conj.
According to Binchy
Celtica v 86
, some of the legal examples below have been wrongly assigned here.
I With accumulative force, may (a) precede the
first of two parallel clauses which it unites, or may (b) precede
the second.
(a) equivalent to Latin praeterquam quod;
besides
that, in addition to the fact that, while . . . also
: s.¤ ni thartsat
som ní comtachtmar-ni `they have given nothing, we have asked
for nothing',
Wb. 24b20
. s.¤ nī ciūir nī cossēna | ind nóeb `the
holy one neither bought nor sought . . .',
Thes. ii 332.3
(
Hy. v 22
).
s.¤ ba sáthech in cū de | ní bu brōnach int oscur,
Thes.
334.2
(
Hy.
v 28
).
is hí ind ríaguil chert | s.¤ ní mór ní becc,
Fél. 4.15
.
s.¤ ní
lungu ní thibiu,
IT i 79.18
(
LMU 17
).
aitend .i. āith-tend, s.¤ is
āith is tend,
Corm. Y 56
.
s.¤ is bol is blathugud,
Trip.² 1747
.
s.¤ bíd Día, bíd duine `besides being God, He will be man',
Imr. Brain 48
.
s.¤ ba hepscop som ba rī,
Bruchst. § 96.8
.
s.¤ ba
molmar, ba mertnech,
SR 4572
.
atát inna tost . . . s.¤ ni thecat
ille ni thiagat innond
,
LU 1874
.
s.¤ nī maithe nī māide,
Ériu ii
172 § 4
.
In some later exx. ocus precedes the second clause:
s.¤ ni
tergaid assin n-ath illei ┐ ni regaid innund,
Lat. Lives 54.14
.
s.¤ rambía maith in chentair-siu ┐ flaith ind alltair . . . tall,
Ériu ii 202 § 19
.
sech (.i. deimin) rom-ícadhsom in fecht so
┐ ní fuil eim lot n-enigh duit-si ann,
ZCP v 526.1
=
is maith
ar comrac or Ailill sech rom ícadsa afechtsa ni fil imlot n-einig
daitso and,
LU 10784
(
TE 14
).
`sech ni ricfe i luc (leg. illuc) ┐
ni toruis húc',
Irish Texts i 18 § 53
.
(b) and moreover, and besides
: techta fuillema gill aine
trenege la Feine, direnar trib setaib . . . [s]ech is comdire do
cach recht and moreover it is equal `díre' (?),
Laws v 410.y
.
Cf.
394.10
. toich tindtat a mna uadaib a lanamus (sic), (s.¤
ocus, v.l.) is dilis ni tidhnacar doib and moreover what was
given to them is forfeited,
132.2
.
ní pa cobair immurgo dosom
s.¤ ni ragasa hi teg pende,
Mon. Tall. 66 (153.z)
.
bōge dano
ainm do ballān beg i mbītis cōic uṅgi óir, s.¤ nobīd fri hōl
sainlenna as,
Corm. Y 142
.
ba imned la F. cen acallaim na
ingine, s.¤ ba hé less nod mbert,
TBFr. 156
. ? To this: .i. s
ra cualid as n-é gl. si tamen illum audistis,
Wb. 22a23
(`i.e.
although ye have heard that it is He').
s.¤ ba indeithbir doibsom
fochaid dae in chrud sin,
Ml. 97d15
(`i.e. it was improper for
them to try God in that way'). is s.¤
`and besides' gl. et in Iesu
Christi et Saluatoris,
Thes. i 713.24
(Cod. Taur.). sech gl. in
regno Christi et Dei,
Wb. 22b22
(Ed.'s note: leg. sechis `that is'
as a gloss on et?).
II With adversative force, introducing an agreed fact which
is or seems to be at variance with a previous statement.
although, and this though, in spite of the fact that, and yet
:
ní
sochude rochretti do neuch rochualammarni huaitsiu a dé
s.¤ ra pridchaisem do chách aliter do neuch rochuale cách
huanni,
Wb. 5a7
. s.¤ ba foirbthe a ires sidi and yet his faith was
perfect,
19a11
(gl. ita ut et Barnabas duceretur ab eís in illam
similitudinem).
intan dober dia in digail dommuinetar in
dóini is ferc do insin s.¤ is ar chuindriug pectho dosber som ┐
ni ar ferc,
Ml. 49b7
. s.¤ ni-sn-aerbartatar immurgu acht is
arindí ro-nda-geinset ho gnimaib gl. talia loqui uiderentur,
29a4
. airindí fondasuidigedar hi cummato lasinni forsaforgair
s.¤ ba huaisliu intí forchongair iar n-aicniud `because it puts
itself on an equality with him whom it orders, though he that
orders were naturally the superior',
Sg. 161b5
. s.¤ ba degedbart
ón in lege
`for that was a good offering in Lege',
Ml. 87b8
.
ni
coimnacmarni .i. s.¤ ni coimnactar ar namait són fortanbristis
ni,
135d4
. amal bid iar maidm chatha . . . s.¤ immurgu is
euseph duchoid i negipt and this though it was J. who went,
84c9
. sech níta aidlicen gl. tamquam indegens,
70b7
. sech nita
terca som acht is mara gl. ut exiguitate (ac tenuitate sui possint
latere),
92c13
.
sech ni chumgat ón immurgu,
92c14
. ní fil
chosmailius fír do neuch asber nad mbed dliged remdeicsen
dáe du doinib s.¤ remi-deci dia dunaib anmandib amlabrib and
this though God provides for the dumb animals,
55d25
.
ni haile
fir thuaithe, acht fir cuibse aen fir doniscnai seach as coibne
la Feine imb recht fo nā . . .,
Laws v 490.9
.
gébthir fo mac
n-imraichni | s.¤ bíd Moninnán mac Lir | a athir, a ḟithithir,
Imr. Brain 57
.
non saraigedar in mac ol F. s.¤ rafetamár is di
Ultaib dó,
LU 4873
(TBC). lanamain . . . nach friu fofechar
s.¤ is ecen a folag for othrus who are not injured and yet have
to be supported,
Ériu xii 10 § 9
(BCrólige).
fuil . . . na fearadh
o laim (fera do lam, v.l.) na forrngar do tenga, s.¤ is tu do ren a
fiachu,
Laws v 142.3
.
ni cobrannaide finntea, issech (? leg.
sech) icaid cinnta comoccuis,
iv 284.11
.
[co cua]latár . . .
guth mór . . . s.¤ ní fetatar cia bérla ro labair,
LU 1934
.
ní fes
cia galor ros fucc acht a faghail marbh, seach ní ro sódh dath
dó,
AFM i 54.15
.