n
i, f.
Strife, contention
.
GENDER: inna debthi
(as a
p.),
Ml. 100 c 7
. debtha
déne (g
s.)
LU 46 b 1
.
dochum na debtha,
TTr.² 1154
.
dogéntar debaid rib ┐ ná fuilngid si hí,
LL 303 a 6
.—In
Mod.-Ir. f. and m.
le dásachtaighe an deabhtha,
OCT 52.7-8
.
g
s. deabhaidh, see below.
INFLEXION: n
s.
debuith,
Wb. 10 a 8
.
28 b 25
.
debaith,
Rule of A. § 15
v.l.
debaich,
ACL iii 230 l. 147
.
debuid,
Wb. 31 d 19
.
Expuls. 175
.
Rule of A. § 15
v.l.
LU 21 a 2
,
4
.
Triads § 98
.
Ériu iv 216 st 18
(deabuid).
O'Mulc. 302
.
débaid,
FB § 33
. debaid usual Mid.-Ir. spelling, already
Ml. 19 c 15
. Mod. deabhaidh (Don.) and
deabhadh,
O'Gr. Cat. 132. 25
. W.K.—g
s. Oir. †debtho; Mid.-Ir. debtha
(
deibda,
LL 17 a 45
;
detba,
O'Mulc. 348
;
deathpa,
Celtica xiii 14.268
.
dethfa,
ACL iii 296 n. 4
); Mod. deabhtha
and deabhaidh (corresp. to n
s. deabhadh).—a
s.
debuith,
Rule of A. § 15
.
debuid,
Wb. 30 b 26
.
LU 74 a 17
. debaid
(debhaidh), usual Mid.-Ir. spelling; Mod. as n
s.—d
s.
debuid,
LU 69 a 14
.
MacCarthy 178. 4
(LL). Mid.-Ir.
debaid; Mod. as n
s. (
deabhadh,
AFM ii 1046. 20
).—n
p.
Oir. †debthi; Mid.-Ir.
debtha,
TBC-LL¹ 246
.
LB 123 a 23
.
Laws i 58. 14
.
PH 4230. 8394
.
deabhtha,
AFM vi 2250. 9
.
debthu,
Ériu iv 162. 21
. Mod. as g
s.—a
p.
debthi,
Ml.
100 c 7
; Mid.-Ir.
debtha,
Bodl. Dinds. 25
.
Cog. 116. 18
.—
d
p.
debthib,
Wb. 6 b 6
; Mid.-Ir.
debthaib,
ML 134. 6
.
deabhthaibh,
ZCP i 406. 26
.
RHYMES: :
mebail,
LL 148 b 46
. :
mebaid,
LL 182 a
25
,
257 b 20
. :
Dedaig,
129 a 24
. :
fledaib,
CRR 30. 6
.
:
Muredaig,
MacCarthy 178. 4
(LL).
ceatha,
OCU 41. 10
.
deabhtha (n
p.):
treabtha,
BB 204 a 50
(
Todd Nenn. 132. 3
).
In Debide:
debaid: ail,
LL 155 a 5
.
ORIGIN: de-buith, old vn. of di-taa distat, differt (
Ml.
113 a 2
,
117 b 9
); orig.
difference (of opinion). De- probably
from dis-, v. s. 1 de, di; cf. 1 dechor. Originally the opposite
of com-buith `a being together, companionship.'—By
Cormac connected with déde:
debaid .i. dede baothi aci nó
dede buith oci,
Corm. Tr. 59. 5
; by O'Mulc. traced to Lat.
devotio (debuid, pron. devuidh):
debuid .i. óndí as deuotio
.i. maledictio
,
l.c. 302
.
I A diversity of opinion or purpose; difference, variance;
a dispute or quarrel (arising therefrom), a contention, controversy, often with a notion of vehemence.
(a) in general
sense. Frequently in opposition to síd, cáinchomrac, óentu.
Synonymous with bara:
bara .i. deabhaidh,
H 2.15A, 117 b
;
betlim:
b. .i. deabaid,
Dúil Laithne 268
(
Goid. 79
); cosnam
PH 8394
(vide b); dechétfaid :
PH 4230
.
Hugh Roe 32.
19
(v. b); drenn:
d. .i. debaid,
H 3.18 p. 422
;
discell: d.
.i. debaid .i. ciall dis,
O'Mulc. 338
;
dorbcas: d. .i. debaid nó
dormaineacht,
ib. 330
; essoentu: fochunn deabtha (sic
leg.)
nó essoentad,
TTr.² 264
.
a bráthri...dia mbad oc
debaid nó ic essaentaid,
PH 4519
;
immargal: less didiu
quasi líss .i. debaid nó imargal
,
Corm. s.v. leasmac
(cf. in
lite
.i. i nimmargail,
Ml. 16 b 8
); mesbaid:
in mesbaid .i. in
debaid,
Ml. 19 c 15
.—It renders Lat. disceptatio,
Wb. 6 b 6
(vide b). Lat. discidia,
Ml. 100 c 7
(vide b). Lat. lis: non litigosum
.i. ní bii debuith do fri nech,
Wb. 28 b 25
. seruum
Domini non oportet litigare, gl. ní uisse do mug Dæ buith
fri debuid to be bent on strife
ib. 30 b 26
.
líss .i. debaid,
Corm. s.v. leasmac
. Lat. simultas: depossita simultate,
gl.
a mba diuscartae in mesbaid .i. in debaid,
Ml. 19 c 15
.
