adj
o, ā.
(a) Of colour, red, ruddy (used of colour of blood,
flame; also of orange or tawny hue as of ale, gold, etc.): d.¤
gl.
luteus,
Sg. 49a3
, gl. lutea,
7
. derc gl. rufus,
37a5
.
flann gach
nd.¤
,
ZCP ix 167.z
.
tene d.¤
,
SR 8294
.
dobiur lim cóer ndeirg
do ibur,
Ériu iv 134.4
.
folt d.¤ lais,
LB 181a11
.
fil lenid
ndeirg . . . immi,
TBC-I¹ 61
.
braena fola derge,
Todd Nenn.
206.7
. suile derga eyes red with weeping,
PH 584
. Cf.
A. Ó Dálaigh viii 10
: bríogh a guidhe 's a déar ndearg `her blood-red
tears' (=
ardent
). Of animals:
ech d.¤
,
LU 8630
(
FB 47
).
hirricht bó deirgi,
Ériu iii 141.2
.
guth gadhair dheirg,
Duan. F. i 83.28
. mor ndamh ndearg (of stags), ib.
mucca derga,
Metr. Dinds. iii 150.14
. Of liquors: lind d.¤ .i. flaith d.¤
red ale,
Thes. ii 337
(
Hy. v 38Comm.).
um chomhól ndeoch ndearg,
TD 20.55
. Cf. derglaith. Of gold:
di or d.¤
,
SR 529
.
dind ór
d.¤
,
4150
.
d'ór dhearg,
TD 17.36
. Of earth or clay turned up,
dug up: reilge derga (portent of the end of the world),
ZCP
viii 196 § 18
.
do-chífe dearg druim tar ais | . . . | gach leath
dot ghormfhaithche ghloin, | ó chomhghraifne each,
Studies
1922, 411 § 11
. Cf.
don taobh thiar thuaidh d'Eirinn dheirg,
Atlantis iv 122.z
. do cherdaib in domnáin deirg `the vile rude
world's estates',
SG 51.y
. Hence of persons, of ruddy complexion or red-haired: oclach . . . d.¤
= iuvenis rubicundus,
PH 7030
.
ben d.¤ cona dib braaib dercaib,
IT ii2 242.17
.
red
ghnúis ndeirg,
TD 3.19
. Equative:
deirgither losa liac,
TTebe
479
.
dergithir re corcair,
Acall. 6636
v.l. brecdergithir síon
spotted with crimson like a foxglove,
BDD § 97
. Compar. nir
bo dírga grís inna ind aiged (sic leg.),
IT iii 298 § 34
(Cóir
Anm.). As subst.: scripthar int psailm tria dub ┐ in tituil tria
derg in red (ink or pigment),
Hib. Min. 244
. derg g
s. deirg,
d
s.
derg,
IGT Decl. § 15
. dearg a grúaidh the red of his cheek,
ex. 1240
.
(b) Transf. red with blood; bloody, sanguinary: imatuarcat
doib combo d.¤ cach dib di arailiu till each was red with the
other's blood,
YBL 118b17
. fuidel fir deircc di duinib of one
red with (the blood of) men,
Ériu vii 150 § 17
.
atre in rí . . . cona
chroich deirg . . . fria aiss,
SR 8269
.
red-handed (i.e. a shedder
of blood):
náma ┐ esgcara láime deirge do,
SG 268.33
. atú mar
láimh ndeirg ag Dia God looks upon me as His foe,
Dán Dé ii
30
. claidebderg
red-sworded
,
Metr. Dinds. iii 340.38
. Of a
criminal: dul dá guin eisi (i.e. asin chill) no taidhecht d.¤
indti
red-handed
,
O'Curry 985
(
H 3.18 424b
). Hence of meat
bleeding, raw, fleshy (as oppd. to fat):
d.¤ cach n-om,
Laws v
432.2 Comm.
dergcarna ┐ saill,
ii 202.19
. da mer dia d.¤
`two fingers in the lean of it',
254.11
.
(c)
red-hot, incandescent: iarnn d.¤
= candens ferrum,
Lat. Lives 96.1
.
cloch d.¤ a ndabhaigh fhuair,
3 C 12, 6.13
. lecca
derca fo chossaib (of hell),
RC iv 252
.
co slabradu derga . . .
tentigi,
PH 8309
.
(d) In fig. sense,
full-blooded, flushed with pride, overbearing (?): fri dīmmus nd.¤ ndocht (one of the capital sins),
ZCP
vi 271.11
.
derg . . . cach n-indligthech,
Laws i 54.2 Comm.
,
v 432.2 Comm.
As subst. o
. d.¤
, m.,
IGT Decl. § 15
. don d.¤
redness
,
ex. 701
.
gan crecht . . . gan d.¤
wound
,
TBC-LL¹ p. 387 n. 5
. math glas nō d.¤
'if it be a bruise or an abrasion'
Cáin Ad. 28 § 44
,
Ériu lii 127 (Di Ércib Fola)
. In phr. derg dásachtach a blood vessel located in the head:
bídh a fis agad co fuil inadh (sic) ann nach dlegar do crechad mar atáit .. dergdásachtach ocus ruadhrasach ocus gach uile a mbí gluasacht ocus bualad in pulsa know that there are places which may not be cauterised such as the derg dásachtach and the rúad rasach and everywhere in which there is movement and a beating pulse,
O'Gr. Cat. 269.11
.
derg dasachtach ┐ rúadh fhrasach,
Ériu lxiv 6 n. 22
(
G11 289b28
).
cidh fodera duine do thērnamh ōn derg dāsachtaigh dā letarthar eidir ūainibh an cinn, et duine ele gan tērnamh? 'why does one person recover from the derg dásachtach if it [he?] is wounded between the sutures of the head, while another person does not recover?',
Ériu lxiv 7
(
72.1.2 fo. 59v7
).
in derg dāsachtach,
Ériu lxiv 10
(
72.1.2 fo. 62v14
).
muna baca an derg dāsachtach no cuislí ele 'if the derg dásachtach or another vein does not prevent it',
Ériu lxiv 11
(
E 4.1 120b28
).
pn
In names:
na trí Deirg do thig Deirg,
BDD² 296
. in Derg
Drúchtach, name of Colum Cille's curach
,
Reeves Ad. 274.13
.
forsin Deirg Drúchtaig `the Dewy Red' (of Conall Cernach's
horse),
RC iii 183.30
.
dofeccai secha a gabuir .i. in Deirg
ṅdruchtaig,
184.30
.
