pron demonstrative relative, nasalising, that which, what . On the spelling á see Celtica ii 339 - 40 . Orig. neut. art., GOI § 473 (cf. 5 a). Combines with ro to form arro (in later lang. ar): arrolegais, Wb. 28d7 , but an- (the usual form before vowels) is also found: anrogadammar, Wb. 15c22 . anró gad, Trip.² 1370 . an ro-ráidis, PH 726 . an raibhe, Keat. ii 265 . In later language also spelt i n-: i n-atconnarc, LU 3322 . ind digní, Mon. Tall. 134.20 (§ 21) . Also ina n-: ina mboí, LU 8416 (H). ina fuaratar, Ann. Conn. 1235.13 . na n-: na tongat, Sc.M² 16 . na n-dingentar, TBC-LL¹ 6179 . na ndenaid, Auraic. 58 . In O.Ir. folld. by absolute and deuterotonic form of vb. a n-asbiur, Wb. 17d12 ; but later the conjunct and prototonic forms become common (see Bergin, Ériu xi 139 n.1 ): a taibred, Sc.M² 1 . a sir, Dán Dé xxiii 37 . a ndenat, PH 2858 . When the demonst. rel. is plural in meaning personal pronouns referring to it are plural: a n-as sīrem diib, Ériu ii 130 § 102 . The vb. may also be pl. a mbid . . . de neithibh, Desid. 5724 . a rabhadar do liagaibh cloch, Keat. ii 3504 . a bhfuilti corrtha those of you who are tired, Donlevy 216.6 .

Frequently cecha n- whatever, however much, etc., see cech.

(a) As nom.: an as suthin, Wb. 13d9 . anasberthar ho giun what is spoken, 5d14 . for nem a (an v.l.) conrúalae . . . as mó mílib míle, Fél. Ep. 25 . arrobúi isind tsaltir nuli the whole contents of the Psalter, Mon. Tall. 133.11 (§ 16) . a nas aithgin do airechaib feda iseadh is dire do athechaib feadha, Laws iv 152.5 Comm. seachnuim a mbí a n-éintigh, Desid. 6426 . a dtarla dá chóir, TSh. 762 .

(b) As accus.: á fil etarru what is between them, Wb. 27d19 . tuicci an gaibes in salm, 12d42 . a pridchimmeni what we preach, 15b14 . a forchongair do chomalnad, 5c23 . a ndogensa what I shall do, LU 8082 ( FB 6 ). tongu-sa a toinges mo thúath, MU² 928 . mā rosaigh a broth a n-rosaig a blas `if its broth attains what its taste attains', RC xii 86 § 91 . ar ordaigh an t-aingeal-sain, Dán Dé xiv. 14 .

(c) With follg. partitive DI: a ndudesta . . . di foirbthetu, Wb. 1a9 . a césme di cach imniud, 13c7 . anrofiugrad di Críst `what has been figured of Christ', 15a34 . a mbaī di mnāib . . . hi Cūailṅge, TBC-I¹ 868 . a nrobíth leis día slōgaib, 1657 . an fogebed in gilla di scothaib, Trip.² 365 . ni hairemthar ar' marbad do macaib rí, RC xviii 173.13 . With different order of words: a n-du imnedaib . . . fo-daimi, Ml. 55d11 . a ndo ligdath doadbat, Ériu ii 114 § 39 .

With copula and superl.: a n-as sirem diib `the longest of them', Ériu ii 130 § 102 . a n-romba dech do thimthagaib flatha fer nGaoidel the best of the garments . . ., Corm. Y 1059 . an-as dech foruaradar do echraidh in righ, Marco P. 35 . i mba fearr do cach berla ┐ a nba leithiu ┐ a mba caemu `what was best . . .', Auraic. 1053 . in rop messa día muintir, RC x. 184.24 . Note also: is a mbeo beres a n-as beodu ┐ i na[s] segondo, TBC-I¹ 693 (compar. for superl.?). Less frequently with partitive gen.: doberat a n-as dech sét in dúine, TBFr. 419 . con-aitcetar ferann fair .i. an ba dech Mide, Dinds. 78 ( RC xv. 478 ).

(d) With prec. prep. (frequent in later lang.): do-farget (sic leg.) a rro-fera ar-a ferthar fris `he offers what he has given for what is given to him', Laws v 502.22 (see however GOI 680 ). ni tabair dír[e] asa n-gatass, Ir. Recht 22 § 24 (see GOI 298, 680 ). farnan bechtae on what is not certain, Bürgschaft 20 § 60 ( GOI 298, 680 ). bui dliged . . . fora raibhi do Thartraidhibh, Marco P. 82 . nach smuainid air a nabruid, Donlevy 468.13 . Gort an Óir ghairthear don Mhaigh . . . ó n-ar bronnadh d'ór lais-sean . . . ann `from the quantity of gold', Keat. ii 4470 . tré n-ar imreadar d'ulc air `on account of the injury they had done him', 4634 . tréas a ndearnsad do bhagar air, Desid. 3429 . Most frequently with DI, giving mod. dia, dá approximating to a new rel. particle: duine d'a marand indíu any man of those now living, PH 7318 . gach ní dā ndubrais, Feis Tighe Chonáin 105 . na h-uili obuir trocuire diar mol in eglus, ZCP vi 25.4 . ni ternō nech dona tainic anoir `of those that came . . .', Dinds. 23 ( RC xv. 323 ). an aenridiri is lugha dob olc da roibhi ina aimsir, ZCP vi 100.12 . gach aon dár fhás ┐ dá bhfásfaidh every one who has sprung and will spring, TSh. 13 . Temporal use: feacht n-æn da roibhe Cond Cetcathach, Ériu iii 150 . fecht n-aen dá táncatar, Acall. 361 . laithe n-aen … da raibe Find, 5737 . feacht n-aen da tainic Find, 5917 . la da raibhi Crist, Smaointe B. Chr. 1754 . gach úair da dtéighinn ’na theach, L. Cl. A. B. 187 § 9 . fechtus dia m-bui E. hi Frémainn, IT i 128 § 15 . fecht eli da raibe C. .c. a nDruim Cet, BCC 146.5 . lá airithi da ndechaid C. .c. do Temraig, 126.20 . feacht n-aon da ttainic Columcille, Anecd. iii 6 . feacht dia m-báttar, Hy Fiach. 336.1 . Also with acht: co tuctha a longa leó acht a ndechaidh ar éicin, RC xvii 361.17 (Tig.).

(e) When the antecedent is a noun the rel. clause is syntactically gen.: ar comalnad andotairrngert `to fulfil what he had promised', Mon. Tall. 146.20 (§ 51) . i farrad na n-dingentar innossa, TBC-LL¹ 6178 . cuirter fesa uathaib co hAth Cliath ar cend ar ḟacsat and do Gallaib, RC xviii 289.30 (Tig.). ag soin críoch ar chanamor `that is the sum of what I have sung', TD 15.54 . ag clos a ndoirtid, Desid. 4282 . ar son a ndéineann, 731 .

adv (with unlen. -d-, cf. atiu, AFM ii 920 .y ). Mid. Ir. adv. of place replacing O. Ir. deṡíu, see Thurn., ZCP xi 310 . hence, from this place (rarely of time): adrubradar . . . ní raghdais adu (adíu v.l.) anocht, Anecd. i 45.12 . reid atchíu mar chingimm / a.¤ ceim for kallaind, Gorm. Dec. 31 . dochuadus-[s]a a.¤ do acallaim brathar dam, PH 1891 . cach lia ┐ cach ligi fuil a.¤ go airther ṅh-Erend, TBC-LL¹ 5705 . immot breith assa leith a.¤ `about carrying thee hence', Ériu i 130.34 . clóen ind ráth d'ind leith adiu, SG 317.31 ( LL 291b34 ). tret dub fri sonnach a.¤ ┐ tret gel fri sonnach denall on one side, on the other, LU 1729 . búaid creiche adiu, búaid slúagaid henceforth, BColm. 50.30 . Freq. in phrase a.¤ ┐ anall on both sides: conid desin dogarar Áth nImfoit de dina fotaib a.¤ ┐ anall, LU 10467 . gein buadha . . . día mba lán béoil na ndáoine a.¤ ┐ anall everywhere, BNnÉ 291 § 2 . oc scribendaib na n-arsata adiu ┐ anall rofoglaind Béid ┐ rothinol later and earlier (native and foreign?), ZCP ii 322.3 . adiu ┐ anall imon abaind. Ann. Conn. 1315.4 . dochersat ile etorra atiu ┐ anall, AFM ii 920.23 . aithisc iomda etorra adiu ┐ anall many communications on one side and the other, v 1740.15 . secht mile isseadh torchair idiu ┐ anall eattorrae `on both sides', i 318.2 .

