n
uor o O. Ir. a
d
s. tuus (disyll.,
Metr. Dinds. iv 330.18
.
ACL iii 318 § 65
.
TBC-I¹ 233
=tús monosyll.,
LU 4710
).
? g
s.
tūis,
Bruchst. 6.4
. Also ā, f. in phr. aire túise
, etc. (but see
Peritia v 56 n. 7
).
(see II (c) infra). Note
ar túis
,
TD 29.28
. a
s.
túis,
Ó Bruad.
i 14.4
. Also spoken Ir. ar dtúis
. o and u, m.,
IGT Decl. § 38
(87.13)
. In Mod. Ir. also frequ. tós. See
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. i 308
, Hessen
ZCP ix 28.
I
Act of leading: roorddnestar Duid cethrur ... do thus
inna clas `to lead the choirs,'
Hib. Min. 166
. comairle Dé
dom thuus `for my guidance,'
Metr. Dinds. iv 330.18
. dall
ic tu[u]s daill the blind leading the blind,
ACL iii 318 § 65
.
la cēt im cēt druad diar tuus leading us (?),
TBC-I¹ 3076
=
dar tus,
TBC-LL¹ 4963.
II
(a)
forefront, front position:
dobreth ... tuus na
conaire do F. ríasin slúag,
LU 4699
=
tuus na dīrma,
TBC-I¹
226
.
rogab P. t.¤ rempu dochum na cathrach,
TTr.² 1827
.
t'eichsi ag béin túsa d'íbh Táil getting the start of (?),
IGT
Decl. ex. 996
.
t.¤ sligheadh,
Aithd. D. 38.29
. Frequ. van,
battlefront of an army: trēnfher cach tūis `ein Kämpe
jeder Fronte,'
Bruchst. 6.4
= duís,
tuís,
IT iii 40 § 36
.
t.¤ t'féine,
IGT Decl. ex. 282
. deireadh i gclódh t.¤ ag tocht
`the van in an onslaught,'
TD 27.17
. dorinnadar ... ceand
slúaigh túis tochair do R. `army chief of the vanguard,'
Expugn. Hib. 21
.
tós gach tochair,
41
.
t.¤ a' tslúaigh,
Cín Lae Ó Meall. 42.29
.
a tus in cablaigh,
Stair Erc. 715
.
a
tūs an gābaidh,
ML² 2099
. Note also: mo rí i mmarthus
os int slóg (sic leg. : sanctus) as leader
,
SR 581.
(b)
precedence, pre-eminence, rank:
t.¤ dia mnaí ría mnaib
Ulad,
LU 8917
(
FB 68
). `apair róm,' ol Brigit. `tós dligius
ferscal' a man has the right to speak first,
Irish Texts i 18 § 54
.
intí tet á tuis[i]ghacht na flathusa gelfine .i. in cumal tsenorba, tus n-aibsena `der Vortritt bei der `Anzeige' (?),'
Cóic Con. 16 § 3
. tus n-urlabra `den Vortritt der Rede (das erste
Wort),'
45 § 72
. See
p. 70
. t.¤ do far claind co bráth for an
clainn sea precedence ... over,
Ériu iii 137.46
.
t.¤ dighe, t.¤
leabtha agus ionnalta ar mhaithibh Éirionn i dTigh Miodhchuarta aca,
L. Cl. A. B. 50.28
.
do ghabh t.¤ gach óil
aco,
TD 34.25
. t.¤ as cóir d'fhior fhurfhógra `a herald must
go first,'
Aithd. D. 46.13
. muna bheith t.¤ aice ón éag (of
Christ's hand),
DDána 21a.24
. t.¤ comuirle `the initiative
in counsel,'
O'Gr. Cat. 475.15.
bí t.¤ suidhe ag an saidhbhir,
532.8
.
t.¤ onóra ┐ airmittne cáich ga ceile dibh do commalairt imoseach,
BNnÉ 247 § 199
. tug an nádúr ... | túis
na sráide ó mhnáibh na ndéithe `precedence o'er the Graces,'
Ó Bruad. i 14.4
. in t-aenridiri is mó a gniim ┐ a tus isin
cruinne `
rank
,'
ZCP vi 58.7
.
