n
o, n. GENDER AND INFL. Oir. neut. Wb
dechor, dechur. Mil only dechur. Sg dechor, -ur. n
s. preceded by neuter of the article:
a ndechor
,
Wb. 13 c 26
.
Sg.
107 b 1
.
183 a 2
. a nduchur
(sic),
Ml. 115 a 2
. Followed
by neutral n-:
dechur naisndissen,
Ml. 114 a 14
.
dechor
mbindiusa,
Sg. 23 a 2
.
d.-or netarru,
38 a 8
.
d.-or nuird,
41 b 7
,
10
.
d.-or naimsire,
146 b 15
.
combed dechur eter
ṅdán ulla,
ib. 45 b 19
. Referred to with ed:
Ml. 24 d 25
.
115 a 2
.
Sg. 107 b 1
. n
s.
dechor,
Wb. 13 c 26
.
PCr.
62 a 3
.
Sg. 3 a 11
.
27 a 9
.
41 b 10
.
59 a 17
.
163 b 10
.
185 b 1
.
197 a 13
.
201 a 3
.
212 a 13
.
dechur,
Wb. 12 c 43
.
13 c 26
(thrice).
33 c 10
.
Ml. 26 b 1
.
114 a 14
.
duchur,
Ml. 115 a 2
.
—a
s.
dechor,
Wb. 7 d 10
.
Sg. 6 b 2
.
28 a 7
.
61 a 24
.
220 b 6
.
dechur,
Wb. 10 b 21
.
13 c 26
.
33 c 18
.
Ml. 56 b 33
.
69 a 19
.
138 c 1
.—g
s.
dechuir,
Sg. 38 a 2
.
173 a 8
.
212 a 13
.
dechoir,
55 b 5
.—d
s.
dechur,
Wb. 13 b 26
.
Ml. 24 d 26
.
72 c 9
.
dechvr,
Sg. 205 a 3
.
dechor,
ib. 28 a 13
.
61 b 3
.
147 a 1
.
198 a 5
.—
d
p.
dechraib,
Ml. 125 d 7
.—MID.-IR. fem.:
basí deochair
lasna fianna,
LU 86 b 4
f.b.
Now pronounced and written
deochoir with u-timbred ch (
duchur,
Ml. 115 a 2
, perhaps =
deuchur). The constant spelling dechraib in d
p. points to
a-timbred ch in syncopated forms (i.e. in pl.). Compare the
following rhymes from SR: sg. deochair: feochair,
SR 4815
,
6813
.
deochain,
4533
.
fleochaid,
7115
; but pl. dechraib:
debthaig,
6537
.
cethraib,
3007
. Rhymes like (cen) dechair:
brethaib,
LL 155 a 11
; (cen) dechair: Mechair,
ib. 353 a 43
,
point to a-timbred ch (due to the analogy of the pl.). Of
the o-inflexion no trace is left. sg. indec. deochoir, pl.
†dechrai, dat. dechraib. n
s.
dechoir,
LL 170 a 29
.
dechair,
SR
1255
.
1330
(if not gen.).
7947
.
Rawl. 46 b
.
deccair,
CCath.
2051
.
deochoir,
Hib. Min. 17. 5
.
deochair,
LU 86 b 4. f.b.
LL
189 b 59
.
SR 1251
.
Laws ii 200. 12
.
deocair,
BB 319 b 5
.
deoch-,
Hib. Min. 8 l. 267
;
9 l. 291
.
LB 111 a 39
.—a
s.
dechair,
LL 353 a 43
.
155 a 11
.
deochoir,
Otia i 116
.
deochair,
LL 10 b 40
.
deoch-,
LB 111 a 13
.—d
s.
deochair,
LL
157 b 2
.
SR 1278
. —d
p.
dechraib,
SR 3007
.
6537
.
7261
.
ORIGIN: A cpd. of dĕ- and cor, vn. of cuirithir, a neuter
like dechor. The distinction made between dí-chor and de-chor points to dis- as the origin of de-, v. prep. 1 de, di (Origin).
