n (n
s. also gam and gem)
winter-storm, winter:
snigid
gaim ro faith sam,
LU 852
(
RC xx 258
[
ACC 63 Comm.
]).
cid nach gaim tira bithu sam,
SR 7920
.
gam quasi
gamos
...
nouimber,
Corm. Y 672
.
dirsan marbān im-mí gamh
(: īaramh),
673
= a mí ghaim, LB.
i mmī gaim .i. i ngaimreth,
687
; 'Monat der (einsetzenden) Winterstürme' g
p. (cf. Slíab Gam, Co. Sligo)
Bruchst. 43
.
gaim ... .i. hiems
,
O'Mulc. 615
.
sam, gam, errach,
fogamur,
Ériu ii 100.2
.
nī folabrainn ilach gamh (: tan),
95
. fomus iar ngaim (stroke over`g'),
ZCP xii 362.9
.
icol isiṅn uargaim,
ZCP ix
339 § 2
.
gem cáin cuisnech,
Tec. Corm. § 36
.
gamh ilṡíonach,
AFM ii 1100.12
.
Compds. gaim—, gam—, gem—: ¤adaig:
ciach do gair gemadaig,
LU 10418
.
misi Gaeth garb ... is Gemadaig m'ainm,
RC xxiii 418.2
.
fot na gem-óidche,
PH 2415
. Cf.
SCano 19
,
Airne F. 22
.
gaduidhe na
geamhoidhche,
Studies 1920, 99 § 10
.
an ghamhadhaigh
ghamhrata,
Mar. Dis. i 16.60
.
¤biad
winter-food:
itir gaimmbiadh
ocus saimbiadh,
Laws iv 312.5
.
¤chorgus
winter-Lent
(i.e.
Advent):
samchorgus nō gemchorgus,
ZCP xiii 29.15
.
L. Chl. S. § 51
.
ALC i 403.11
.
AFM iii 346.22
.
¤fér
winter-grass
,
Laws iv 96.1
.
¤find
winter hair: gaim-finn (etym. gl. on gaimen),
Corm. Y 242
.
¤fuacht `the winter season' (O'Don.):
cúic misa ... fri gamfuacht, tri misa in gaimridh, ocus in da
mí taisecha do errach fri gaimfuacht,
Laws iv 88.23
.
Smachta
cacha raithe acht ni cuma samfucht ocus gamfucht. ... Cesc
caiti in gemfucht innrad. ... Fer .uii. mís .i. in da mi degenach
do foghmar ┐ trí mísa gemhred ┐ in da mí tuisech do errach,
ise in gamfucht indrad insin,
O'Curry 23
-
24
(
H 3.18, 10b
-
11a
).
ocht meich ar geamfuacht, ocus a cethair ar samfuacht. Mad
gemfuacht ogh ro ortar ann, asreanidar a hocht ind (of trespasses on grassland),
Laws iv 104.18
-
20
.
smachta gaimfauchta .i. ... iní smactaigther a fuact in geímre,
ib. 78.5
,
20
;
146.15 Comm.
(gemfucht). ar [a] tesaidecht i n-aimsir in
geamfuachta,
Laws i 2.7
.
¤gelt
winter grazing: gaim-gelt
(metaph. of a man),
ZCP ix 454 § 37
.
¤laithe a winter's
day:
uide tri ngaimlaithe,
Ériu ii 120.11
.
¤lías a winter-stall:
méit gamlías hi tallat trichait n-gamna,
LU 9186
(
FB 91
).
¤lóchet
winter-lightning:
co nā rīsadh gemlōichet hē,
ACL
iii 4.27
,
28
.
Anecd. i 9.15
(gaimlochad).
¤orgain
winter-trespass (?):
Laws iv 88.1
.
¤shecal
winter-rye:
do gebbad
guirt gemshecoil,
MacCongl. 85.4
.