n
ā, f. (see O'Rahilly
Ériu xiii 146
-
8
; Bergin
xiv 30 n.
;
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 467
, LEIA C-293-94
). Also cumt-, cumd-, cunnt-, con(n)t-. Always
with -n- in Wb., -m- in Ml. and Sg., and in all three with
variation betw. -t- and -d-. Later n
s. -airt. g
s.
cunntaberta,
AU iii 496.11
.
(a)
doubt, uncertainty, perplexity
:
masuchundubart,
Wb.
4d28
. cen chuntubarta
without doubts,
23c26
. in cumtubairt
gl. ambiguum,
Ml. 27c10
.
dogní doidgni ┐ chumdubairt . . . issí inchumtubart ┐ indoidgne,
37a10
.
cid
dialeícid cundubairt fordrecht uáib de resurrectione
,
Wb.
13b12
. cenchuntubarta gl. sine . . . hessitationibus,
23c26
.
ni cumtubhart (chev.),
Blathm. 212
.
niba cumtabairt,
LU
9537
.
ma derb . . . no ma cunntabairt,
Laws i 94.21 Comm.
cundtabairt eter dechnaid ┐ randaigecht mbic,
IT iii 86.1
.
faind-ires ┐ cunntabairt Tomais,
PH 6737
.
isin cumhtabuirt
sin,
Laws i 280.6 Comm.
iar ṅdíchur . . . cecha cunntabarta,
PH 6741
.
anches quasi anceps .i. cuntabairt,
O'Mulc. 45
.
dá chor ó chonntaphairt = ambiguity,
RSClára 81a
.
With follg. indirect question or noun clause:
nifil chumtubairt ata nanmman sidi `there is no doubt that these are
nouns',
Sg. 154b2
. bacumdubart in étaste fanaic `it was
doubtful whether . . .',
Ml. 43d20
.
is cumtubart cia he,
46c19
.
inchumtabart ón inícfider fanacc,
96b11
. is cumtubart ced dogní angenitiu gl. haec ancipitis genitiui,
Sg.
99a2
.
is cunntabairt cia o'r cindistar,
Laws v 454.1 Comm.
is cuntabair[t] in térnatar na oegaire,
LL 36610
.
as chumtabairt esergi dona náedenaib,
LU 2539
.
In phrases. cen c.¤
certain(ly), with certainty:
creid can
cunntabairt,
Celtica ii 121.14
. dar cend . . . / . . . madma gan
contabhairt a decisive victory,
Fen. 194.20
.
as í gan chonntabhairt,
Parrth. Anma 1100
. With copula: is c.¤ la (fri) x
x is in doubt: incuntubart lib inso gl. an ignoratis?,
Wb. 3c3
.
indí . . . lasinrubu chumtabart indabiad torbae fa naic,
Ml.
102d4
. is cundubart leu indat bii inna corpaib gl. qui . . .
se uiuere nesciunt,
ZCP vii 482.12
(Enchir. Aug.).
nicumdabairt fricirine,
Hib. Min. 6.187
. ni cunntabairt lind . . . co
n-id . . . ,
PH 3188
. Cf.
aní itáa cuntubart libsi .i. esséirge,
Wb. 13a35
. Attá c.¤ for x there is doubt concerning x:
ní
raibh contabhairt ar an dtrócaire,
ZCP iv 448.31
.
menic bis
conntabairt for aisneis na faithe,
CCath. 4213
. With prep.
I N-:
do beith i cúnntabairt umam,
PH 1800
. ta i n-a
chunntabairt cia da nderna it is doubtful,
Smaointe B. Chr.
1524
.
ná raib cách 'n-a chumtabairt (c.¤, v.l.),
Metr. Dinds. iii
66.8
. ionnsa an chealg i gcontabhairt that the treachery be in
doubt,
Aithd. D. 34.3
.
ro bhui in cath sin oc (leg. a?) cuntabairt gan brissed,
ZCP xxx 135.43
. cuirid i c.¤
doubts
:
méala a char i gcontabhairt,
Aithd. D. 32.15
. fear nár
chuir a gcunntabhairt / nach mair . . . ,
O'R. Poems 1109
.
dá cuired nech a cuntabairt,
O'Gr. Cat. 247.31
. nach
cuirthe i gconntabhairt go . . . ,
Keat. ii 240
. Also cuirid
cuntabairt i n-: cibé chuireas conntabhairt i bPurgadóir
= qui de Purgatorio dubitat,
Keat. ii 5876
.
conntabhairt
do chur a n-éunphonc,
Parrth. Anma 1132
.
contabhairt do
chur 'na chreidiomh,
Desid. 4656
. Note also:
ná cuireadh
. . . conntabhairt . . . ort,
Desid. 4746
. bith cunntaphuirt
agut asi[n] nduine aithenus tu be mistrustful,
Ériu v 136 § 93
.
(b)
danger, peril
:
gúas, baoghal, cunntabhairt,
Eg. Gl.
382
. ? robói . . . isin chuntabairt sin céin robo beō `doubtful
state',
Death-tales of the Ulster heroes 8.10
.
do-berim mo anmain tara ceand a
cumdtabairt,
Grail 2080
. do chor a gconāich a gconntabairt
`imperil their success',
Fl. Earls 10.29
. ?
ar eagla conntabhairte an bhreitheamhnais,
TSh. 1151
`the doubtful nature
or result', Gloss. tre iomad docra, contabharta = daungers,
RSClára 87b
.
cin cuntabairt n-anma,
Grail 1290
.
cundtabhart báidhthe,
Mac Aingil 833
.
Fl. Earls 76.11
.
a
contabairt báis,
O'Gr. Cat. 111.19
.
a gconntabhairt a
bheathadh,
Rial. S.F. 151
.