SENSES:
Deochair .i. dealugad,
Lec. Gl. 265
. deachair
.i. dealughadh. ar nach deachradh .i. nach dealaigheadh, O'Cl.
deochair .i. eidirdheiliughadh, ib. deachair .i. dearsgugadh.
dealbh an chruim dór do dheachair .i. do dearsgaich, ib.
(Synon.
derscugud,
CCath. 2051
v.l.).
I The condition of being different; difference, dissimilarity,
diversity. Also a point in which things differ
. In the
Glosses frequently translating Lat. differentia (
Ml. 24 d 25
.
Sg.
6 b 2
.
23 a 2
.
28 a 7
.
28 a 13
.
41 b 7
.
55 b 5
.
61 b 3
.
185 b 1
.
197 a 13
.
212 a 13
), Lat. distinctio (
Wb. 12 c 43
), Lat. diuersitas
(
Ml. 26 b 1
), and referring to Lat. diuersus (
Sg. 38 a 8
.
147 a 1
),
Lat. discernere (
Sg. 26 b 8
), Lat. alternatio. Often joined to ailidetu, cumscugud, eterderscnugud and the like. The objects or persons compared are introduced by eter (by gen.
SR 1330
.
LB 111 a 39
), the thing or person compared with by fri
(Mid.-Ir.
la,
LB 111 a 39
), the point of comparison is put
in gen., very seldom introduced by i n- (
Wb. 12 c 43
).
(a)
usually of things and abstracts: differentia, gl.
dechor,
Sg.
212 a 13
.
197 a 13
.
ib. 3 a 11
.
26 b 8
.
107 b 1
.
201 a 3
.
Ml.
115 a 2
.
co fessed dechoir na pian,
Otia i 116
(same phrase
Wb. 13 c 26
).
d.¤ eter: a ndechur feil ettarru,
Wb. 33 b 18
.
d.¤ eter corpu nemdi ┐ corpu talmandi ┐ d.¤ etur corpu nemdi
immanetar &c. (six times),
ib. 13 c 26
.
tadbat d.¤ fil eter
lánamnas ┐ ógi,
10 b 21
.
etir deacht ┐ dóinacht,
Ml. 26 b 1
(transl. Lat. diuersitas).
Ml. 24 d 25
.
56 b 33
.
72 c 9
.
Sg. 38 a 8
.
45 b 19
.
163 b 10
.
173 a 8
.
185 b 1
.
conroib ailidetu ┐
dechor etir in dí sillaib,
59 a 17
. Lat. indifferenter, gl.
ní bi d.¤ eter
diall nanmann ┐ pronominum
,
27 a 9
.—
cati dechoir etir in
argumaint ┐ in titail,
Hib. Min. 8. 264
.
ib. 17. 5
;
9. 21
.
Laws ii 200. 12
.
Rawl. 46 b
.
SR 7947
.
ba sí d.¤ lasna
fianna etir orgain ┐ maidm,
LU 86 b 4
f.b.
=
H 3.18, 531
.
—dechor + fri:
ar ní fil ní frisa mbed a ndechor,
Sg. 183 a 2
.
ib. 38 a 2
.
ní écen d.¤ fri céssad,
PCr. 62 a 3
. dechor + i n-:
Lat. distinctionem sonituum, gl.
mani bée d.¤ isin tsenmuim,
Wb.
12 c 43
. dechor + gen.:
d.¤ nuird,
Sg. 41 b 7
,
10
.
d.¤ ceníuil,
61 a 24
.
ib. 6 b 2
.
23 a 2
.
220 b 6
.
d.¤ naisndissen,
Ml.
114 a 14
.
lēgo lĕgo dīco dĭco: ata dechor naimsire hi
suidib la cumscugud coibedne
a difference of quantity (sic
transf.),
Sg. 146 b 15
.
d.¤ delbha,
CCath. 2051
.
