. xiii 12
. (Women are) doirche gusmara
`gloomy' (enigmatic?),
Tec. Corm. § 16.39
.
(c)
obscure, unknown (?):
mor an buaidh do fhior dorcha |
sorcha a theist ar ḟedh Eirenn,
Sitzungsb. Pr. Akad. 1919 v 93 § 32
. ?
ingen
druad Dil nar dorcha,
Lec. 399a3
.
(d)
gloomy, morose (?): adv.
do chaithsiod biadh go dorcha
dórdánach,
PCT 647
.
II As subst. io, n. dorcha doirche m.,
IGT Decl. § 2
.
dorcha
doirche,
Abstr. Nouns § 5
.
(a)
darkness, gloom:
ri
dorigne sorcha saer | ┐ dorcha,
SR 18
.
tarblaing dorcha dar
cach mag,
7761
. la díth ndorchae dispelling the darkness,
Fél. Dec. 25
.
forcoemnacar dorcha mór for talmain,
PH 3347
.
dar dorca na hoidche,
3512
.
at dorcha i soillsi,
Tec. Corm.
§ 16.120
(possibly adj.). Oft. pl., esp. in older texts (through
influence of Lat. tenebrae?):
is Dǽ int soilse amal as nDæ inna
dorche
,
Ml. 140c5
, cf.
54b20
.
dond fritobairt fritataibret na
dorche don shoilsi,
Sg. 183b3
.
fo doirchib,
SR 7993
.
i mbithdorchib,
1748
.
in popul dessid i ndorchaib,
Trip.² 2
.
dodechatar dorchai tar forgnúis in talman,
568
.
soillsi cumuscthae a dorchib,
Corm. Y 26
.
rodallait o dorchuib phecda,
PH 3911
. du.
uisce Bo N. d'ol eter da dorcha
,
BB 267a36
=
iter da doirche
`between two darknesses' (i.e. between dawn
and night?),
Leb. Cert. 24.6
. mac dorc[h]oi a son of darkness
(i.e.
of sin),
ZCP iii 453
. mac doirche a child begotten clandestinely
,
Laws v 452.16
.
In concrete sense: trí d.¤ ná dlegat mná do imthecht,
Triads 100
. trí dorcha Hérenn: úam Chnogba, etc.,
42
.
cach
fid ┐ cach fásach, cach dorcha ┐ cach diamair,
TBC-LL¹ 3531
.
(b) Fig.
obscurity, mystery:
creic soirche fri doirche .i.
creicc gāith fri baeth,
ZCP xiii 22.27
. dall na doirche . . . na
inderb obscurity (something unproved) (Thurn.),
xiv 366 § 26
.
fo aicned soirche no doirche of the clearness or obscurity (of
a legal case),
Laws v 252.19 Comm.
ar a doirchi ┐ ar a
dot[h]uigsi,
Corm. Y 561
.
doirche rúin,
ML 110.15
. trí
dorcha in betha: aithne, ráthaiges, altrom (things of which
the issue cannot be foreseen),
Triads 249
.
(c) As n.pr. m.
Dorche m. Ailgile,
Rawl. 160b25
. Usually
mythol. or alleg.: Dub ┐ Dobur ┐ Doirche (cup-bearers of the
Tuatha De Danann),
Lec. 25a40
. gen.
maic Doirche
,
Metr. Dinds. iii 4.26
. Name of a mound at Tara:
dá dhumhae . . .
Dall ┐ D.¤
,
RC xv 282 § 23
.
Metr. Dinds. i 18
.
In compds. dorch-, q.v. See also dorchacht (c).