n
o, m. A syllable
(`dialt') or a combination of
syllables up to octosyllables (`bricht') as a metrical unit, a
verse-foot
.
deach .i. siolla,
Gloss. no. 1, O'Curry
It answers to Lat. pes (rendered by Ir. traig, which
latter, however, is not in general use as a metr. term):
is traig lasin laitneóir in dech lasin filid,
IT iii 129.
1
.
BB 327 a 24
.
deach dno troich a bunad laiten
,
BB
321 b 32
. By the native grammarians explained
(a) as
de-ḟuach: deach .i. defuach .i. deḟocul. fuach focul .i.
comrag focail .i. dialt fri dialt i.e. two words (`fuach' means
`word'), i.e. a union of words, namely a syllable with
a syllable
Corm., s.v.
deeach .i. défuach .i. comrac dá
sillab .i. traig ┐ cip lín sillab conrísat and iarsin is deeach
a ainm beos,
H 3.18, 68 a
.
(b) as deg-ḟuach:
deach...
degfuach nó defuach dano a hinni,
BB 321 b 32
.—Deach
possibly an old derivative of dá (cf. dé-de and dé- in cpds.)
and originally applied only to a verse-foot of two syllables
(
comrac dá sillab,
H 3.18 l.c.
). Deach i.e. disyllabic
dĕ-äch with shortening of dē- in hiatus. Mir. déch.
n
s. deach:
ceist cia cruth suidigthir in deach. ni hansa.
nach son oencongbálach dochuissin is dealt a deach. nach
son dechongmálach dochuissin is recomrac a deach,
ACL
i 160. 10
sq.
recomarc in deach tánaise iarcomarc in tress
deach...bricht in tochtmad deach,
Corm. s.v.
Thr. Ir. Gl.
16. 4
f.b.
sq.,
ib. 11 f.b.
is deach is luigem ar ciatberar
déach don dialt ní hirasa (= hirusu) sin,
ib. 10 f.b.
indles
do dhialt deach,
BB 321 b 40
. fid ┐ deach letter and
verse-foot
ib. 321 b 2
.
in gné nó in cenél in deach,
ib.
322 b 5
.
co festar cia deach dona .viii. ndeachaib daroig
in aisti,
ib. 323 a 4
. deeach H. 3. 18, quoted above.
déach:
Corm. l.c. 16. 10 f.b.
feilis in cethramad déach,
ib. 1 f.b.
—g
s. deich: is fotha ṅdeich (sc. in dialt) the dialt
is the foundation of `deach'
Corm. l.c. 16. 8 f.b.
sreatha
deich (name of a metre)
IT iii 95. 8
f.b.
—a
s. d
s. deach:
fri fid ┐ deach ┐ réim, &c.
LL 37 a 18
.
cenmotha fid ┐
deach,
IT iii 6 § 3 n.
BB 296 b 32
.
desmirecht ar gach
deach fo leith óthá dialt cotrici bricht,
IT iii 20. 18
.
dialt
...is aire at berar deach fobíth is fon deach,
Corm. l.c. 16.
8 f.b.
don deach fil ina dhíaidh .i. in cóiced deach,
ib.
17. 5
.—n
p. deich (i.e. deïch): ceist cislir deich docuissin
BB 327 a 24
.
321 b 38
.
IT iii 47. 20
;
48. 1
. déich:
ocht
ndéich tra atrímet filid na nGædel,
Corm. l.c. 16. 6 f.b.
—
d
p. deachaib:
is ó dheachaib sluintir alta na nhuad,
BB
328 b 21
.
deach dona .vii. ndeachaib ele,
ib. 321 b 40
isna deachaib,
ib. 321 b 35
.
ní dlegar dona bardaib eolus
i fedaib ná i ndeachaib,
O'Dav. 771
.
do deachaib,
IT iii
20. 18
.—a
p. deuchu:
genmotha tomus fri fidiu ┐ deuchu,
ib. 24. 15
.
deochu,
BB 321 a 7
. deachu:
cenmotha fidu
┐ deachu,
IT iii 6. 4
.