(c) In the legal phr. aire túise, one of the noble grades:
aire túise, cid ara n-eperr ? Arindí as toísech a ceníul ┐ dofet
airig n-ard,
Críth G. 386
.
aire tuise .i. tuisechu i n-urd
aisnesin he ina'n t-aire ard,
Laws v 24.26 Comm.
ogairi
tuisi,
78.x
.i. in t-ogaire is ferr .i. taisech na n-ogaireach,
in boaire is taire,
80.11 Comm.
gá n-oireachaibh tuisi,
Hard. ii 298.3
.
hit dī airig dēsa, ard, | tūisea,
ZCP v 499 § 5
.
Note also: dliged tuise .i. dliged toisigechta na gelfine
`bei Anspruch auf Führung,'
Cóic Con. 16 § 3
.
lia
dfir ... fri dliged tuisi,
O'Curry 2181
(
Eg. 88, fo. 6(7)c
). lógh
tuisi .i. in logh sainraidh dligis an tuat don righ gaibes
foro do gres,
O'Curry 535
(
H 3.18, 265b
). Cf. 2 túis.
III
(a)
beginning. Of an action, happening, etc.:
amal
bís arán i n-a th.¤ da cech caithem,
PH 7534
. Poimp ... is
é do chuir | t.¤ cogaidh i gceann Shéasoir `first made war,'
TD 18.18
. ní tháinig fa th.¤ an chuiridh `came not at the
beginning,'
16.35
. ní tós lóin as líonmhuire the beginning of a meal,
Aithd. D. 67.15
.
is t.¤ mire rosmhearaigh,
Content. xxv 4
.
tós peacaidh,
Dán Dé vii 19
.
a dt.¤ gach urnaighthe,
Donlevy 26.1
. Of words, literary compositions, etc.:
na gnéithe don Gháoidhilg nach cóir a tt.¤
chomhfhocal,
IGT Introd. 2.18
.
tós is deireadh gach duaine,
Content. xxviii 4
.
t.¤ na seanma,
Studies 1920, 97 § 1
. Of
the elements of a subject:
Mac Seaáin ... | ó tharraidh t.¤
muirléighinn,
L. Cl. A. B. 177.138
. Of periods of time:
a t.¤ in lái,
PH 2003
.
eirig reomat imárach | t.¤ na maitne,
SG 60.7
.
o th.¤ domain,
PH 3645
.
lá (= la) t.¤ in gemhridh,
CCath. 2322
.
ó th.¤ go hearr aimsire,
TD 28.22
.
t.¤ na síon
dteasbhaigh,
PBocht 10.24
.
o th.¤ corghais go mion-Chaisg,
Donlevy 116.15
. Of a man's life:
o th.¤ mo bethad cu crochad
C.,
PH 700
.
ó th.¤ m'aimsire,
DDána 11.9
. as mo thós do
melladh mé `from my very inception,'
O'Gr. Cat. 523.17.
Various:
is lethan dóib in drochet o th.¤ co dered,
LU 2151
(
FA 22
). truagh mar thángadar a Parrthas | peacadh
Ádhaimh do b'é a dtós (of the human race),
DDána 26.2
.
do bhrígh go bhfuil gan t.¤ gan deireadh (of God),
Donlevy
20.5
.
(b)
best, choice, pick, cream:
ro ghab tus a fesa ┐ a eoluis,
RC xliii 8.18
.
t.¤ do fhleidhe ag dol dúinne,
Aithd. D. 56.16
.
t.¤ a ghlóire is gar do mhaoith even its finest glory is near to
sorrow (of the world),
73.23
.
a fhíon túsa an tábhairne,
PBocht 23.43
. freagair t.¤ an tábhairne `ask for the choice of
my wine-store,'
Aithd. D. 40.23
.
IV In adv. phrases.
