n
u; the n
pl.
dath,
LMU § 7
points to neuter gender; less stress should be laid on the eclipsis
in the n
s.
SCC § 37
:
dath nétrom.
RHYMES & ASSON.:
dath : rath,
ZCP viii 217. 11
:
cath,
vi 269 st 5
.
Acall. 7592
.
datha : Macha,
CRR 32. 2
.
:
catha,
Acall. 5871
. For further instances see Inflexion.
INFLEXION: n
s.
dath,
Ml. 28 c 12
.
Laws ii 148
&c.
;
rhyming with
iadad,
SCC § 33
,
pócath,
TE § 10
,
cath,
TBC-LL¹
265
,
Findchad,
Rawl. 158. 22
. daith frequent in mod.
MSS,
Midnight court 17
(similarly daithibh d
p.
ib. 417
). g
s.
datho,
Imr. Brain § 8
(: gretho),
§ 13
(: étatho).
Wb. 5 c 19
.
dathu,
Laws ii 148
pass.; later datha:
SCC § 31
(: Labrada,
g
s.).
Fél. Nov. 15
(: catha, g
s.).
SCC § 34
(: flatha,
g
s.).
LL 133 a 16
(: macha, g
s.).
Leb. Cert. 84. 9
(: lúireacha).
dathe,
Laws v 382. 18
.
dathai,
Fen. 140. 18
; for dadha
TE § 10
read datha. d
s. always dath (:
immarbad,
Imr. Brain 38
). n
du.
da dath
,
LL 16 b 41
. n
p. dath,
LMU 71. 18
.
datha,
LL 174 b 21
(: macha, g
s.).
dathanna Mod.-Ir. (
OCU 111
). a
p.
datha,
LL 149 b 29
(: flatha, g
s.).
Laws i 20. 30
.
dathanna,
Lib. Flav. 36 b 1. 9 f.b.
g
p.
dathn
,
SCC §§ 33
,
37
,
BDD § 106
,
FB § 45
. datha
LL 120 a 46
(=
dath,
LU 105 b 4
f.b.
),
PH 1304
.
dathann,
Lib. Flav. ii 38 b 2. 19
(examlacht d.). Bedel Gen. xxxvii. 3
.
dathan,
23 I 41, p. 5. 3
. d
p.
dathannaib,
ZCP ii 303
.
Gadelica ii 130. 689
.
I
Colouring matter, dye
: fuilled risin trían (sc. na roidi
of the dye plant) gurup leath ó bias ina min nó na dath
urlaṁ when it is in the state of meal or prepared colouring
stuff
Laws ii 420. 7
.
ni thig dath ar bith gan ruanann,
O'Cl. s.v. ruadh
(glossing a quotation from Ds. of
Ceilbe,
Metr. Dinds. iii 54. 7
).
ó bláthannuibh na talman dogeibh sé
dathanna,
Lib. Flav. 36 b 1. 9 f.b.
Cf.
dathugud I and Scotch cha
luidh dath air dubh luidhidh dubh air gach dath black
materials will not take any dye
Macd. 312 b
.
II
Colour in general, a particular hue or tint
; in
the following instances used of the colours: bán, 1 brecc,
1 buide, corcair, croderg, crón, derg, 1 donn, dub, 1 finn, glas,
gorm, rúad, úaine. Often connected with 1 lí, 1 lígrad.—
is lí, gl.
nó is dath,
LU 131 b 33
. cen líga .i. cen datha
LL 188 c 7
..
hic color dath,
Ir. Gl. 1087
. adhbh .i. dath
H 2.15A, 117 b
.
lath ised dath,
Todd Lect. iv 134. 4
f.b.
cen chaile nach datho chen chaile pectho without a spot
of any kind
Wb. 5 c 19
.
mac in airiuch...dath fo leth a
éduigh cach lae,
Laws ii 148. 5
;
ib. 148. 8
.
lígrad óir ┐
airgit...┐ datha cach thíre,
FB § 2
.
tibri uani tibri gorm
tibri corcra dath nétrom,
SCC § 37
(cf.
topur co niumad
datha,
PH 1304
).
corcair co náldi datha,
ib. § 31. 4
. cach
dath atchí duine do guirm do bricc do buide is do chorcair
LL 196 b
.
i fégaiter datha .i. find i mmoltar dub i naerthar
brecc i fuacarar,
RC xxvi 18 § 29
.
