n also áill (see
GOI § 120
) and ál. ál (: slán),
IGT Decl. ex. 1002
.
(: ár),
DDána 3.39
.
(a) act of asking; request, wish:
á.¤ [.i.] íarraid,
Metr. Gl. 10 § 8
.
O'Cl.
dochúas o Dauid co a thech . . . dia glan á.¤ im feis n-aidche,
SR 6304
. fo déig ni ragadsi acht sí cona bantrocht día ailseom because she would go only with her women to make the request of him,
LU 6149
(TBC).
do ail ┐ do etarguide na ndemna ifernaide,
CCath. 4166
.
gabhaitt na Goill ag á.¤ ┐ acc atach Neill,
AFM vi 2208.18
.
foirenn . . . do ail cu roghabad inad reampaibh,
Lism. L. 2035
.
ail .i. abair no dliged nó guide,
O'Dav. 9
. cona tárda oircci i n-á.¤ nō a n-ascaid i tír nĒrenn by request or gratis,
Corm. Y 883
(
Anecd. iv 76.2
). is denta ail d'egin a pleasure should be made of necessity,
CCath. 2703
. ic cuinchid ail nō aisc soliciting requests or gifts,
MacCongl. 49.8
. ar a beith i nail tsuthain in perpetual supplication,
SG 47.x
.
(b)
entitlement
:
sruamnach ail ansruth; | ailidh leth go saoithe | secht sé 'abundant is the entitlement of the ánruth; he is entitled to half of that of a sage, (which latter is) seven sixes',
UR 53.29
.
The follg. d
p. forms are perh. to be referred to this word:
ro da hir . . . ailibh ilibh,
G 50
(`requests',
Blathm. 416
).
airunsur álaib,
LU 10042
= airiunnsu rálaib `than (all)
desires',
ZCP xvii 204 § 5
, cf.
Echtrae Chonnlai 184-87
. cruth rochāin co ndrochálaib
(droch + cálaib?),
vi 267 § 4
.
dit álaib fochen,
LU 10430
.
L. grían álaib `delightful sun',
Fél. Sept. 3
.i. alaind no
uasnelaib, etc.,
Fél.² cxl
. cf.
O'Dav. 181
.
Used impersonally with copula it is desirable, meet, proper:
ní á.¤ tra insin do epirt,
Wb. 27c8
. ní ail a tuirem dúib it is
not proper to recount them to you,
24c7
. ar ni aill seirge oc
cúrsagad harshness is not proper in reproving,
30b29
. 11b21
. ní
ail aicsu forsani nothechti `it is not proper to wish for what
thou hast',
Sg. 149a8
. más amhlaidh as á.¤ a dteacht if their
coming is desired,
Ériu v 52.5
.
is á.¤ a fhis uaib,
PH 1067
.
cid ail cencop á.¤
,
LL 19018
(
KMMisc. 270 § 48
). acht nach
á.¤ cur lámha lat no one thinks it worth while to help thee,
Dán Dé xix 25
. sgur dot aighneas munab á.¤
`unless you will
desist from your arguments',
Content. ix 12
.
In phrase is á.¤ DO
wishes, desires: ní á.¤ dún ar condelc
friú `we do not wish to compare ourselves with them',
Wb. 17b9
.
mad aill duib cid accaldam neich diib `if ye desired',
13b3
.
ni á.¤ dún buith fo máam legis,
19b20
.
ní á.¤ dún tabart testassa
dínn,
24c16
. intan bes ná do when it pleases Him,
Ml. 94c17
.
bés níp aill do dainib / in dubartsa uile,
Fél. Ep. 417
. nochorb
á.¤ dó creitem dó he did not wish to submit to him,
Trip.² 397
.
ní bréc as á.¤ dún immut,
LU 8813
(
FB 61
).
mad tairgit in
fine ferann dó ┐ ní há.¤ dósum a gabail,
Laws iv 134.20 Comm.
cipé da mbad á.¤ a acallam in ríg,
MU² 560
. isatt ailsiu damsa
┐ bidat ail hi céin bat béo I desire thee and shall desire thee
as long as I live,
LU 3919
(
SCC § 43
). cidh is á.¤ don oglaech-sa
na táinic ríam? what is the matter with the youth that he has not
come?
ZCP v 523.30
. is pleasing to:
bádat ail cach clúain,
LU 9863
`every meadow will be pleasing to thee',
PRIA xix
535
. is á.¤ LA: cen imfolang in degnimo són as ail lim `without
accomplishing the good work that I desire',
Ml. 23c25
.
atú mar
as á.¤ lem fhoghlaidh,
Dán Dé xii 7
. neach lérbh á.¤ a thagháil
`one who wanted it',
xxi 6
. a gcan mé . . . madh á.¤ liom if I
really wish it,
x 13
.
cid ass á.¤ latt dol?,
CRR § 23
.
nir bo
áill lea or nir bo baeth,
Ériu v 209.21
.
nir bho hail lais a
athair . . . do thaobhadh,
BNnÉ 52 § 44
. ?Cf.
gach ní is
ailt o Dia,
Laud 610, 8d
(Plummer MS notes). See also áilt.