adj io-iā (but acc. to Pokorny,
ZCP xvi 458
, orig.
foto g
s. of fut ; see fot. Cf.
Ml. 60a10
;
Bruchst. § 96
, cited
below)
fota,
LU 1365
. fota,
fotai,
Hy ii 56
.
rofattai,
Mon. Tall. § 21
. a
s
m.
lasind fascad fottai
,
§ 61
. a
s
n.
foto,
Ml.
60a10
. d
s
n.
fotu,
Ml. 82d10
. g
s
m.
fotti,
AU 718
. Cf.
cu grenlaich fote
,
Ardm. 17a2
(= *Grellaig fotae ?).
fota,
AU 745
,
798
.
g
s
n.
foto,
745
. Cf. inge C. fodo
(metri gratia)
TFrag. 62.4
=
Bruchst. § 96.4
. n
p.
fotai,
Sg. 5b1
. In later Mid. Ir. sometimes with slender stem in pl.
lúba faidi
,
Acall. 5201n
.
g
du. f.:
cectar in da fleisc faidi
,
BB 242a34
.
Long
(a) of space or distance : fada (gl. longus)
Ir. Gl.
677
.
uide foto,
Ml. 60a10
.
cendidi f.¤
,
BDD 82
Y (=
LU
7140
).
flesc f.¤
,
LB 117b52
.
folt ... fata,
TBC-LL¹ 213
.
ulcha
ḟata,
Ériu iii 194 § 1
. ni thuca in finn ḟotai a tall fair woman
ZCP viii 112.30
. pn As sobriquet :
Fercar f.¤
,
AU 696
.
dom
Chummain ... mac find Fotae Fiachnai,
Fél. Nov. 12
=
Cumain Fota mac F.,
242.13
;
Cuimmini fota,
Rawl. 90g34
(=
LL 351c1
;
Cummeni longus
,
AU 661
).
C. Foto (: dō),
Bruchst. 41 § 4
). fid f.¤
an extensive wood
YBL 109a30
(
Ériu
iv 156
). creacha foda distant forays
TD 8.37
. fada ōn
Ierusalemh soir far to the east of J.
ZCP viii 116 § 26
. In
early Mid. Ir. the compar. and superl. seem to be supplied
from sír (q.v.) :
issía thiagait,
TBC-LL¹ 6040
(= as faide St).
asna a tháeib bas siriu uaim,
1287
(= bus faidi St). but :
san cuid dob foide uadh the part most distant from him
BNnÉ 52.21
,
faide,
Acall. 1866
.
foidi,
1865
. With -de :
ni ragam do Ierusalem ... ar bid fatite Hiruath uaind
Herod will be farther from us
LB 139b1
(
Hom. Leg. 72
).
gan aidide dhaodh | Faidide an feur `non obediendo Aodo
eo altius gramen'
Molloy's Gramm. 212 (ch. xxii)
. fatiti,
Moling § 19
.
faidide,
Acall. 6811
.
Of fig. distance : bid fotai chucca far from it! (never !)
PH 5247
. fada ó théarnamh dhamh ... da rabh. ... `I have
no chance of escape'
Dán Dé ix 12
. fada ó im i n-aisgidh é
far was it from being a gift of butter
TD 37.3
.
(b) of time or duration :
f.¤ in gábud sin,
LU 1365
. is
f.¤ in troscud itai thou art fasting long
LL 112a22
(
ScM. 3
).
saegal fotta,
Moling § 42
.
cid fada cid gairit in re,
Laws
v 248.35 Comm.
ag glacad aimsire girre no faidi,
Parrth. Anma 339.13
.
Long-continued, enduring: ferr in cosmail caol fodae
moderate persistent routine (oppd. to : saothar obund no
remor)
ZCP vii 311 § 15
. a ṡlúag na nglond fata `
long-remembered
'
Metr. Dinds. iii 348
(: data, perh. imperf. rime).
f.¤ int ainmed a lasting blemish,
156
. f.¤ in col ib.