co nd.¤ ┐ tóthocht,
LL
37 a 17
.
is álaind a ndath ar nim,
Laud 615 38 a 1
(of the
apostles).
duibi a delb iná gach dath,
BB 402 b 4
. a
illdelbaig (emblems)
...arna forniamad a dathaib dathálli,
TTr. 141
.
ibar .i. ab ebore .i. ó cnáim elefante ar dath
┐ suthaini,
O'Mulc. 700
. (cloch dub...bán...glas)
cia dhíobh
sin dath,
TSh. 20. 8
.
cóta diomad dathann, Bedel Gen.
xxxvii 3
. anúair thaisbeanas sé (sc. an fíon)
a dhath annsa
chupán,
ib. Proverbs xxiii 31
.
daith an locha ┐ gorm na dtonn
ag teacht...go tromm,
Midnight court 17
.
boladh dath ┐ cumadh
aráin,
Donlevy 242. 14
.
Brightness
:
trí claidhmi coindli
datha,
Leb. Cert. 84. 1
.—Of the body: is annsin ba réill do chách
díb (i.e. Adam and Eve)
dath cuirp araile,
MacCarthy 56 i
.
glór na ndiabhal as a ndath lór do phianadh na bpeacthach,
TSh. 187. 2
f.b.
—Of the hair: trí foiltne co saine dath
SCC § 37. 14
(ní hinand a ndath, ib. H).
mong buide fair
...álli dath,
ib. § 33
.
folt trí ndath fair folt dond ... cróderg
... budi,
FB § 45
.
oenḟer forsa mbetis na trí dath ucut .i.
in folt marin fiach ┐ in gruad marin fuil ┐ in corp marin
snechta,
LMU § 7
.
ba cosmail dath ind ḟoilt sin
fri barr nailestair...nó fri dergór iar ṅdénam a datha,
BDD
§ 1
.
cosmail fri túidlig nóir forloscthi dath a fuilt,
ib. § 99
.
ib. § 106
.—Of the colour of an animal:
dath a ech,
FB
§ 44
.
it lóig it úain co ndagdath,
Imr. Brain § 38
(v.l. co
ndath).
mucc co ndath oiss,
LL 162 b 36
.
deich ngabra
donna datha,
Leb. Cert. 84. 9
.
marcṡlúaigh álainn aondatha,
OCL
23. 7
.
masat cethra co ndath cethra,
Mesca 24. 4
f.b.
elta co ndath elta,
ib. 22. 1
.
caora cruandatha,
BS
§ 68. 5
.—Of the colour of the snow (opp. dath fola): fri
dáth (dath, Eg.)
snechtai,
IT 69. 5
.
is dath snechta corp,
ib. 132. 5 f.b.
úaitne i nd.¤ snechtai ┐ araile a nd.¤ ḟola,
RC
x 185. 24
.—Of clothes, &c.; also of the gold and silver
embroideries thereon, as the following passage shows:
étaige cen líga .i. étaige cen datha .i. cen imdenma óir is
argait,
LL 188 g 7
. Cf. dathugud II. caille aendathe,
Laws v 382. 18
. áildiu cach dath (sc. in broitt) alailiu
BDD § 99
.
ní coill dath a mmaforta (.i. copchaille),
Thes.
ii 339. 4
.
d.¤ a nétaich,
RC viii 348 st 29
.
corccra dath
an inair sin,
PH 2861
. —Of gold
:
úbhla ┐ d.¤ an óir
órloisgthe orra,
OCT 26.17
.
BDD § 1
. —Of precious stones:
araill a ndath asmirón .i. cloch co ndath nglas,
RC x 185.
25
. Of plants:
co nd.¤ losa liach,
LL 47 a 44
.
ACL i 340
.
is dath síon and cech gruad, gl. nó is brecc,
IT i 132. 3
f.b.
cóimchlod datho change of colour:
banna bec son de usci
┐ robúi buidetai bec fair do caomchlad a datha,
Mon. Tall. 150.
37
. luibhi cen claechlodh a ndatha herbs that change not
their colour
Marco P. § 81
. gen. datho
coloured
, étach
datho a coloured cloth: dá étuch dathu uime dia doṁnuigh,
Laws ii 148. 7
.
ib. 148. 9
,
13
,
14
,
18
. atconnarc étach
ndatha (: flatha, gen.)
SCC § 34
. .x. n-etaighe datha
fichit, Tig.