Cf. 1 so, diṡíu.

n iā, f.

(a) nearness, proximity: a.¤ ab accula (leg. accola , Meyer, ZCP xiii 185 ), O'Mulc. 13 . ?rom gab B. . . . cucai for aicci (aicti v.l.) a treibe cor ferad mo théchtae oca because of the nearness of his people(?), Comp. CC 29.12 ( LU 10289 ) (cf. 1 aicde?). In phrase i n-aicci near, beside: his i nn-accai muilenn echtránd no beitis co bráth, Trip.² 2456 . co mbeth mís i n-acci cech fir díb, LL 315b53 . a naici a namat gl. a namait naici, 393a44 . eirigh ar h'ech ┐ cuir in t-ech maith-so a t'aici `take . . . beside thee', ZCP vi 73.34 . airc an Tighearna . . . ┐ an cófra do bhí na haice, 1 Sam. vi 15 . ceiltear neimh glaice gonta / libh i n-aice th' óghachta `in presence of thy virginity', Aithd. D. 59.32 . aice .i. i n-aice. Acall araice Teamhair .i. in aice Teamhrach atá, O'Cl. See ar-aicci. besides, in addition to: geanmnaidheacht i n-aice umhla, PBocht i 6 . is beag an tiomsughadh laidhnea fhoghnus a n-aice an bhromurruis nadurtha very little Latin suffices if added to . . ., 23 I 1, 109 .y . guin an chló do-chuaidh 'n-a throighidh / trom re híoc i n-aice ar ngníomh, DDána 30.11 . ? Also ina aicci in a short while (?): níba hannsae duit són … ’na aicci 'that will not be difficult for you [to know] presently' Immrama 50.837 , ZCP xxxii 121 . With follg. LA: nec[h] ris ar b[f]iu each do breith inaci leis who thought it worth while to bring a led horse with him, Cog. 132.11 . As adv.: ech acam dúib i n-aicce `I have a horse for you hard by', Metr. Dinds. iii 454.49 .

(b) fosterage: hore is na n-aicci atái since it is fostered with them that thou art (`near them', Thes., see O. Ir. Par. and Glosses, 3rd and 4th edd., Vocabulary), Wb. 5b27 . altrom a meic eter [t]heora a.¤ , BDD² 105 . atnoad (ailed, v.l.) Conchubur . . . ol is cét-a.¤ Finnchóem, Comp. CC 8.17 (text?). icht aicce (.i. gnim) ar iss i n-aicci bis in descipul icon aidi, Auraic. 1112 (cf. ZCP xvii 289.21 ) = Corm. Y 88 . bi a mic inmhuin . . . i n-aice do braithrech co mba seitrech (a dying father to his youngest son), LL 386b24 . atat dano da mbaegal naltrama baegal donn athair dia rogha laim dia mac iarna tabairt i naice corop altar manip deithberus, H 3.18, 19aw . dianduca as cin dethbeirus nimbera isin naice sin aitherrach, z. aice .i. aiti nó altrum, ut est urail coimperta i sóaici sochrait . . . ┐ aderr fos trian n-airir i tres n-aici, O'Dav. 137 . aici .i. ucht, ut est conad ragbad mac nó ingen de asa aici, 63 . log na haici, O'Curry 1989 (H 4.22, 25). aice .i. oileamhain, O'Cl.

adj o, ā (cenn)

(a) certain, fixed, definite: olais airchenn teicht do écaib `since going to death is certain', Thes. ii 296.9 . hūasal trínóit donfosca / do nāch airchenn bás baile, 351.1 (Hy. vi). an no bíth aircind (.i. fircinnte) doib, ACL iii 12 § 18 . inti omba irchend ar n-áilgius (of Colum Cille), LU 593 . is todochaide n-airchend ind esergi fein, 2614 . ar in mbās is airchionn do gach aon, Fl. Earls 156.4 . aircheann .i. fir-chinnte, O'Cl. In phrase is a.¤ (folld. by dependent clause): is airchen á buid `it is certain that it is', Wb. 11d3 . ar is airchenn ṁbes salt `it is certain that there should be a leap', Thes. ii 10.3 (BCr.). ar ni ha.¤ combat commeti ule cuirp na esergi, LU 2546 . cid airchind beth inti connaigi-siu i comḟocus, TBC-LL¹ 1735 . is airchind ni ruc buáid na bissech doib, 4407 . acht cid airchind ra-bétis eich bad luaithiu ná eich Conaill and, CRR 42 § 36 . ( LL 176a26 ). noco n-a.¤ bar mbeith uili d'áeneolus tre bithu, Mer. Uil. 132 . dia ind laithi airchinn the end of the fixed period, Laws v 370.13 Comm. i forus aidche naircinne, ii 124.18 Comm. iar na clos do Bioth . . . gorbo haircend co ttargadh dile for an ccruinde, Leb. Gab.(i) 8 § 9 . bíathad airchenn fixed refection i.e. the annual food-rent (bés tige) due from every base client to his lord in return for his fief, see Críth G. p. 75 : a chóic céli gíallnai dligid bíathad n-airchenn do cach áe, 332 . sét cach céili dia ndlig bíathad n-airchenn (-cinnai, -cenncai v.ll. ), 380 . ?Adv. techt co hairchend for cind Phoir directly, straight ahead , Alex. 609 . = techta ar ecin, IT ii2 99 .

As subst. certainty, destiny: a n-airchend fil ar ar cinn `the end which awaits us', Ériu i 68.12 (airchinn?). as airchend ar-da-tá mani dernat aithrige, Rawl. B. 512, 44b1 . limit, end: on fri haírchenn a fixed-term loan, Laws v 368.9 . résiu tí aircheand na nomaighi, O'Curry 1879 ( RIA 23 P 3 , 21(23)a ). ?aircenn muid (aircheimniugud, aircennmuig v.l.) di lebuir no do legund `a fixed measure of labour or reading', Ériu vii 138.25 = mad (mod v.l.) airchiund dia laubuir ┐ ernaigti, 172.18 .

(b) prominent, leading: ? drong nairitcda naircend, O'D. 2191 (Nero A vii, 133b). Superl.: honaib toisechaib .i. hua neuch as aircendam ┐ as erríndem cecha soinmige gl. prioribus `from what is first and highest of every prosperity', Ml. 56b22 .

