fortacht
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fortacht
or dil.ie/23939Last Revised:
2019
Forms:
fortacht, fortachtain, fortachtae, t'ortachtae, fortachta, fortachtan, furtacht, furtacht, furtocht, furtacht, fortacht, -aicht, -achta, furtacht, fortachta
n ā, f. (cf. 1 techt), later also m. (vn. of for-tét)
a
d
s.
fortacht
,
Wb. 11c15
,
14d17
,
Ml. 37b25
,
40b8
, etc., but
a
s.
fortachtain,
Ml. 27a6
,
58d5
,
134b3
,
SR 5728
. g
s. fortachtae
Ml. 51b14
,
53a23
,
87d8
,
92b11
;
t'ortachtae,
108a1
, fortachta
93d4(6)
;
fortachtan,
35d1
,
61b10
,
86d2
. Later often furtacht
furtacht
,
LB 5aw
,
194b51
, etc.
furtocht (: corp),
BNnÉ
260.12
,
277.22
,
279.19
. furtacht
fortacht
(m., g
s. n
p.
-aicht, -achta)
IGT, Decl. § 25
.
The act of aiding or succouring ; help, succour: furtacht
(gl. suffragium)
Ir. Gl. 727
. Freq. with subj. gen. : cen
ḟ.¤ ind anmma aili `without the aid of the other name'
Sg. 30a2
.
f.¤ Dae lib,
Wb. 32b1
.
bied a f.¤ linn,
14c1
.
la f.¤ ar Fíadat,
Hy
iii 4
.
nonda soirfea Dia ┐ dombera fortachtain doib,
Ml. 27a6
.
in ti ara taburtar in fortacht no fo med na furtachta do
berur ann,
H 3.17, 130
(
Laws ii 36
). Dia na huile furtachda,
2 Cor. i 3
.
tug sé furtachd mhór dhon lión do creid,
Acts
xviii 27
.
dosgní Dia ... furtacht forsin eclais,
PH 369
.
isin f.¤ dorinnis,
H 3.17, c. 444
(
O'D. 578
). a aingiul fortachtan
guardian angel
Trip. 28.2 (253)
. With obj. gen. :
fortacht firinne (of a hero)
LL 47a8
(
RC xxix 211
).
i fortachtain a ngnímae,
Ériu iii 102.6
.
tancabair dom thúaslugud ┐ dom f.¤
,
LU 2329
. d[ḟ]urtacht na Muman ar an Iarla
RC xviii 289.27
.
a fhurtacht óna teintib,
SG 5.30
.
do
lógh m'ḟortachta óm imṡníomh,
TD 15.39
. dei fortochta
Tiabanda tutelary god of the Thebans
TTebe 3700
. d'furtacht cach anforlaind to relieve
MR 166.4
.
ag furtachd
gach áoin,
1 Thessal. ii 11
. do chabhair ┐ d'ḟurtacht anmann
... = `to succour and relieve the ... soules'
RSClára 81a
. With
DO:
ro fer fāilti fri Moīsi ... ar fortacht dia ingenaib 'welcomed Moses ... for saving his daughters',
SR (Greene) 3774
.
... nobiad ic f.¤ dam,
LL 229a41
(
TTr. 892
). With
FOR (AR) : doticedh loingius ... d'furtacht fuirri to help
(the city)
Marco P. 131
.
furtacht a[i]r ó phéinn an bháis,
Oss. vi 14.12
. With defining gen. : f.¤ baic `use of a hook'
Laws v 486.17
. d'[ḟ]ortacht uisqui oraind to help us to
find water
TTebe 1772
. pl. na fortachta
(gl. advocamina)
Goid. p. 64.1
(
Lib. Hymn. i 19
). hua bar fortach[t]aibsi
(gl. adminiculis vestris)
Ml. 83b10
. no chuinchitis ... na
Saxain fortac[h]ta dóib reinforcements (= auxilia)
LU 287
.
Abs. :
f.¤ for tuarta,
Laws v 486w
=
O'Dav. 1514
(.i. oc
tuargain in tsíl).
f.¤ ré,
O'D. 1598
(
H 5.15, 10c1
),
O'D.
2413
(
Rawl. B 506, 53a
).
The Comm. discusses cases (a) where no definite period
for loan or hire has been stipulated ; (b) where a period
has been stipulated ; f.r. apparently means the advantage
to borrower or lender in each case. See 1 ré.