RC xviii 271. 33
. dechelt dathai a coloured
mantle
Fen. 140. 18
. cloch datha a coloured stone:
dá
marbad do cloich datha ba ruad rind,
RC viii 354. 2
.
ór
datha = ór iar ndénum a datha. cloch atá i nDún dá
lacha: is fiú a comtrom dór datha,
FDG 751
. Cf.
BDD
§ 1
. —cach datho, cech datho, cach oendatho; cacha
datha of every colour:
taitnet líga cech datho,
Imr. Brain
§ 8
.
móini dússi cach datho (v.l. datha),
ib. § 13
. asraracht
...do imchaisin Maigi Breg. fóa lí ┐ fó bláth cach datha
LU 130 b 22
. co gné gréne fair...┐ cacha datha archena
FA § 11
.
cét détach gach datha (sic leg.) bric,
IT i 125.
15
.
étaige cech oendatha impu,
LU 85 a 26
.
co nétaigib
cacha datha,
Acall. 2804
.
co saine étaig cacha datha
umpu,
ib. 3423
.—sain datho, saine d.¤
, saine dath
exquisite
colours:
trí huathnedha cu saine ndatha,
RC x 185. 24
.
in dá ech...co sain delba ┐ datha,
LU 113 a 34
.
édach co
saine gacha datha,
Acall. 414
. —datha écsamlai various
hues or colours
:
dáig na nilgné filet forsind ḟult fil fair ┐
inna ndath nécsamail docorethar in folt fair,
BDD § 106
.
co ndathaib écsamlaib ina thimchell,
FA § 11
.
clúṁach
iona raibh datha égsaṁla,
Ezekiel xvii. 3
. datha éagsaṁla
diverse colours Lhuyd.
III Of the face or skin, complexion, hue; esp. beautiful
complexion; sg. or pl., cf. drech-dath or pl. drech-datha id.
TTr. 1686
. a dath amar dhath an aeil (of a fine woman),
Acall. 784
.
Laeg i lLiniu lígda a dath,
LL 22 a 20
.
gilla
óc is delbdu dath,
TBC-LL¹ 265
.
a dath is gilither géis uan
fuinni dath a dá ó,
BB 323 b 30
. Domnaill na ndath of the
beautiful complexion
BB 50 a 35
.
a éicsin datha (: catha),
Metr. Dinds. ii 48. 38
.
roscáil (docóid) mo dath my beauty is gone:
roscáil
mo delb is mo dath,
Acall. 4584
.
dochúaid mo delb is mo
dath,
ib. 4586
.
sóid dath, sóithir a dath, sóitir a datha: (a) he changes
colour, esp. turns pale
, like Lat. mutare (perdere) colorem:
ní fess ca galar rodnuc acht a ḟagbáil marb sech nír ṡǽ dath
ní ralob a chorp,
LL 18 b 48
. (b) euphem. he dies
:
cen
táṁ cen galar sói dath iar naifriunn,
Fél. p. 158
at
June 28
. dá tora rí Macha sáifiter a datha claifiter a ratha
LL 174 b 21
(
CRR 32. 2
).—Cf. soïd
dies
, sóid gné, sóid lí,
caillid a gné.
conimchloi dath, conimchloither a dath, conimchloiter
a datha, or only clóid dath id. (a)
mac Olloman...atbath gan
claechladh for dath,
BB 46 b 16
=
LL 128 a 5
.
tócaibset in
cend cen claechlo datha nó delbi de acht amal bid hí in úair
sin rotescthái,
PH 923
.
fri cath ní coimcloitis dath,
Rawl.
158. 22
.
ZCP viii 218. 4
. rochlaochaigheas dealbh is dath
B IV 1, 86 b
(Buile Suibni). saoth lem do chnes rochlói
dath, ib. (b)
dar chlaechlod a dhath...ég adbath ua Muiredhaigh,
BB 59 a 21
.
na dá Fland ... farír roclæchlosed
dath,
Ériu v 242 l. 172
.—Cf. conimchloi, conimchloither a lí he dies, Sc. caochladh. (c) v.s. II.—Cf. dathchlód.
IV
Transf. applied to the weather and the winds, the
colours of the winds
. Each wind has its own particular
colour according to
Laws ii 26. 30
sq.: rodelb dono [Dia]
datha na ngaeth conid sain dath cacha gaeithe díb fri araile
...anair in gaeth corcra aneas in geal atuaith an dub, aniar
an odur. Cf. further
SR 53 sq.
