n o, m. (sanas) etymology, derivation : ní thigid mínigh-theóiridhe . . . le chéile timcheall sanasáin nó bunadhais an fhocail so, Eochairsg. 33.16 . gurab ionann `Scitia', do réir sanasáin na Gaedhilge, ┐ talamh na sceach `according to Gaelic etymology', Keat. i 234.39 . don seachtmhadh leabhar do Leabhraibh na S.¤ , TSh. 384 (the Libri Etymologiarum of Isidore). Focloir no Sanasan Nua in a mínighthear cáil eigin dfoclaibh cruaidhe na gaoidheilge, O'Cl. (title-page). Of Sanas Cormaic : sanasán saltrach Cormaic, Laud Misc. 610 fo. 86r (marg. inf.) . ? Sanasán, RC iv 354 . Note also: as sanasánaibh na heagluise `decisions of the church', Donlevy xxiii 11 .

x = scé. Found only in later language ( sceith, Laws iv 146.24 may be for orig. scé). sceach f., IGT Decl. § 39 (91.12) . scé .i. sgeach ar a mbid deilg, O'Cl. nocha nḟidir dall ar domhan | caidhe sgeach fa sgáoileann bhois, IGT Decl. ex. 42 . m'ḟerg fá rennaib risin Róidsech | dealg do chennaib óigsgech í, ex. 1082 . do thúirn arin sceich ósa comair amach, conadh sceich fuinci ainm na sceiche ar Mag Muirthemne, Comp. CC 113.16 - 18 . cionnas do labhair Día ris annsa sceich, Mark xii 26 . Of a bush used as a shop-sign: fir na Saxon | scuir a sceach don Róimhiris `hauled down the bush of the faith of Rome', Ó Bruad. iii 84.4 (see note). Note also: talamh . . . do bheir . . . sgeathach ┐ driseach uadha, Donlevy 220.20 , cf. Heb. vi 8 .

n (a) a whitethorn : ūath .i. scē (v.l. sceach), ar imat a delg, Corm. Y 1278 . úath .i. sgé, no sgeach, O'Cl. an sceach gheal, .i. scé, .i. uathadh, Gadelica 56.30 (H. O'Sullivan's Diary). amal atraig ilar ḟlesc o uathmecnaib (MS. fhuathmecnu) 'as many rods arise from white-thorn roots' Misc. Ascoli 368 § 6 .

(b) name of the letter h : uath ó Uiría, IGT, Introd. § 4 . uath in ogaim crand fir no sce ar a delgaighe insin, Auraic. 5516 . huath dono, is o chrand rohainmniged .i. sce, 1176 , 4272 . conal cuan do rad re huath in ogaim ar coibnius in anma, 5546 . cis lir fogla ogaim ┐ caiteat? ... uath a v, 5491 . treidi doghni uath .i. bogad ┐ semigudh ┐ airdibdad, 1264 . uath bogas in beithi fil and, ar ni bi p isin Gaedilc, 1270 . huath cetumus: is ed fhuilleas b co ngeib greim p, 432 . scriuthair ┐ ni hairimther uath isna foclaib dedenachaib arna litrib, acht nod tinfid, 1230 . teora fuilti ind Auraicepta .i. huath ┐ forsail ┐ arnin, 430 . coitchend immorro do thaebomnaib acht huath, 766 . taebomna dia togaib uath ceand doraith `a consonant along with which h constantly appears,' 1408 . aicme huatha, 5699 . In phr. co n-úath lenited : tinne go n-uath ... coll go n-uath 'lenited t ... lenited c', Celtica xxxvii 59 § 5 . duir go n-uath 'lenited d', Celtica xxvii 60 § 8 .