Lat. rixa: contigit eis rixari, tr. cu tarla deabhaidh etarra
Todd Lect. v 75. 16
. Lat. certamen:
deabaid certamen,
Dúil Laithne 268
(
Goid. 79
). Lat. dissentio:
gleu .i. gle enim
graece .i. disentio debaid,
O'Mulc. 635
. —debuith fri nech
im ní to contend or quarrel with somebody about something,
to be at difference or at variance with, &c.
ná bíth debuith
duún fri nech,
Wb. 10 a 8
.
robói debuid do Philomóin fri
suide,
ib. 31 d 19
.
abraid ishé bar naithrech debuid fris,
Expuls. 175
.
atá debuid dún fri Ailill,
LU 21 a 2
. bói debaid
dia chlaum fri Patraic he had a dispute with P. (or if Stokes'
transl. is right, cf. IV.),
Trip. 84. 3
.
IT ii 212. 2
f.b.
ná
ferad debaid fri Dia she should not be at variance with God
(because of the death of her son)
ZCP vi 269 st 2
. dodealuigh ár ngleic gan goin: is deabuidh meic rea ṁáthair
'twas but the difference of a lad with his mother
Ériu iv
216 st 18
(proverbial, cf.
MR 134. 15
).
immacomarnic dóib
débaid do dénam imman curadmir,
FB § 33
. —
is dóig liumsa
debaid dúib ria nimscar,
TBC-LL¹ 1805
. co mbaraind debtha
LU 106 a 11
.
co tláthugud a debtha,
ib. 16
.
debuid ar do
chinn,
Triads § 98
.
ní ba muine debtha,
Tec. Corm. § 19. 20
.
comérge debtha the arising of a controversy
FB § 29
. debaid
do delbad to stir up strife :
delbaid d.¤ dúrglaccaib,
Ériu iv
108. 9
, cf.
ib. 16
. Frequent in the phrase síd cen debuid
LU 33 b 39
.
RC iv 256. 5
.
PH 4355
.
5022
.
8072
.
cáinchomrac cen debaid,
LU 120 a 11
.
lán do dheabhaidh ┐
do dhoghraing,
TSh. 185. 4
f.b.
PROV.
ferr dála iná
deabaid,
ZCP vi 260. 7
f.b.
find cach cóir dub cach ndebaid,
ACL iii 229 l. 127
.
messam dál debaich,
ib. 230 l. 147
.
(b) with the definite article or pl.: an occasion or instance
of strife or controversy
. futura discidia, gl. inna debthi (a
p.).
nobetis Ia hIsraheldu iartain,
Ml. 100 c 7
. in disceptationibus
.i. ná bad i ndebthib,
Wb. 6 b 6
. debtha comaithchesa
strifes of co-occupancy
Laws i 58. 14
.
betit debtha ┐ irgala
┐ scandlacha eturru im chomriachtain tossaig,
TBC-LL¹ 246
.
debtha ┐ cosnuma i naimsir áine,
PH 8394
. deabtha buana
ZCP viii 195. 17
.—atraig d.¤
a controversy arises
:
atrachtatar deabhtha ┐ dechétfaidhe etorra,
Hugh Roe 32. 19
.
d.¤ do thodiuschud to arouse strife
:
tódúscthar debtha ┐
dechétfaide etarru,
PH 4230
. d.¤ do ṡídugud to settle a
controversy
Acall. 3121
.
II n
Act of fighting
(fri, for with; im about,
Cog. 122. 7
);
an armed conflict, a hostile encounter on land or sea, a
combat, a fight; esp. a skirmish
as opposed to cath `a
regular battle' (
Cog. 116. 18
).
(a) Often connected with gleo:
gleu .i. debaid,
O'Mulc. 635
.
is mana mórgliad sain ┐ is
adbar ṅdegdebtha,
TBC-LL¹ 5765
; with cathugud:
ic debhaid
┐ ic c.,
CCath. 2239
; with
comrac,
Laws i 126. 16
.—
ar
debaid noenlái,
LU 44 b 29
.
tintái Fergus do debuid fri
Coinculainn,
LU 69 a 14
(also with for:
do d.¤ for muintir
Poimp,
CCath. 2317
).
Cog. 120. 20
;
122. 7
.
dogéntar
debaid rib,
LL 303 a 6
.
in ed tic do debaid i ndegaid a
tairb,
CRR 30. 6
.
mór a ndíth ón deabhaidh sin,
AFM v
1580. 14
. leathtrom deabhtha a disadvantage of conflict
Miscell. Celt. Soc. 344. 24
. d.¤ do thabairt to give battle:
tucsad d.¤ dóib iman áth,
RC xviii 187. 12
.
tuc d.¤ dóib,
Tig.
A. D. 1166
.
ní tharat cath ná debaid dóib,
SG 411. 4
. cor
debtha, id.