(c) chaste : ro coiglestar Dilgud Grinde ingin n-aircind fris sin '"Dear Word of Exactness" has thought of, with regard to that, a chaste young female (or bird?)' Peritia iii 449.11 . act ænairceand i naidhchib tectaibh 'aside from one chaste (woman) on lawful nights' CIH vi 2337.17 , Peritia iii 452 . iar nendgus airchend 'according to chaste innocence' CIH vi 2212.28 , Peritia iii 452 . As subst. leader, chief: ardon-bath ba ar n-a.¤ adlicen .i. atbath oronn inti o mba a.¤ ar n-ailgius dligthech . . . nó inti bá a.¤ fri airchisecht ar n-adlice atbath, ACC § 14 ( RC xx 162 ). Also airdchenn (perh. ard + c.): M. . . . airchend iarthair Eorpa, Mart. Don. 294.17 = airdcenn, AFM ii 1084.2 . comad é . . . budh toisech ┐ bud airdceand don lucht ele dib, Grail 1659 . cumal gacha graid . . . iar n-enngus ┐ oirceand .i. ar a beth a nglaine co fircinte, Laws v 24.1 Comm.

Cf. airchinn.

n (ecor) act of studding or setting a surface with a number of objects, placing things at intervals over a surface; arranging, etc.: is annsin robai an tegh n-óla arna oiregar seats were placed in the drinking hall, Anecd. i 79.8 . āit oireagair óla i.e. the seat assigned to a guest at a banquet, Eachtra Uill. 1473 . ar med a eoluis, ar arecar in cach rainn itir filidecht ┐ leighinn `because he composes in every department' (of an `anruth'-poet), Laws iv 356.6 . mar theach [óir] gá oireagar, DDána 29.38 . uaisle Gaoidheal gan rígh dá roileagadh / aoinfhear d'oireagar dhíbh nír dhligheadar `were not free to set up (as king) one of themselves', Aithd. D. 4.2 . iar gclos na nguasacht so atá 'na chionn ┐ oireagar innill do chur air féin 'na n-ucht to arrange himself carefully to meet them, TSh. 6751 . Of decoration: clar airgit oeinghil co n-aireccur oir forloisccthi fair . . . iar n-imechtair, CCath. 5231 . tenecol nach traighedhdubh / airegar i nairegal, IT iii 89 § 110 . delg óir airecair, LL 237b17 ( TTr. 1532 ). cathbarr orecair, TTebe 588 . Of assailing, pelting with missiles etc.: an t-oiregar cloch do gab Goll . . . ar na sluagaib, Celt. Rev. iii 118.12 . co mba samalta re haireccur cetha cloichsnechta for cumhtaighibh cloch `like unto the pelting (?) of a hailshower on buildings of stone', CCath. 5858 . In explanation of the name Airegar nArad: as de at-berar . . . uair is do clochaibh ┐ do corthibh ┐ do tháthlecaibh in talman ro cuirsit ár bfer nErenn; o'n airegar tucsat arna trensluaghaibh diobh do raidedh oireaccar n-aradh, TBC St. 3898 and n. airecor narad annso, TBC-I¹ 2950 .

n Apparently o, but n s. also areir, etc. Some kind of fine apparently equal in value to one-seventh of a person's honour-price (eneclann) except in the case of kings. See Ir. Recht p. 15 . ZCP xv 247 . cia roig dire ┐ areir (leg. arer or airer, ed.) ┐ enecland? Saigid dire co .uii. cumala. Saigid areir co cumail, Ir. Recht 13 § 14 . x mba ┐ samaisce ata dó ina eneclann ┐ bo ┐ samaisce ata do ina a.¤ . . . uair sechtmad eneclainne ata do ina a.¤ , O'Curry 650 ( H 3.18, 314 ). seachtmad eneclainne a.¤ cach graid co gradh seachta ┐ cumal a.¤ seic; cumal a.¤ cach graidh o sin suas co ri cuicigh no Erenn ┐ di cumal cid do seic, 347 (192a). cisne lesa . . . tascnat treise . . . a.¤ .i. ar sechtmadh .i. la eneclann, what cases last for three days? . . . a case of a.¤ i.e. the seventh (of the `eneclann'), Laws i 230.25 , 232.27 Comm . E. . . . ro marbad ar cumuirce F. . . . ┐ righ cuicidh hé ┐ ro dligustur ocht cumala décc itir irar ┐ eneaclann ina sárughadh, 76.12 Comm. athgabail airir ni teit fuirri acht airir cob thri, co bo tri cach nai acht airir rig, dligid side secht cumala inna airir i.e. a king may distrain up to the amount of seven `cumals' for his a.¤ , ii 126.7 , Ir. Recht p. 15 n.l . brigter a.¤ erenar i cnocbeim col, Laws iii 536.16 . cia roich eneclann? Ro saich enech-gríss air i mbánbém, a.¤ i cnocbém, O'D. 903 ( H 3.17 c. 645 ). laneneclann don rig ┐ a.¤ isna híib so, O'Curry 459 ( H 3.18, 243b ). a.¤ enechruice compensation for causing `face-reddening' (insulting), ZCP xv 246 § 5 ( Laws ii 204 ). trian n-airir i tres n-aici `a third of the `a.¤' for the third fosterage', O'Dav. 137 . ni hictar dire na airiur na eneclann . . . oga.¤ i nogaltram, O'D. 1014 (H. 2.15, p. 17a). ní dligh airchindech aireir a manchu na dligh díre a ṡeoit, O'D. 990 ( H 3.17 col. 854 ). tabair da .vii. cumala dib do Conchobar i nairear, O'Curry 2089 (H. 4 22, p. 71b). a.¤ nairdbidh . . . .i. isi eiric ata don flaith ina [biadh] uasal . . . .i. eneclann, 443 ( H 3.18, 238b ). file nába fia thuaith taisilbhe, ni direnar dire na a.¤ na eneclann, Ériu xiii 17.24 .

n (airgráin) very horrible: ro-shaer sib o'n doire ergranna Egeptacda, PH 2823 . da cois urgranna, Lism. L. 2220 . a craes urgranda, TTebe 2072 . catha . . . urgranna, LB 122b45 . seacht mba . . . urghránna, TD 31.24 . Compar.: ní is urghránna . . . ioná an bás, TSh. 1058 . See Celtica vi 257 .

n o (see Sprache xliv 42-43 ) whetstone, whetting: cotis .i. líe .i. a.¤ frisa melaiter erna, Corm. Y 326 . mar altain d'aithle a hoirnimh, Dán Dé xxv 22 . Note also: co mba sithethir remithir a.¤ n-óclaích, LU 6471 = airtimh, TBC St. 2329 (cf. airtem). airtnemh, O'Cl.

v (2 aithne). Also aithnigid, aithintigid. Replaces earlier ad-gnin, q.v. IGT Verbs § 54 .

(a) knows (usually of a process rather than a state), comes to know, realizes, understands: inti nach aithnenn amail gebtar in athgabail, Laws i 84.25 Comm. ni aicnebhad . . . nech a dliged fein, 156.5 Comm. = ní aichénadh, O'D. 505 ( H 3.17, 410 - 411 ). ? seoit ag na haicinter lacht ┐ gnimrad, iii 380.16 Comm. `? `seds' from which there is no expectation of milk . . .', Plummer MS. notes. atiur-sa breithir nach raichnea . . . sluag acallma Ulad that you cannot know (= will not find) a host to equal the U., TBC-LL¹ 5087 . bail . . . i n-aichenad in lín do rigaib . . . rogenfed uait, Aen. 1429 . nir' aithned dia sloghuibh beith for eilifaintibh riam co sin `riding on elephants had not been known to', Marco P. 115 . anois aithnim an t-iul díreach, DDána 25a.24 . ? gnāth a gnato .i. ēolchaigim nō aichtigim (for aichnigim?), Corm. Y 706 .