(a) in tuus
first, in the first place:
cuin is tūalaing coisc alanali ? Ō chanasca (= chotnasca)
fadesin induus,
ZCP iii 451.26
, `when he has corrected himself
first,'
Ériu xiv 146
, q.v.
With prepp. (b) With ar, for. O. Ir. ar thuus, later ar,
for tús, Mod. Ir. ar (d)tús.
first, firstly, in the first place,
originally, etc. Of place: is airi doralad ar thuus in salmso
`therefore was the psalm put first,'
Ml. 14b12
. innahí batar
buthi ar thuus `the things that should have been first,'
23c16
.
29a8
.
a mmiseriam do thabairt ar thuus,
31c9
. andabeirsom
ar thuus `what he puts first,'
47a14
. ar th.¤ do chlannaib
Adaim first among the descendants of A.,
SR 2706
.
is iat
atat ar t.¤ in n-umir na noem,
PH 436
. don fhir ar tus to
the first man,
TTebe 690
. Of time (the only use in Mod. Ir.):
imbí bid in soirad donerchanatsom ar thuus,
Ml. 19b11
.
robu du thabernacuil robu ainm son ar thuus,
100b12
.
nach missi téite ar thuus that I am not the first to die,
SR
2036
. fairend diarbo chumu[n]c ar th.¤ ┐ ... lethan fo deóid
at first ... at the end
,
LU 2160
(
FA 23
). do imchosnom dul
isa tech ar th.¤
,
LU 8257
(
FB 20
).
is īat tucc mucco i nhĒrinn
ar tūs,
ZCP viii 105.29
.
dos bert in leth hí sin for t.¤
,
IT i
40.28
.
ar dus itir,
Laws i 26.5 Comm.
nocho n-ib ... noco
n-eba so for t.¤
,
RC xxiv 178.15
.
ar t.¤ ríam,
ZCP viii 105.16
.
an sean ar tós má iheasda,
Dán Dé xvii 12
.
is é do chreid i
gCríost ... | ar t.¤ namh,
Content. xxviii 46
.
ar dtós,
PBocht
13.26
. ar th.¤ riam
the first ever
,
L. Chl. S. 52.20
.
rochinn Sir Boos dul a fhortacht na maigdine for tus,
ZCP iv
382.29
.
smuain ... ar t.¤
,
Desid. 667
.
gidh be bhíos ar tt.¤
iona chúis féin,
Proverbs xviii 17.
(c) With i = (b): indroet som sochaidi hi t.¤
`at first he
had received many,'
Mon. Tall. 135.17
.
i dtós,
PBocht 25.3
.
go ngabhthar mo dhuan sa tós,
Content. xxviii 71
. As
prep.: i dt.¤ cháich do-chonnaic mé | sleagha in front of
everyone,
Aithd. D. 16.36
.
(d) With ó
from the beginning, originally
, but usually
identical in meaning with (b): ó th.¤
`
at once
,'
O'Gr. Cat.
400.8.
sionn féin do thogaibh ó th.¤
,
Dán Dé iii 3
.
truagh
dhúinn gan do thuigse ó th.¤
,
xix 10
. do budh ro-dhocair a
chaitheamh, go hāiridhe ó th.¤
at first
,
Desid. 6616
.
an
Chruinne ... chom ar thriallsat ō thūs,
Fl. Earls 12.16
.
Various: Dīa dam frim lorg ... | Dīa dom thúus `before
me,'
Thes. ii 350.15
. gur theastuigh roimh nóin | ar dtuar
a blátha d'áille a hearraigh um thós in the beginning of the
beauty of her spring,
Hackett xii 14.
Text perh. defective in: is olc gréimm m'fhoglamma dam
... cen gabáil ar m'aicned t.¤ co n-gabainn ar m'anáil `if I
do not first control my nature till I have kept my breath,'
Mer. Uil. 243
. na rolegtis uaidib an tossach tart[h]atar don tus
na cairrgi (of a race between ships),
Aen. 1021.