Miscell. Celt. Soc. 356. 23
. d.¤ do iarraid to
seek battle
: iarraidh deabhtha ar theaghlach Ṁogha Néid
ML 16. 5
. elóatar drem duaislib amach diarraidh debtha
RC xviii 274. 10
.
deabhaidh deachaibh,
BB 34 b 55
.
Donnchadh ┐ Maolsechlainn do dheabhadh fri aroile co
ttorchrattar coṁthuitim,
AFM ii 1046. 20
. a single combat
:
ar dáig co forgénmáis ár ndís debaid,
LU 74 a 17
. bairr
debtha,
battlements
Eg. 158
,
Contribb. 182
. caislén
debtha a howdah
ZCP i 390. 19
. cnoc debtha a fighting-mound
CCath. 1748
. dorus debtha a port-hole
,
ib. 1816
.
istad debtha a fighting-place
,
ib. 1716
. láthar na
debtha
battle-field
:
tig A. co nGrecaib co mbátar for
láithir na debtha,
LL 404 a 52
. stoc debtha a war-trumpet
TFrag. 190. 10
.—
Laws i 176. 13
;
iii 278. 8
;
v 280.
19
.
LU 46 b 1
(
IT i 213. 18
),
22
.
LL 129 a 24
.
289 b 1
f.b.
290 a 31
.
Rawl. 106 b 36
.
RC v 197
=
Oss. iv 288.
1
.
IT ii 185 l. 285
(comrocc fri d.¤ níthaig). Misc. 344. 24
.
ZCP i 406. 26
.
(b) with the definite article or pl.: a particular fight
.
berid bare mbrúthmar dochum na debtha co torchratar
sochaide...leis,
TTr.² 1154
.
dorochair Art sin debuid la
Fiachra,
MacCarthy 178. 4
(LL).
slecht Stairn isin debaid
la Febail,
ib. 146. 5
.
na debtha na duinorcuin,
LB 123 a 23
(cf.
AFM vi 2250. 9
: iomdha a ndeabhtha ┐ a ndunoircne).
ML 134. 6
.
le déine an deabhtha,
OCT 52.8
. Opp. cath:
cúicc catha fichet...genmota debhtha besides sundry skirmishes
Cog. 116. 18
.—docer re Eochaid i ndebaid Dromma
Líathán in the skirmish at D. L.
LL 17 b 35
.
III debuid duirn
fisticuffs
:
nárop debaid duirn,
LL
148 b 46
.
KMMisc. 270. 16
.
IV In a special sense of a married woman: the state or
condition of having left her husband or being put away by
him; a law-term. Concluded from the foll. passages:
lécid in fear a cétmuindtir...┐ dogní neach mac fria iarum
┐ dobeir sim aitherrach ní dlegar iarrad disi. intan bís for
deabaid is ann toirchither frisin fear, &c.
, if the husband
puts his wife away and somebody gets a child with her
and the husband takes her back again, then she is not
entitled to the fosterage-fee. It is while she is at `debaid'
(at variance with her husband and away from him) that
she is got with child
Laws v 200. 17
.
Gormlaith ingen
Ḟlaind tanic ar debaid ó Cherball do thig a athar i cinta
ind imdergtha tuc Cerball di,
LL 52 b 1
;
ib. 13
(of Gormḟlaith who returns to her father after being badly treated by
Cerball her husband). This sense arose from I (controversy
as a cause of separation). A similar usage
FDG 32
:
codlais Domnall...atchí fís ┐ aislingthi ┐ ised atchonnairc .i. cuilén con rohailed lais fora glún fésin a dul for
debaid uada (the hound gathers the dogs of Ireland and
gives battle to Domnall). for d.¤
, which refers to the relations between Domn. and his dog, was misunderstood
by the copyists and replaced by `for duible ┐ dásacht'
(adopted by O'D.). Cf. also
LU 21 a 4
(
IT ii 212. 1
f.b.
):
mád nech dít muintir noragad for debuid noanfad limsa co
róisced a síd.
V
Haste, hurry
, only Mod.-Ir.
deabhadh maille ribh a
Domnaill,
O'Gr. Cat. 132. 25
(
Eg. 88, marg.
)
ma bhí
deabhadh ag teacht ortha go raibh deabhadh ní sa ṁó ag
imtheacht ortha,
KMMisc. 380. 14
. cuirfead sa deabhadh air
ag glúasacht I will hasten his departure
Éinín Órdha 41.
8 f.b.
—b'ḟéidir nár chás duit deabhadh dhéanaṁ; dein
deabhadh! goidé an deabhadh atá ort? (W.K.). The sense-development is strange; probably a contamination of debaid
with deibed.
MOD. see Inflexion and V. Sense I preserved in Don.:
coingbheochaidh mé ag deabhaidh leat (= Oir. fri) godí go
rabh sin déanta I shall keep on worrying you
Quiggin Dial. Don. p. 57
;
ib. 18
. and in the common bean an deabhaidh a midwife,
Dinneen. In Sc. obs. in all senses.—Hence mod. deabhthar
(i.e. deabhfar) adj
quick, speedy
.