(b) recognises, knows (i.e. at sight, immediately) (person, thing etc.): corom aichnistar iaraim, LU 3674 ( SCC § 32 ). in aithnechta madh cethea in iaraidh sin?, ZCP v 501.33 (= inn-dathgnitae, IT i 144.21 ). aithéontar misi let mar sin you will recognise me, Ériu v 184.379 . dia n-aichintigtís a ecosc, TTr.² 1663 . ni haithenntaigi iat sech aroile, Stair Erc. 1817 . do athain C. guth an pecthaigh, BNnÉ 152 § 20 . da fechain an aitheonadh an Papa a legend fen, ZCP x 236.14 . rabhad rogaisi d'ógaib aichénus `a warning of wisdom to the youths who will recognise it', MR 302.14 . an ro athinset lucht na cille dia ccrudh `such part of their cattle as the people . . . were able to recognise', AFM iii 288.15 .

With AR introducing characteristic or mark by which something is recognised: trí ara n-aichnider cech fergach, Triads 188 . ar Thadhg aithintear gur fhíor / sgéala an draoi, Aithd. D. 10.21 . aithnimíd ar a siobhal iad, Desid. 1844 . aichnid fora eirread co mba filid, FDG 595 .

(c) recognises, perceives, notices (a fact, state of affairs): ra rímit ┐ ra harmit ┐ ra achnít cor batar cutrumma it was realized that they were equal, TBC-LL¹ 69 . in firinde aithnighit na baoith . . . ┐ na gaoith, O'Dav. 156 . ní aithnim fós go bhfuair mé / síothcháin, Dán Dé xvii 31 . gur aithneas t'olcas d'fhior chumainn `till I saw how evil a companion thou wert', Dán Dé xix 10 . baoghal orm-sa má aithnionn `if he see me in danger', Content. ix 29 . éagcóir do haithneadh oraibh it is clear that you have suffered injustice, DDána 68.6 . vn. (from aithnigid): do chuindchid na cenn dia n-aithniugud, Loinges mac nDuíl Dermait 54 § 10 . mar is āil leat a thuigsin agas a aithniughadh, Carswell 1249 . do chum thusa dhā aithniughadh, 2582 . is é fundameint, agus tossach na muinigin is jonchurtha jn n’Dia é féjn aithniughadh?, Adtimchiol 3 § 14 .

adv = illé: conid dib cenel C. alle to this point, Ériu iii 136.37 . alé (: turchairthe), Acall. 647 . B. tucc an tor alle (: innile), Leb. Gab.(i) 40.23 . a-le (: ele), Ériu iv 222 § 38 . cu mba hár . . . leo alliu ┐ anall hither and thither, Marco P. 33 , 65 , 114 , 131 (the form alliu is perhaps a diff. formation in the meaning from here , ed.)= illiu ┐ anall, 151 . ? ille alle dá chét naem / do ria . . . co R., SG 366.13 ( LL 298a14 ).

v Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 455 . GOI § 523 . See also Celt. Verb p. 85 ff. IGT Verbs § 73 , § 80 . In early lang. with palatal -n- in fut. and condit., and later also with fut. in -éb-: Fut. 1 s. ainfa, Wb. 14a8 , etc. -anéb, LU 6375 ( TBC-I¹ 1861 ). -anaeb, TBC-LL¹ 2515 . -anub, 2518 . 3 s. -aineba (: ailechu, Celtica xi 95 ), MacCongl. 5.8 . Condit. 1 s. no ainfaindse , Laws i 250.20 etc.

Later also with initial f, see infra.

Vn. anad, vbl. of necess. anta.

(a) stays, remains, abides: intain ronanissiu dom héisse `when thou hast remained after me', Wb. 29d9 . is do inso noainfeda `it is for this thou wouldst have remained', 27d20 . nirransam we have not remained (in that state), 19d6 . luid . . . Fiacha . . . ┐ anaid Fergus, IT i 75.16 . tíagam ar ndís . . . ┐ anat ar n-óic sund, TBFr. 380 . ansait tri lá, 146 . dursan nach anadh anmait, BNnÉ 313 § 5 . do-anusdair Edarcomhal . . . ar eis Fergusa, ZCP viii 551.1 . dá n-ana ar an iul dhíreach if he were to keep to the true knowledge, DDána 58.30 . do anustair an tseisrech ina sesamh, BNnÉ 222.4 . dogebh bas . . . da n-anar mur so co fada, ZCP vi 27.1 . an-sa is L. go réidh `remain quiet you and L.,' Content. xiv 31 . fanaig go mín, Párl. na mB. 424 . Note also: go n-anann fiadhánta remains wild, TSh. 7461 . smuain orra . . . ┐ an ós a cceann go fadsduidérach consider them, Mac Aingil 3929 . Waits for, till (co): ansu . . . co nimparrá in carpat wait . . . till I turn . . ., TBC-I¹ 24 . an biuc . . . corot-aicciller, Sc.M² 9 . ni aned-som co n-indechad, LU 4342 . ainfe co mba sen `thou shalt live to be old', Ériu iii 108 § 54 . nir anatar no co rangatar co . . ., L. Chl. S. 2 . go Beinn Éadair níor hanadh `there was no halt till (they reached) B.,' Content. xxviii 16 . With CEN: roansad-sum gan dul tairis, TTebe 2723 . in tan anmait-ne cen imluad a corp-sum, PH 2059 . an feadh do anfadh gan pheacadh, TSh. 3406 . a.¤ DI or DO adheres to: máthair do fhan dá hiris who stuck to her faith, A. Ó Dálaigh xxv 4 . [anaid] dod chorp . . . / poill na gcló . . ., PBocht 24.18 . anar dá thairngire d'Aodh Oirnidhe, DDána 109.13 . a.¤ FOR (AR) ansait ... forsind fhledugud, TBFr. 146 . decides on, fixes on, agrees to: intan na hantai for cocertad Medba when you do not abide by the decision of M., LU 9003 . anfat-sa fair I shall abide by it, MU² 188 . ni ro-an ┐ nir tairis menma Coluim cilli ar Uib Neill isin cath sin did not remain fixed on the O'Neills(?), RC xxiv 52 § 11 . do ḟanadar ar leith Eireann do léighean uatha do Eóghan, ML 66.9 . is é ní ar ar fanadh againn this is what we have decided on, Maguires of F. 17 . conadh fair ro hanadh leó fó dheóidh `they finally agreed upon', AFM vi 2334.17 . mar bhanaighne is ort anaim I am content with thee, PBocht 14.36 . is dearbh liom nach anfá ar mh'inghin mar mhnaoi phósta `thou wouldst not be content with', Keat. iii 2793 . geallais go n-anfadh ar a thoil feadh a ré `promised that he would do his will', 835 . na han ar inmhe as lugha / ná ar thabhaigh `be not satisfied with any less fortune than . . .', Aithd. D. 8.34 . a.¤ FRI (RE, LA) waits for : níruanus fris, Wb. 14d29 . an frim céin córda sille wait for me till I look at them, LU 3807 ( SCC 37 ). cid frisin n-anaid and? anmai . . . frisin n-id n-ucut we wait because of yonder withe, 4738 (TBC). dia nana fria . . . muna[b] an do beir fiacha inn, Laws ii 52. x Comm. an rim a rí richid, LL 374c19 . niro ansom . . . ri cungid clochi he didn't wait to look for a stone, LL 14430 . anais Eōgan fria, ML² 416 . re freagra d'fhagháil do an, DDána 5.21 . do anamar le comairle n-Dé, BNnÉ 49 § 32 . a.¤ I N-: ni roan indi cuse / sín na snigi . . ., Thes. ii 292.16 (Hy. ii). ni anand sai i son, Laws v 2.8 Comm. dá n-antá rinn i modh cheart `had you acquiesced as we do in the truth', Content. v 84 . an feth anfuidhi a n[b]ar pec[th]aib féin, ni fuil ecla acainne romaib, Maund. 123 . do an féin san bhfearann gcéadna, Keat. ii 354 . fan am fochair si, Judges xvii 10 . corruanat inna arrad, Ml. 42a4 . a.¤ LA stays with: acht ni ainfed liumsa, Wb. 32a11 . Cf. 7a17 . anis iii aithgi la suide `it remained three nights with him', Thes. ii 242.14 (Ardm.). anaid iarsin ind athgabail la fer do dobeir a forus the distress remains with the man who puts it in a pound, Laws ii 128.24 Comm. a.¤ ó remains away from, avoids: cionnus úaidh dofhanfainn-si?, Ériu ix 4.z . ni anand o creicc m'indmais, Three Hom. 64.8 . ná han uaithi (of repentance), Mac Aingil 554 . do fhan dé Domhnaigh ó Aifreann, A. Ó Dálaigh xlix 6 . a.¤ OC stays with: anais sechtmain occai, Trip.² 1246 . ind ainfedea oca `wouldst thou abide there', Mon. Tall. 134.8 (§ 19) . is tall anas oca, Laws i 212.8 Comm. an accamsa i n-oighreacht t'athar, BNnÉ 292 § 10 . tearc iadhadh aga n-anann few bonds hold it (of the body), PBocht 12.15 . ionnus nar an aige acht seacht mba until he had only seven cows left, Keat. ii 4692 . ní anann aithne ná úrlabhra . . . aige, Párl. na mB. 3661 . tuigim nách anfadh aguinn / aoradh an óig . . . / . . . / ó ḟolaibh airdríogh Éirionn `I know that the satirizing of the warrior . . . would not be left unpunished by the kindreds of the high kings . . .', TD 23.22 . continues: issindí nad ran oc precept did not continue preaching(?), Wb. 14d30 . aoibhneas ag nach anfaidhe / a dhaoirmheas ní dlighfidhe pleasure which is not persisted in(?), PBocht 19.20 . abides by, holds by: do anudair ag foirm cheathruir ┐ is iad so an ceathrar ar ar anadar `they agreed to abide and submit to the decision of four persons', ML 180.y . ní bhacfadh tuar a thighe / dá n-antar ag uan Muire, PBocht 12.24 .