Compds.
(a) Of colour, in sense (a) above. With adjs.
¤aigthech
red-faced
:
ba derrscaithec (deargaighteach, v.l.) a delb,
Cóir Anm.² i 95 § 72
.
¤buide
reddish yellow: taraill a lám leiss in gipni ndergbudi,
TBC-I¹ 1879
.
¤chorcra
crimson:
dí gáe d.,
Ériu iv 102 § 43
.
¤domal dark red:
alaile dath cruanda ┐ alaile dergdomla,
ZCP xxx 124.3
.
¤lethan
broad and red:
claideb . . . d.¤
,
TBC-I¹ 2341
.
¤ruad:
dairedha dergruadha do slegaib `
rud-red
',
CCath. 5345
.
dragún dearg-ruadh,
TSh. 7856
. With adjs. derived from
subst.:
¤dathach
red-hued:
Lomna druth d.,
LL 48b18
.
¤órda:
drochte . . . dergórdai,
SR 476
.
cosna delbaib dergórdaib,
4360
.
With subst.:
¤ainech
red-face (as sobriquet):
Maeldúin d.,
Rawl. 144g42
.
¤chodal
red (i.e. tanned) hide:
curach nua co
ndergchodail,
RC x 84.5
.
¤derc: scéo mnáib dergdercaib
with eyes red (from weeping),
ZCP iii 256.15
.
¤ibar
red yew:
cét ndabach ṅdergibair,
LL 51a22
.
¤lasad: luinech . . . 'na
láim ar derglassad glittering like a red flame,
LL 120a44
.
a dhá
shúil ar d. ina chenn,
SG 295.14
.
¤lasair
red flame: g
s.
doigh
derglasrach,
ZCP viii 212 § 60
.
¤loscad:
ag dearg-losgadh,
TSh. 6627
.
¤ór (see
Études Celt. iv 314
) purified gold (by a de-silvering process)
ZCP xxxviii 246-47 n. 13
,
Medieval Archaeology xlviii 37
:
rond derc-óir,
LU
3273
(
SCC § 7
).
¤rót: a threabh . . . na ndearg-ród
red clay
roads
,
Ir. Monthly 1919, 456 § 8
(
DDána 97
).
¤scé
red hawthorn:
imar cráibred ndergscíach,
TBC-I¹ 1953
=
ṅdercscíath,
TBC-LL¹ 2617
.
¤theine:
i carput dergthened,
SR 7136
.
¤thes:
d. fola,
Ériu ii 102 § 12
.
¤uma
red bronze, copper:
scieth . . .
co mbocoidibh derccuma,
TBC-LL¹ 5477
.
(b) In sense (b) above.
¤ár
bloody slaughter
,
SR 5648
.
LL 375b27
.
¤béim
a blow that draws blood,
Laws iv 364.22
; 'a blow that inflicts bruising or swelling or loss of skin'
Ériu lii 125 (Di Ércib Fola)
.
¤ḟine
family group
that has been guilty of `fingal',
O'Don. Suppl.
derggfine issede
cruess,
Laws iv 284.10
.
deirgfine .i. indiḟíní fíngalach,
286.10
Comm.
?
¤ḟochor:
dergfochuru do tuit i ndilsi,
O'Curry 881
(
H 3.18 394b
).
¤martra
red martyrdom (involving death):
dercmartre,
Thes. ii 246.31
(Cambr. Hom.).
irlam fri dergmartrai,
ZCP iii 29 § 9
.
Bloody death, slaughter (in general):
ilar nderggmartra dogni (of Cú Chulaind),
ZCP ix 122.y
.
derccmartra ┐ dortadh fola,
AFM vi 2178.5
.
¤ruathar a bloody
onset:
dergruathur,
TBC-LL¹ 4344
.
(c) As a mere intensive.
¤lomnocht
stark naked
,
TBC-LL¹ 4253
.
TSh. 3674
.
¤maith,
LL 128b34
.
¤náma a bitter foe:
iar ṁbádud a ndergnámat,
SR 4036
.
do dergnamait,
6368
.
amail dergnamait,
CCath. 5164
.
¤náimdenas
fierce enmity:
dobudh créachta gan
dúnadh a ndeargnaimhdeanas,
ML 30.2
.
¤thruag: rotoccbadh
an cenn . . . ina scath dhearccthruagh do Ghaoidhealaibh `a
spectacle of intense pity',
AFM 1172 (iii 4.6)
.
Cf. further:
dergfilliud erred náir,
LU 9290 and
:
dergindledhaidh errid nair,
BB 248a16
(both names of one of Cú
Chulaind's feats).
¤mír `red morsel'. Apparently technical
name for property illegally acquired. See
Laws v 430
-
4
.
amail deirgmir,
434.10 Comm.
cach manach . . . dosli disli
do eclais a aicsi lee samlaid manup dergmir,
O'Curry 871
(
H 3.18 , 391b
).
deirgmireanda,
Laws v 430.22
(
.i. mirenda omha
indligthecha,
432.1 Comm.
).