With cop., folld. by clause in apposition :
is fata atai
i sruth Tigir,
LB 112b22
(
MacCarthy 66
) =
is cían,
SR 1676
.
bud fata bas chian chuman long will the memory endure
TBC-LL¹ 294
. uair as fada atú can mo bladh ... do thogbail
I am long in raising
TTebe 4061
. gid fada gairit bemait
ar aenrian whether we be together for long or short
Acall.
5478
.
gid fata gair bias tír ... fám chois,
5648
. ni fati nā
fead ris a mbligfea bó ... bamar and not longer than the
time in which a cow could be milked
Cog. 182.8
. Loosely
used with pers. constr. : Fada mé ar mearughadh sligheadh,
Studies 1950, 319
. Cf. the regular use with DO : is fada
dam beith a coluinn, it is too long for me to remain
ZCP
vii 304 § 17
.
Fada dhamh druim re hÉirinn,
Measgra D.
125
.
(is) f.¤ co :
fada go tuigim mo theach,
ACL iii 236 § 1
.
gid fada gairit co tí whether he come late or soon
Fianaig.
74.7
. as fada go dtreicfindsi tusa it would have been long
before I would have deserted you
TBC-LL¹ p. 509 n. 1
(St). fada
co saoilfidis so they were far from expecting this
Measgra D. 153
. nirbo ḟata inn irnaide dóib co faccatar ...
they were not long waiting before they saw ...
LL 175b26
(
CRR 30
).
is f.¤ limm co (conj. or prep.)
I deem it long until ..., I am
eager, impatient for:
fada lea Rig co ruacht nem,
ZCP vii
303y
.
fada linn gu lá na graifne,
IGT, Decl. ex. 1392
.
is f.¤ ... limm
I deem ... long, it seems long to me (of something tedious or unpleasant ; often = I think it grievous, am
sorry for (without notion of time) : ba fada la hIta beith
na ecmais (= erat S.I. tristis de absentia ...)
Lat. Lives 103
.
ba f.¤ leó rombátár they thought they were a long time away
LU 5880
(
TBC-I¹ 1412
). foda lásan rígh robadur a aos ciuil
BNnÉ 107.1
(cf. rex ... contristatus est nesciens quid illis
accidit
V. SS. Hib. i 223
).
fada leis an bhfear ... gan tocht da
thoigh,
TD 4.39
.
is fada (v.l. fuaith) lim inní docím anois
... isin aér,
IT ii2 133.271
. is fada lem do dhol soir, a C.
ZCP vii 302 § 6
. fada lim sgaoileadh don sgoil ... foide
iná an sgol do sgaoileadh | gan m'oide ag cor chomaoineadh
sadder to me than the dispersal of the school is it to have lost
my teacher's kindness
Studies 1924, 86
.
gid goiritt let-sa
... an denus sin ..., as faide le Brían Banba | gan éistecht
rem urlabhra,
ZCP viii 218 § 2
.
gér'bh fada an cath sin,
ba foidi le D. [scarad] le[a]choicle,
Acall. 1865
.
(c) in prosody, long (in quantity) : pl. bith ḟotai
(gl. ...
semper longius)
Sg. 5b1
.
nach tairis acht a sillaib ḟota,
IT
iii 101 § 180
. tairissium o ḟotaib ┐ cuimrib ib.
(d) adv. (of space or time) :
connaca in scath chuci
aníar rodarc a sula co f.¤ dond farrci,
LU 9059
(
FB 81
). bui
... co f.¤ ina thost for a long time
PH 92
. Absol. : co raibe
fada 'na laighe he was for a long time lying (ill)
RC xviii 154
.
ro fhetutar f.¤ ria ngenemain ... Crist long before
PH 6999
.
cidh fada bes fair whatever length of time he shall be upon it
(viz the land)
Laws iv 132.7 Comm.
ná bí ní as ḟaide ag
anmhain,
TD 24.29
. Cf. fad ó riamh long before
23.6
(cf.
mod. fad ó shoin, fad ó
long ago
). ma fada gearr beirthear
é far or near
22.13
.