(b) resists, withstands (FRI): is é imsním fa mó ag na míledhaib nach anta (= antaí) re [a] n-imresnaib that the enemy would not wait their attack at close quarters, Caithr. Thoirdh. 75.28 . fris a n-irgail ní hantoir nobody withstands him in battle, Sitzungsb. Pr. Akad. v (1919) 93 § 29 . ní h-anthar ris á rind gliad, Hy Fiach. 294.1 . nir hanad annsin ac Mumnechaib re huruad mec inn Ardrig `the M. did not stand their ground, through fear of the Highking's son', Ann. Conn. 1225.17 .

(c) ceases, stops, desists: ánanas `when it ceases', Ml. 71b5 . intan . . . nunanad when it came to rest (the cloud over the Ark), 83a4 . trisnacemmen inandais, 133b4 . an ná toirche dom thadhall stop, PBocht 3.41 . anadh an uaill let pride cease, 6.36 . ro ansat na drochdoene / o ro marbhtha a ceile evil people have desisted, Misc. Hib. 17 § 5 ( LL 19075 ). Of sound, etc.: anat for mbriathra bági cease your boastful words, LU 8425 ( FB 29 ). ansat na hegme, 1907 . anait begg tra . . . na cruitiri, TBFr. p. 17 § 11 . co cend se ṁbliadna déc ni ro an gol na crith leo i n-Ultaib did not cease, IT i 77 § 16 (LMU). a.¤ DI desists from, gives up: na anam di dénum maith, Wb. 20c14 . nícon ainiubsa (conainib MS) dut moladsu, Ml. 53b8 . iarsindi ronan hua céin di aisndis dun popul after he had ceased for a while from speaking of the people, 126b1 . de molad Dé ni anad, Thes. ii 315.1 (Hy. ii). anait dint shenmaim, TBFr. 122 . nicon aniubsa dib i.e. I won't refrain from killing you, TBC-I¹ 2886 . nócon ainfe ingrimm ┐ acrae díib co bráth, Trip.² 2217 . níro ansat do silid, 792 . conrana (leg. cor-rana, ed.) don dualaich sin until he can give up that vice, Ériu vii 162.6 . o ra ansad don merugud `when they ceased from straying', RC xxiv 196.9 . noco roscar na scela / ni ro an dia abéla, LL 375a41 . a.¤ oc desists from: nocho n-antais cei[n] no antais occa treghdagh, Anecd. i 67 § 145 . lucht an indluig ni anat / ag éccnach a n-eascarat, Ériu iv 212 § 2 . nir anais . . . ic a dénum, PH 8119 . ní anat an énlaith sin ac canainn cíuil, RC xxiv 379.23 . dá n-anta ga n-iongabháil, Aithd. D. 36.31 . níor an 'gá chuinghidh . . . gur . . ., Dán Dé ii 7 . nā han ag atach Rīgh nimi, ZCP vi 272 § 14 . ni anann an fhairgi co brac ac linadh ┐ ac tragad, Ir. Astr. Tr. 46.5 . ní anann acht oc does not cease to: nach anann acht agar sgras-ne, Fier. 87 . ní anann sé acht ag senmóir, Dán Dé xxii 1 . ni antais acht ag aslach na nGaoidheal, Hugh Roe 308.25 (fo. 80b) . a.¤ AR desists from: nír an dá éise ar a fhuath . . . go bhfríoth aisde lé mar luach she did not cease to hate him, PBocht 27.26 .

n f. Name of a class of metre proper to an ollam. Connected with anaid (in sense breathes ) and ainimm and perh. orig. in sense of psychic inspiration , Watkins, Celtica vi 217 but see ZCP xxxi 146 , Ériu xlviii 47 . The a.¤ had two divisions, a.¤ becc and a.¤ mór, also called a.¤ ceithireich, which was sub-divided into four `ré's. See also IT iii pp. 164-68 . Variously explained by native glossators: emon airchitel, ar it cosmaili a dā lethcomarc unde a.¤ dicitur .i. nī emon acht is ceat[h]arreig, O'Mulc. 391 . Corm. Y 574 . a.¤ .i. ainm airc[h]etail .i. án a somaoin ar mét a lóig[e] ┐ a grāid, ar is dán olloman, unde dicitur: `inloing ollam a.¤', Corm. Y 39 (cf. O'Dav. 1072 ) = inellaig ollam anamuin, O'Mulc. 537 . a.¤ (.i. anṡomain .i. somain án .i. airdairc ┐ is ind immund tis atá ind a.¤) eter da nin inso .i. nin i tossuch in moltai ┐ nin ina deriud, LU 400 ( ACC, RC xx 146.3 ). a.¤ an somain `glorious profit', Auraic. 1581 . baird . . . cid i ndeocraigetar? . . . i ndanaib ┐ gradaib ┐ anmandnuib (┐ aistibh no anamnaibh v.l.), IT iii 5.7 . a.¤ bec indso, 60 § 120 . ind a.¤ mór . . . cethrí re inti-sside .i. nath anair, laíd ┐ emain. Itt e sein tra cetrí re na hanamna, 59 § 114 . a.¤ ceatarach annso . . . cethireich .i. ceithri reich ann ┐ it e annso a nanmand .i. nath, anair, laidh ┐ eamain, 96 § 152 . in t-ollam filead . . . a.¤ cainceitiriac a aisde go n-a ceithir reib ogaib eilligter innti [i.] nath ┐ anair, laid ┐ eamain, Laws v 58.6 Comm. is hi foglaim na .xi. bliadna .i. .l. anamain (anaman v.l.) mór ┐ .l. a.¤ becc (of an ollam), IT iii 59 § 113 . is i so . . . in anamhain fodhen, 97 § 157 . .x. mba ┐ samaisc ar corp na hanamnach boden, Laws v 58.8 Comm. incipít dona hanamhnaibh, IT iii 96 . iarcomarc na hanamna inso sís, 60 § 119 . teora uama ollaman xii raind na filidechta ┐ na ceithri srotha déc . . . ┐ anamna ollaman, 59 § 112 . a.¤ irdairc / uasal in slonnod / nisdenand duine / uile acht ollom, 106 § 25 . carpat cumaili cach aeda anumna, 50 § 93 . Laws v 70.3 Comm. co feser cia halt aircetail bera fri sechta .i. i[n] nath, inn anair, inn a.¤ etc., Auraic. 828 , 1578 , 4654 .

