n iā, f. (1 dlúth) IGT Abstr. Nouns § 69 . closeness (of units in a mass), density, compactness: huan dluthi fo chosmailius dorche gl. densitate, Ml. 29d12 - 13 . assa dluthi solidity (of the earth), 129d8 . in dluthe ind flechuid, 81c8 . d.¤ chomsuidigtheo closeness of composition, Sg. 203a25 . d.¤ in tinfith donaib consonaib (of the close connexion of the aspiration with the consonant in the sounds, χ, θ, φ), 9a17 . huan dlúithi séim gl. tenui rima, 46a10 . ni dic[h]ead (dichet, v.l.) scuithe ar a dluithe the small cattle cannot pass through (the fence) for its closeness, Laws iv 112 , cf. 76.19 . mun badh dluithe ┐ daingne a n-innill ┐ a n-ordaighthe, AFM v 1646 . o dhlúithi na néll from the density of the clouds, 3 C 19, 256 vb 21 . re sar-dluithi a sleag, MR 190 . dá dhlúithe ┐ dá dhíoghraisighe bhíd dó however close (intimate) . . . they are with him, TSh. 4247 . Of language, condensation, concision: iarnnberlae .i. is aire isberar, ar a duibe in belrae ┐ ar a dorchatae ┐ ar a dluithe (dlúthi, LB) co nāch erasa taisscelad ind, Corm. Y 755 . tri miscena indsci: rigne, dlúithe, dulbaire (.i. ar muin a chéile, gl.), Triads 179 .

v (* to-sceul-, Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 617 ) Indic. pres. 1 s. doscéulaim, Sg. 145b2 . 3 s. dusceulai, Ml. 68d12 , 102a22 . dosceulai, Thes. ii 39.29 . tosceuli, 25 . ni toscelai , Bvi 56 ( Thes. ii 35 ). ni tosceli , BCr. 32b7 ( Thes. ii 18 ). Subj. pres. 3 s. dusceula, Ml. 95c4 . 3 pl. dussceulat, 83b8 . Fut. 1 s. dusceulub, Ml. 59a2 . 3 pl. nachat-toscelfat, 107c11 . Part. taiscéltae. Vn. taiscélad. Later as simple vb. taiscélaid.

(a) finds out, ascertains: gl. experiri, Sg. 145b2 , and constantly in Ml.; explorare, Ml. 68c10 . Later oft. with added notion of finding out secretly, spying: ar na taiscelad nech dib eter a biad-som do blassacht so that none of them might find out his food to taste it, RC viii 54 ( LL 115b2 ). ité cetnai thorscelsat epert techta isna sidhe, BB 34b43 . batar cartanaigh . . . imoroile . . . o rotaiscelsat airrdhe ┐ innethem cechtar n-ae uaidhibh, Leb. Gab.(i) 224 . is mor do guasachtaibh catha ┐ comluinn rotaiscelsubair maille frim you have experienced, CCath. p. 46 n. 1 .

(b) makes known, discloses, reveals: is ingen Iepte cetatosceoil ingena oc duchann la Ebru ó dingnu do dingna who first made known (introduced) (the custom of) maidens chanting (cf. Judges xi 37 , 38 ), O'Mulc. 213 . is accu ro taiscelad ar tús cíchi ban do nochtad, LL 13765 . Eocha Feidlech . . . cetatoscel fedli do comrac la cethrai, 298 . iarnnberla . . . ar a duibe in belrae ┐ ar a dorchatae . . . co nāch erasa taisscelad ind it is not easy to communicate (?) anything in it, Corm. Y 755 = taiscélad trit-sin, LB. Cf. in fil ni asa toirscelta dliged . . . athgabala, O'Curry 784 ( H 3.18 367a ). (morituros victurosque prosentiens atque denuncians) an uair taisgeltus (= taisgēlus) ┐ foillsigios na daoine do gheibh beatha, 24 P 22, 5.11 . gach ni innarbtar ōn corp, dlighinn tuarascbail taisgelta na hesláinte do beth leis symptoms for diagnosis, 23 P 10, 27b5 (see taiscélad). an drong dheaghfhear nach dtréigead ┐ nách dtaisgéladh a dtighearna who would not abandon or betray, ML 86 .

n [n.] later m. n p. íairmbérladha, IGT Introd. 28.26 . See Thurn., RC xiii ff. and O'Rahilly, EIHM 85 ff.

I Applied to difficult or archaic language : is aire raiter iarmberla de .i. ara se[c]dacht amal iarunn, ... no iarmberla .i. berla ranig Iar mac Nema, Auraic. 1313 - 15 . fern (.i. cach maith) .i. īarnbēlrae nō īarmbērla innsin, Corm. Y 612. it e coic gne in berla tobaidi .i. berla Fene ┐ fasaige na filed ... ┐ iarmberla amal rogab : Cuic .i. ruin. Et ballorb .i. ball do forbau na filideachta aicce ..., Auraic. 1302 - 8 . i nGaidilg na filedh ┐ iarmberla ┐ berla neterscartha ..., BB 300b4 . cloch, trī anmann lé .i. onn a īarmbērla, cloch a gnāthbērla ..., Corm. Y 213. iarnnbērlae .i. is aire isberar, ar a duibe in bēlrae ┐ ar a dorchatae ┐ ar a dlūithe, co nāch erasa taisscelad ind, 755 .

II As grammatical term, unstressed word or particle: iarmbérla .i. bérla ro baí oc Iar mac Néma .i. iaram ┐ dono ┐ tra ┐ imurro, O'D. 1210 (< H 2.15A, p. 83b ) = IT iii 37 n. 3 . gne n-aill do iarmberla .i. iarum ┐ dno ┐ atat ┐ tra ..., Auraic. 1307 . íairmbérla na guidhe the interjection of entreaty, IGT Introd. 29.26 . m'fhearsa t'fhearsa ... ní cóir iarmbérla sunnartha rompa mur tá don, no ón, no san definite article, 7.19 . an tan bhíos íairmbérla ceanguilti don áireamh ... mur so : a trí, a cúig ... when an í.¤ is joined to the numeral, 28.28 . cóir áireamh ar nach bí íairmbérla coimhleanamhna a ttús chomhfhocuil, mur so : do sdéd asdrach ochttairrngeach, 25.1 . íairmbérla coimhleanamhna : ané, aniogh, ... anoirthear, ... anall, 28.30 . an coimhcheangal úd `agus' gurab ionann é ... ┐ an t-iarbheurla so `nó', Eochairsg. 96.14 .

Adj. of doubtful meaning: Teothóta s.¤ soreid (: druin?) .i. erasa , Gorm. Sept. 2 s.¤ .i. urasa, Dec. 20 . s.¤ .i. umal, ut est: ní deas díbh maidemh bur cean | raighidh gu s.¤ bur sindser. Ocus, ar a suire fuair Muire a mac, Ériu xiii 79 § 257 . gilla s.¤ seng fial ag fleidh (: muir) `a graceful hospitable dispenser of the feast', Caithr. Thoirdh. 23.31 . deargaid cinna sleag co s.¤ | cnead gé chuin do-fhinna air, IGT Verbs ex. 237 .