,
7948
and
O'Dav. 692
:
dotongar dar drúcht dar daithin .i. dar dath sína nó dar
dath na sína dar gréin ┐ dar ésca úair grian ┐ ésca dobeir
dath arna sínaib. Here probably
LL 211 b 49
(
Metr. Dinds.
iii 426. 15
): tuc rí cach datha dá deóin ba turchar flatha
fíreóin king of every hue. God is called rí na ngaeth
(Gwynn), and
Dia datha,
Lib. Flav. ii 50 b 2. 6
.
V Fig.
Outward appearance, semblance of something,
esp. what serves to conceal the truth: dath fírinne the
colour of truth: callide excogitant quod ad nuditatem eorum
colore perueniant
.i. dath fírinne do thochur tarais,
Ml.
28 c 12
.
fabulam perquam futilem. sgél goirrgech gan dath fírinne,
BB 208 a
(in the handwriting of Charles O'Connor)
Éigse xvii 200
. Cf. the same use of
dathugud,
Keat. i 18. 27
.
dath brécae a disguise, a false show, Lhuyd. O'Brien. a
false dye, Macd.
VI Fig.
Degree, rank, order
; Synon. miad, grád. This
sense has been inferred from the following passages:
Dia
fadein dobeir datha ┐ gráda ardḟlatha,
LL 149 b 29
.
la
cessad Secundi co slógud cech datha,
Fél. Nov. 15
.
It may also be sought in such passages as `a Domnaill na
ndath'
BB 50 a 35
, or `a éicsiu datha,'
Metr. Dinds. ii 48.
38
, see III above. According to the Cáin-law of fosterage
(
Laws ii 146 sq.
) the colour of the clothes varied according to
rank and dignity: fo miad cháich éitid a mic ótha fer miudbu
co ríg (
ii 146. 10
). Satin and scarlet were prescribed for the
son of the king of Erin (
sroll ┐ scarloit do mac ríg Érenn,
ib. 146. 16
), black, yellowish, grey, and blay clothes for maic
na ngrád féne (
148. 3
). Similarly the colours were fixed
for the mac in airrech, mac in airrech túis, m. in a. aird, m.
in a. forgill, and mac na ríg.
VII In chevilles and at the end of the verse-line in various
senses of the word:
la Congalach cáem cen chair...oc Dollud
di rechtga dath robíth Finnaechta fledach,
LL 133 a 4
.
Flaithbertach mac Loingsich...argg fo uair dorchad ṅdatha i
nArd Molthach Mórmacha,
ib. 133 a 16
. Donnchadh gan
doirchi ndatha (: Murchadha),
MacCarthy 420. 8
f.b.
tosach
suirghi caem a dath: ben is fer icompocath (leg.
i compōcath or ic compōcath,
ZCP x 374)
IT i 125. 7
(TE).
Hériu ria ndílind datha,
LL 5 b 4
. Here also
Thes.
ii 292. 18
: is glae thegdais tórm rochloss...is tech ndagḟir
dath atchí.
VIII a trace, hint, sign (?):
ar cathbarr cen duīthi dath 'our helmet without trace of foolishness',
SR (Greene) 2689
(of God).
IX In local names: ocus na cethri catha for Gallaib
Glinni Datha the Foreigners of the Coloured Glen
Cog. 94.
21
; not sufficiently supported.
X COMPS. (a) dath-, see below. (b) -dath in cpds.
almost exclusively in the sense of I; frequent with adjectives
denoting colour: dub-dath, crón-dath, gorm-dath, q.v.
Compare further: oen-dath, aondatha of one colour
; doel-dath the colour of the blackbeetle
; drech-dath or pl. drech-datha
complexion of the face; for-dath = dath; il-dath:
étach ildatha
of many colours; líg-dath (lí-dath)
bright
colour
; ór-dath the colour of gold
; so-dath a beautiful
colour
(opp. do-dath); soer-dath a noble colour
, &c. q.v.
MOD. dath, g
s. datha; n
pl. dathanna
colour, complexion
;
with ní or gan nothing at all, v.s. VIII; this latter usage is
common in all districts, cf. Dinneen, whose examples are
all taken from the spoken language:
níl aondhath de ṁoill orm there is nothing to hinder
me,
Quiggin Dial. Don. §
136
.
cha rabh a dhath a maith dí sin a dheanadh ach urad, Craig
Derry People 30 iv p. 3
.