Associated with names of magical formulae (but see Ériu xlviii 47 ): ceithri srotha déc [na filidechta] ínso sís .i. . . . immas ┐ dichetal, a.¤ ┐ brethugud ┐ tenmlaida, etc., IT iii 58.1 ., LL 3898 . nath ┐ dicetal ┐ Bretha Nemedh ┐ a.¤ , Laws v 28 n.5 . dicedul do cenduib, cedul nanomuin, O'D. 2207 (Nero A vii, f. 143b). ailghes ┐ a.¤ ┐ glaimh dicend, 2319 ( Rawl. B 506, 33b3 ).

n n, f. aradha f., IGT Decl. § 9 .

(a) preparation, arrangement, disposal, treatment . In Laws only in Comm.: aradha athgabala orrudh, ii 66.19 . athgabail tulla . . . is e a haruda, i 212.29 . as ar athgabail inbleoguin ata in aradha sin, 290.19 . aradhu ┐ frithgnumh in luaidh . . . da trian innech bias ar aradhain, ii 416.28 . im aradain ┐ im leth frichnam na trebaire, 392.12 . ? ealadu ┐ frichnum air (of an iron pot), v 18.1 . arada na cuic seoit (sic for seot) romhuinn orro, 42.z . da rann dec do denum de in arudhu adrubramar romaind, iii 340.24 . mana fuil ceithri cutruma aithgina do smacht ann is arudha seoit diubulta `it has the graduation of a double 'sed'', 342.12 . isi so in aradha ara roich .x. mba na fomolta and, O'Curry 1000 (H 3.18, 427a). in fiche gne saerda catead a n-araide (aradnai, v.l. 4819) foraib how are they classified? Auraic. 1639 . Of preparing food: do-ronsat cuiccnecht in n-úain cháscda ┐ a aradain, PH 5098 . as ferr áradhu immat, BNnÉ 29.6 . Treatment in general: ba cóem . . . in phelait . . . ba líach drocha.¤ furri, TFerbe 402 . tabraid aradain cóir forsin anmain, PH 3569 . tabair h'áradain féin fair, RC xxvi 366.3 . roba córa daimh fri har ┐ tarrudh libh, oldas an aradhain uccat do thabairt for deisciplaibh Dé (of monks engaged in digging and field-labour), BNnÉ 297 § 32 . Cf. aradhain uilc .i. droich-dhíol, O'Cl. fúair in gein aradain olc / ac fagadaib i Fornocht `met ill treatment', Metr. Dinds. iii 74.111 . sobartan .i. soaraide .i. araide maith, O'Dav. 1454 .

(b) rein(s) (note g p. aradnach, ITS xxiv 62.25 . d p. aradhnachaibh, AFM vi 2168.1 ): rogabastár éssi astuda a ech i n-a thuasri .i. aradna a ech, LU 6398 (TBC). arathain, echsrian no delg, Laws i 134.12 Comm. a srian cona aradnu hítha, MacCongl. 81.5 . gabaidh aradhaín in e[i]ch in a laim, Aen. 2848 . ro lacsat na marcaigh a n-aradhna da n-echaibh, CCath. 1274 . is secht n-eich a n-aradnaibh, BB 271b15 . arádha eich na láimh, Duan. F. i 30.19 . a láim na haradhan, IGT Decl. ex. 313 . Fig. fad aradhna Dé ar a dhoirr / do bhoing sé a hanumhla inn, ex. 320 . do ní ar a fheirg arodhain controls, Dán Dé xxii 25 . ceann m'aradhna ná léig lim do not give me my head, IGT Decl. ex. 311 . toil na hoileamhna ag iarraidh ar n-aradhna trying to rein me in, DDána 70.2 .

n iā, f. (1 ard)

(a) height: co teit ós goethaib ar airde that its situation is above the winds as regards height (of Paradise), LB 230 marg. inf. .u. ced dég ceim . . . ar airdi isin aill sin `to the top of the cliff', Stair Erc. 633 . fios airde réaltann, Keat. ii 177 . ? cach maith do dé no arddae (: Marggae) (leg. anddae, edd.), Thes. ii 295 § 6 (see ZCP lxi 5 ). In adv. phr. i n-a.¤ up, above: cró a chubat féin imbi i narda the hut his own length high around him, Thes. ii 331.32 . nīnimgēb acht i n-arddai by jumping (of avoiding a spear), TBC-I¹ 1291 . cumgabáil in locha i n-airddi, LU 9098 ( FB 85 ). as a chinn suas anairde, Laws ii 240.2 Comm. slan don ti eamnas na go clis innairdi, Laws iii 284.20 Comm. , cf. cleasamnaig .i. cuirid na goo-clis a n-airde, v 108.31 Comm. With vb. of motion: fos-cerdat i n-ardae up, BDD² 942 . lingid C. i n-ardai, MU² 910 . gebthi . . . in roth ┐ nos cuir i n-arda co ranic midlisi in tigi, LU 8845 ( FB 64 ). Fig. téit a aicned i n-ardde he grows angry, LL 19750 . do chuir a shíth a n-áirde `threw up his truce', ML 72.3 . gur togbadh . . . a cethra . . . a n-airde `were seized completely', AU ii 522.9 . As prep. cúich cúmsanfus i n-airdde do [fh]laithiusai = quis requiescat in monte sancto tuo, PH 8085 . ó'n bfior a n-airde a brinna crucial point(?), SG 321.27 .

(b) height (of person or thing): a arddi his height (a giant), LU 9060 ( FB 81 ). da dornn deg dia hairde, Laws iv 112.2 , 9 . adbal lim airdde ind ethair, LL 12643 . secht troighthi ar cóicait an airdi aeinfhir díb, RC xxiv 380.1 . go mba metithir ra fomóir . . . in milid . . . i certarddi, LL 10761 . tricha traiged i n-ardai (of a house), IT i 309.33 . da-roraind fot ┐ lethet ┐ airde ina heclaisi, PH 6352 .

(c) height, high place: dosbertatar dochum na hardda i ndorus na prímrátha, TBFr. 62 . Fir Arddae (n. loc.), ACL iii 293 . is hí so sis . . . in treḟoclach focrai fadesin . . . ┐ do Feraib Arddai dorighne, ib. Cf. Jn. Celt. Stud. ii 96 . i nairdib oireachtais hills of assembly, MR 92.5 . In other nn. loc. Arda Cuis ┐ Arda Cartaind, BB 325b22 = Ard C. ┐ Ard C., Auraic. 1222 . Artda Muirchol, Thes. ii 274.10 = Art M., 278.23 .

(d) In general sense of greatness, nobility, etc.: nī fuil nōeb connī a airde (.i. Pātraic), ACL iii 303 § 3 . Uriél . . . int abb co n-ūaisli ardi (:gairgi) `high nobility', Ériu ii 92 § 4 . gan fechain do cruas a mbethadh nó d'airde a fuirechruis intensity of their watchfulness, BCC 420.22 . co n-airde aiccnidh ┐ co menmain mílidh, AFM vi 2128.14 . In bad sense arrogance, pride: airde mh'aignidh the arrogance of my disposition, Dán Dé xvi 9 . áirde intínne, 2 Cor. xii 7 .

