n Orig. disyll. ā, f. días (do dáoinibh) f., IGT Decl. § 165 .

(a) pair, couple (used of persons only, whereas dede is used of things): ní ar oenfer nā ar diis rocess sed pro omnibus, Wb. 4b13 . in dias do gabail immon n-oenfer, FB § 15 . gana (cia no, ge no v.l.) marbad fer no dís no triur, TBC-LL¹ 951 . dís dano dāmh fochlacáin for tuaith, Corm. Y 587 . berid gad itir cach ndis uaib, TBC-I¹ 876 . baile i mbia dias no triar, PH 6755 . Adam is Eba | cēt dias rocleacht corp anmain, Lec. 74a26 . dlomtar dias [l]a teist, Laws i 66.23 . mad mac cunntabartach itir dis if [the paternity] of a child is doubtful, v 454.16 . moo serc na desse út la Tigerna indú-sa the Lord loves these two better than me, LL 283a47 . bíid triar ar biuth deissi . . . bídh dias ar biud óenḟir three will subsist on the food of two . . . two on the food of one, ZCP viii 312 . tigerne deise (gl. duumvir), Ir. Gl. 398 . toghait a rogha deissi do guibernoracht in tire they elect two, Fl. Earls 92.11 . atá sgríobhtha . . . gur fíor finné deisi the testimony of two, John viii 17 . acsin na deasa diana (at end of list of illustrious pairs of brothers), Lec. 85a12 . Used to form compd. num.: dlom díis ar fichit martir, Fél. Sept. 13 . sechtmoga mac la dis dein, SR 1971 . Exceptionally of animals: dias chorr cruadhluirgnech two cranes (used fig. of human beings), BS 96 . Folld. by gen. or partitive DE: dias oclaech, TBC-I¹ 2845 ; 2814 . fedhm desi laoch, ZCP i 374 . dias carat, CCath. 2446 . dias de muntir Medba, TBC-LL¹ 570 . diss do shagartuibh, Ériu ii 82.20 . With vb. in pl. : fēimdit dias dīb, ZCP viii 310.9 . tangadur d.¤ daltadh, KMMisc. 313.16 .

Comrac (comlond, etc.) desse fight between two, duel: a com-ruc desse cen chath, SR 5807 . comrac dessi for echaib, Alex. 788 . comlunn éinfir ┐ comlund dessi combat between single opponents and combat between pairs, ZCP vi 72 . a ndail disi (a duel), Lec. 354a25 .

Freq. in dat. with poss. pron. in apposition (see Pedersen, ZCP ii 377 ff ., Ó Máille, Vbs. of Existence 90): attaam ar ndiis i cuimriug we twain are in bonds, Wb. 32a28 . o ru biam . . . innar tegdais ar n-óendís, SP ii 5 . condechsam . . . ar ndís a dochum nEuá, SR 1156 . no thogfaind-se etruib far ndís I would choose between you both, IT i 72.18 . fōid far ndís innocht, Liad. and Cuir. 20 . manibet a ndiis do imfolung if they be not both (present), Ml. 14c4 . (redundantly) in dá mac Hele a ndiis | Ofne ┐ Finees, SR 5403 . co taetsad cechtar díb nó co taetsaitis a ndís, TBC-LL¹ 3246 . doloddur som inddís (= a ndís), Mon. Tall. 130.7 . co morogaib dóib a ndís they engaged in combat with each other, Metr. Dinds. iii 82 . With 3 pl. pron. for 1 pl. (petrified phr. ?): tar ar sárugud a ṅdís in spite of us both, PH 3827 . Cf. also: dobéaram-ne an dias so dhó we two will give him, Ériu i 97 . is ced duib indis, Fél. 204.8 (where i is prep. acc. to Hull, ZCP xxiv 124 ). With prep. I N- and poss. : na ro-doerthar 'n-ar ndís lest we both be enslaved, PH 3875 . iat n-a ndís do comlunn re haenduine, RC x 180 . teid Aenis ┐ Dido ina n-aendis ar teiched, Aen. 732 . pl. teighdis ina ndeisibh ┐ ina ttriaraib, AFM vi 1926 . Note also: diis dó he is one of two, Críth G. 115 . mo dul ar fecht dis no triúr two or three of us, MacCongl. 118 . co tí Mane dom acallaim dís ┐ ragat-sa dís ar a chend with one companion, TBC-I¹ 2117 . In pl.: ind locáin ro gabtha | dessib ┐ trírib by twos and threes, Fél. Prol. 210 ; cf. TBC-I¹ 2857 .

Gen. as adv.: sinn gach deisi ar gach ffán we two by two, Duan. F. i xxiv 6 .

(b) Rarely for déde pair (of things): mani cumaic nech iat a ṅdis do dénaim (of almsgiving and fasting), PH 4968 . is iad an dís: l r, FS Delorez 7.39 (of letters). ? Fél. Prol. 210 (quoted above). d.¤ fidchrann (sic leg.), Laws iv 310.12 . (= Críth G. 178 , but perh. belongs to 1 días, see EIF 501 ).

Compd. dias-suire, Laws ii 28.20 .

n perhaps originally fochlocon, gen. of fochloc (-lucc), and the form in -án a later development. Cf. the d s. -ain below.

I = fochloc: fochlocon .i. nomen graid filead, Thr. Ir. Gl. 20 = fochloc, Corm. Y 587 . lógh n-enech fochlagan, ┐ boaireach, Ériu xiii 33.4 . aen set gabla diri fochlaccain, Laws v 58.16 . in fochlacan filead, samaisc a eneclann ┐ samaisc a logidheacht a aisdi, ib. 26 Comm . dís dano dāmh fochlacáin for tuaith, Corm. Y 587 . in da [ = ina ?] daim do fochlocain (: sin), Auraic. 2252 . ō ollomain co fochlogain (: focail), ZCP ix 172.10 . samaisc [sic leg.] don [ḟ]ochlogain (: cain) ib. 7 . díana fochlocán (foclacan B) IT iii 31.15 . Cf. fior ḟochlagán, Ériu xiii 22.28 .

II A young boy, a schoolboy: ar na bhreith do bhí an macámh | ag fás mar gach bhfochlacán, GF, DDána 37 § 7 .

n name of a plant: fochlocon ... for a chosmailius fri fochlocain asberar. dí dullind fairsium in cétbliadain, Thr. Ir. Gl. 20 = ar a c. fri cois fochlacain , Corm. Y 587 . See fochlocht and fochloc.