(e) Of sound, loudness : airde ngotha loudness of voice (one of the signs of bad pleading), BB 64f1 ( Tec. Corm. § 22 ). bo i roairde ngotha no [i ro]isli ngotha, O'Curry 228 (H 3.18, 123 ). In adv. phrase: do-ratsat . . . gáir tromm i n-ardi they shouted aloud, PH 771 . ar Brenainn oc i n-airde aloud, ZCP x 410.27 . Of velarisation : dul i n-airde 's i n-ísle, Celtica xxvii 61 § 14 . i n-ísle théid iodhadh án | i n-airde téid ailm iomlán, Celtica xxvii 61 § 15 .

n io n.? (báe nde, Celtica xviii 42 § 8 ). Freq. in negative constructions and perh. originally meaning something, anything (of consequence, value, etc.) (cf. 1 ní (d)), the meaning profit , etc. being an extension. something advantageous ; benefit, utility, profit : bá .i. tarba, ut est ni beir in ben ba on fir dinnab cethraib .i. nocha mbeirinn in ben tarba on fir . . . ┐ ni toighlen ba don iarraid .i. tarba, O'Dav. 279. Cf. Laws ii 164.8 Comm. esbae . . . nī ba ní etir, quasi es-baa, Corm. Y 517. ba .i. maith, O'Cl. scel n-amhra . . . cen baa di goi `without a trace of a lie', Blathm. 102 § 37. ni torbe do bóu gl. ad nihil [enim] utile est, Wb. 30b6 . ní cumgat góa baa i cathroí anything at all, ZCP xi 83 § 30. ní roichim baa (.i. díghaltus nó cathugadh) fort I cannot gain by thee, v 524.18 . ní taurga ndam báa nde no good will come to me from it, Anecd. i 42.3 . nocho taircci baa dam, ii 9 § 13 . lanamnas eicne no sleithe: ni techtat ba acht comperta, Stud. in E. Ir. Law 71 § 35 ( Laws ii 404.14 ). a ba (.i. a maith), Laws i 50.13 Comm. bái nad ba an advantage that does not die (?), Metr. Dinds. ii 32.91 . béd combá glossed: gníomh co maith, Leb. Gab.(i) 48.10 . Eochu Bai bladach ba ba, Rawl. 148a2 . líag uachtair ba ba, LL 29008. b.¤ ferainn landed property: a mbai ferainn ┐ a cain ┐ a cablach their profit from land, LL 389a20 . cech cáin ┐ cech bai f[er]uinn (sic leg.), 23 .

In phrases. attá b.¤ do x de y y is advantageous to x: ní baí báa di (leg. do) sodain de sin, LU 6947 (BDD). bāi baa dō-sam de, O'Mulc. 726. ni roibe ba de sodain do L., IT i 272.25 ( FB 38 Eg.). cia rofessair h'athair ni fuil bá duit de, RC ix 456.19 . briathra banda sain arse ni ḟuil baa díb, LL 32733 ( TTr. 1942 ). ní bhaoí bá do sodhain, AFM vi 1900.3 . Cf. ni marat, ni fil a mbá , RC xxiii 304 § 2 (translated `there is not what has died'). ni bæ son it does not matter, Vita Br. 24.28 . ni baa aní sin, LU 4541 (TBC). ní bá sin or Cu C., 5723 . Cf. ní dénaimsea baa de sin I make light of that, 4849 = ní denam robríg de, TBC-LL¹ 859. nirbo baa dosom ón that was of no avail (of an injunction), LL 37040. hore nárbu bae la ludeu creitem did not want to believe, Wb. 5b12 . nirbo bá leiss sárgud meic sethar a athar he preferred not to, LL 32562 ( TTr. 1763 ).

Predic. and attrib. g s. ní bái lib manducare dominicam cenam `ye deem it not profitable', Wb. 11d4 . nī būi dō, Bruchst. 41 § 4 ( ni baoí ní dó, TFrag., 62.3 ). ? Dauid co triath[aib] darb' bai, SR 6353 (: na huamai). fó lóe in bruit bái of the good cloak, Thr. Ir. Gl. 20 s.v. fola brith. do sluagaibh in betha baoí (: mnaí), TBC St. 3748. ni bethu ba, LL 15775.

Compd. ? ¤ḟis. In pseudo-etym. gloss: corus bescna .i. coir seis, seis choir in bafesa gnae no aibind `the true rule of the pleasant or delightful knowledge', Laws iii 2.5 Comm.

adj o, ā. Also baíd, baíth, bóeth.

I

(a) foolish, stupid, silly, thoughtless, reckless; of animals, wind irrational, wild, innocent, wayward: baid gl. stultus, Wb. 8d8 (a prima manu). deilb mordraige ┐ fir boith, Ml. 52. mall no baéth gl. hebes, Sg. 66a5 . baeth. .i. faoth quasi fatu[u]s , O'Mulc. 118. deich mba mboetha im gach mboethan, Fél. 88.32 . dáig at báetha cialla ban, LU 3996 ( SCC 45 ). a Fir Baíth is b.¤ do fecht, 6032 . in tond baeth bhorr (of Fer Diad), TBC-LL¹ 4185. is bōeth do neoch renus fír/ar ascnam i tīr na pīan, ZCP vii 498.4 . [b]aoth .i. olc . . . .i. is olc ní cradh Dé, O'Dav. 192. hech baeth, RC xx 174 § 39 (ACC Comm.). in breo baoth reckless , AFM ii 902.20 . Compar. is minic . . . nach baoithe an chlann ioná a n-athair, Donlevy 332.4 . Adv. do imthig roimpe co baoth barr-[ud]mall waywardly (of the wind), ML² 713.

(b) In Laws applied to one not fully responsible either through nonage or mental deficiency (opp. to 1 gáeth): fofuasna ide a c[h]uru uile mat baith `wenn sie töricht sind', Stud. in E. Ir. Law 46 § 22. fer (= fír, Fianaig. 30.29 ) mná báithe dlomthar sceo gaithe, O'Dav. 209.

(c) wanton, licentious: cacha baitsaige .i. . . . is leisin mnai mbaith in lenam donither ria, Laws v 454.8 Comm. a ndail mná baithe, IT iii 16 § 40. diammbése b.¤ if I were wanton, LU 8332 ( FB 24 ). cosc mnā bóithe do drúis, MacCongl. 73.2 (of a hopeless proceeding).

As pseudo-n. pr. cóic maccu maithe .i. Baeth ┐ Bras . . ., Dinds. 161 ( RC xvi 280.17 ).

II As subst.

(a) fool, idiot; in baid gl. idiotae, Wb. 12d35 (a prima manu). don báith no dond oscar gl. idiotae, 12d16 . imrechtatar báith baethu B. .i. ro imaigetar . . . na baethu eochu baetha B., O'Dav. 1076. ro selgatar rótu/nád soréid la báethu (of the saints), Fél. Prol. 30. ? goth gruce golfad breice/baeth críche, Auraic. 5289.

(b) In Laws one who is legally incapacitated on mental grounds: dilmuin do boethuib . . . is dilmuin . . . dona hecodnuchuibh, Laws ii 82.7 . ni cria do baeth . . ., do mnaí, do cimid, iii 58.6 . iasacht cungnuma do baethaib, v 490.3 . cor baith fri gaet, Coibnes 5 n.1 . aithghin a nedgi boith no meic, Laws i 272.x Comm. imchomét a baíth ┐ a gaíth, Ériu xx 168.77 . itir baoth ┐ gaoth, ar as a belaib baoith .i. na lēighes ┐ gaoith .i. lēighis, dlutar gach nós, O'Curry 2280 ( Eg. 88, 21a ). b.¤ (┐) gáeth term for some class of legally irresponsible person: in caeptha ┐ in finelogh, b.¤ ┐ gaeth, ┐ in fer lethchuind—ceithre hanmanna sin ar in fer lethchuind, O'Curry 982 (H. 3.18, 423a). baeth gaeth, 1392 (631b). Cf. fenelaig (.i. baith no gaith), Bürgschaft 19 § 59.

Compds. searc gach baothmhná light woman (?), DDána 89.27 . ge béo anocht ar bhaithbendaibh wild (?) peaks, BS 86.7 . nacham luaid dot' baethbriatraib wanton words (Joseph to Potiphar's wife), SR 3186. ar baoithchéill . . . ó mheisge nó ó chraos, Eochairsg. 105.33 . brón baoithchridhe ban `wayward hearts', Studies 1920, 99 § 10 . do bhaothghlóir na beatha aimseardha `empty glory' (Gloss.), TSh. 606. dá bhaothghnúis éididh ionghualaigh (of the devil), Aithd. D. 76.10 . cid día mbúpthai na báethlaegu innocent calves, LU 1752. an baothlaogh allaidh, DDána 80.29 . don bháothleim sin reckless leap, RC xxix 122 § 22 . baethlenum becc innocent child, Acall. 6283. do dhá bhaothmhama thug masla do lígh an lile tender breasts, Hackett xx 45 . iarsin baethréim rucsat Ulaid dar Herind reckless course, LL 22076. in bi[th] cona báethrennaib the world with its irrational elements, Ériu iv 106 § 60. Cf. baíd.

n o, m. (1 báeth) calf, young animal: baothān ferb .i. laogh, ZCP v 484 § 9 (B. na f.). deich mba mboetha im gach mboethan, Fél. 88.32 . b.¤ lúath na lethbliadna, Anecd. i 38 § 107. baothan as gach tred / gach caorach 's gach bó, Misc. Hag. Hib. 34.23 . ní labhair bó re baothán, Magauran 746 .

In later lang. also fool, simpleton, heedless person: mairg darb céile baothán borb (prov.), Hard. ii 404.4 . baothán builidh beig-ciallda, TSh. 1721.

As a pn nickname: don Baethan Mac Gilla ruaidh, ALC ii 126.6 .

adv (see Meid, Stud. Celt. iv 72 f. and Celtica xii 108-12 ).

(a) i mb.¤ tomorrow: imbārach .i. i mba iubar solis .i. turgbāil grēine, Corm. Y 781 . Cf. O'Mulc. 749. notmairfider immārach, SR 6496. dun chath firfidir imbárach, Imr. Brain 43.4 . i mbárach, LU 9016 ( FB 76 , H). immarach (crastina die), Lat. Lives 89.8 . imbarach no innocht, TBC-LL¹ 1865. bid inniu duit / ní ba márach, Todd Nenn. 224.10 . 'na tócbaitis saír . . . de indiu, no tuited i mbárach, Airne F. 207. an duine ad-chí aniogh i niort / ag so i márach é i n-ainriocht, Dán Dé xxv 19 . fōi lais ambārach dadaig tomorrow night, TBC-I¹ 2916. TBFr. 247. ZCP iv 176.14 .

With lá: ataim nemhḟeasach in lium fein in la amarach tomorrow, LB 40 marg. sup. a ccoinne an láoi márach, Numbers xi 18 . Somet. inflected: go lān-shoillsi an láoi amāraigh, Feis Tighe Chonáin 834. timcheall an laói a maruigh, Matthw. vi 34. an laói máruigh, Joshua vii 13.

Note also: da faghadh fen amairech ina maighdin hi on the morrow (cf. b), Maund. 262.

(b) (í)ar(n)a (= prep. ar or íar + poss. pron. 3 s.) b.¤ the next day, on the morrow: romdis direchtai arabarach `on the morrow', Ml. 48d12 . uenit . . . O. . . . arrabarach, Lib. Hymn. i 46.8 . Ériu xx 164.39 . arabárach, Trip.² 147. iarnabárach, Thes. ii 329.38 (Hy. v Comm.). nocon bía luaithne de iarnabárach, Trip.² 180. arna bárach, LU 4779. isind laithiu iarnabarach (sequenti die), Lat. Lives 8.7 . PH 1250. iarabarach, Mon. Tall. 164.9 (§ 88) . arabarach, 161.16 (§ 81) . arnamairech, Maund. 262. ar na bhárach ┐ ar na bháirech cóir aráon, Bard. Synt. Tr. 18.209.21 . ar a bhārach, RSClára 13a . biit and íarum co arna bárach until the next day, TBFr. 351. cusarnabárach, LU 8764 ( FB 57 ). gan a breith có abhárach till tomorrow, RC vi 175.55 . go horbharach, AFM vi 2102.5 . See 1 búarach.

adj o, ā (bennacht) Also bennachtnach. blessed; fortunate: Brigitt bh.¤ `blessed B.', ZCP i 62.5 . (of an angelic host) tic slog . . . bulid bendachtnach, PH 8320. mo thiopra blaith b.¤ , Anecd. ii 21 § 9. Dál ṁBúan ṁbennachtnach prosperous , LL 19929. co mba bu[dech] b.¤ F. thankful, ZCP vi 25.27 . o briathraib blaithe bendachtnacha benign words, LB 129a39 . As subst. o, m. dona bennachtnachaib the blessed, LU 1945 ( FA 1 ). uenite, benedichti ( Matthew xxv 34 ) ticid, a bennachtuchu, RC xlvi 233.25 .

adj expld. as good, fortunate, safe: b.¤ .i. maith, O'Cl. b.¤ tene .i. tene ṡoinmech (glossing Belltaine), Corm. 6. b.¤ .i. maith nó soinmech . . . bit secht mba bili, O'Dav. 205. b.¤ .i. inill, Thes. ii 326.19 (Hy. iv Comm.). b.¤ .i. slán, O'Dav. 206.

In lit. exx. vaguely laudatory allit. adj.: a brug Pharduis b.¤ , SR 1783. da cét ṁbargen ṁb.¤ , 6309 . fo bathis báin b.¤ , LL 353d79 . Mo Lliṅg Lúath, Cellach, Bróen b.¤ , RC xiii 44 § 27 . B. blaith b.¤ , LL 376. C. bruinne b.¤ , LL 1338. cech óen in tṡluaig-se báid b.¤ , Metr. Dinds. iii 118.1 . dá leghtar mo betha b.¤ (said by Maedóc Ferna), BNnÉ 278 § 262 . ro marbsat in ṁbuadching b.¤ , LL 15667. a nónbur ban búadach b.¤ , Metr. Dinds. ii 28.7 . don Bannai b.¤ , iv 68.27 . tri fichit bliadan buan b.¤ , Fél. 78.27 . daro caith cet bliadan b.¤ , BB 25b55 . go brath mb.¤ , Duan. F. ii 130.11 . fri ré da c[h]ēd mbliad[h]ain mb.¤ , 156.7 .

In chevilles: fáth b.¤ , LL 2414. fo blaid b.¤ , Metr. Dinds. iii 374.7 . tre baid mb.¤ , BB 273a2 ( Leb. Cert.² 800 n .). fri báire mb.¤ , Metr. Dinds. iii 116.27 .

Compds. each dha bho biolḟothach. luath a réim ar airdeamhain (rhet.), Ériu xiii 25.21 = each, dá boin bilfotach .i. slán cen ḟothach `free from glanders' (?), O'Dav. 206. (price of an `emain' poem): each da bo billathach (b.¤ `rich in milk', Misc. Hib. 22.5 ), Laws v 66.18 .