(b) of
persons:
d.¤ tadbat som itir dóini ┐ idlu,
Ml. 138 c 1
.
ní
biad d.¤ etir firu sídi ┐ doene olchena,
LL 170 a 29
.
dá
óclach...ní bí d.¤ ná eterderrsgnugud delbha etarru,
CCath.
2051
.
II The action of distinguishing or discriminating; a
distinction, discrimination
.
rogabad do d.¤ etir deacht ┐
dóinacht maicc,
Ml. 24 d 26
.
do d.¤ úirt,
Wb. 13 b 26
.
differentiæ causa .i. do d.¤ etir anmann inna crann ┐ anmmann a
toraid,
Sg. 61 b 3
.
ib. 147 a 1
.
do d.¤ fri alaili,
198 a 5
.
fri
prænomina aili,
28 a 1
. opp. confusio,
205 a 3
.
dobér in
nubull duit do deochair maith ┐ uilcc,
SR 1278
. — differentiae
causa .i. ar dechor etir, &c.,
Sg. 28 a 7
.
.i. ar accuis dechoir,
55 b 5
.
212 a 13
.—
deochair eter maith is olc,
SR 1251
.
1255
.
1330
.
MacCarthy 54. 6
.
d.¤ maithiusa la hulc,
ib.
54. 27
. d.¤ do dénom to make a difference or distinction:
mógi sidi uili do Dia acht dorigénsat in descipuil d.¤ etarru,
Wb. 7 d 10
.—cen dechur without distinction, glossing
Lat. indifferenter,
Ml. 69 a 19
.
cen dechair,
LL 155 a 11
.
353
a 43.
III An alteration, a change
, transl. Lat. alternatio. Syn.
cumscugud.admiratio diuinae potentiae in alternationibus
trancellitatis atque procellarum .i. isnaib ildechraib ón,
Ml. 125 d 7
.
IV
Distinction, excellence, eminence
.
atchuala ríg co
ṅgus glan i fus for tír Tuadmuman: clí co ndeochair
chuchta cain,
LL 157 b 2
. Closely related to I, cf.
Wb.
33 c 10
: de Melchisedech de Christo .i. a dechur fri sacartu
fetarlicce.
V Instances from SR not mentioned above.
(a) d
p.
dechraib: dá macc déc...Iacoib húi Abaráim cona dechraib
in cach threib cona cethraib máthrechaib with their differences in each tribe,
SR 3007
. iar ṅdechraib doib díni dé: debthaig
immon nárdríge 'according to their differences'
ZCP x 380
. (viz. the eleven
tribes under Ispas from the tribe of Judah) they fought
for the high-kingship,
6537
. rí roeirn...cosmailius co
sainigud...do híascaib snáit i srothaib do dechraib gotha
na nén ┐ a crotha comthrén variety,
7261
.
(b) sg. deochair:
na fográid ann (sc. isin tabernacuil) fria ndeochair: na
deochain na suibdeochain: fri annad caindle gním cert
fri tairbe fri timthirecht at their various occupations,
4533
.
deochair tria blait,
4815
.
Dauid ba bibdu rechta...dḟis
trialla deochair dochath Fiadu fris feochair fergach,
6863
.
bái tart for túaith nIsrahél. ní relic deochair Dia dil broen
fleochaid dóib do noebnim,
7115
. ticfa fleochud fuilide
asind níul...truag deochair diar cuirib ne línfaid inn huili
ṅdomon, perh. a woeful change or difference,
8031
.—Other
instances:
Eochaid...delbas deochair a degrand,
LL 10 b 40
(
deabhas d. a ndeadh rand,
BB 33 b 25
.).
deochair álainn
aturo na ndís brec sróin bil,
SG 90. 15
.
Fél. Apr. 13
v.l.—itiat so tra na togla .i. Trechúairt (v.l.
Treochair,
Anecd. ii 45. 16
) Tigi Lir...┐ Deochair (v.l. Deoair, Harl.
Anecd. l.c.
)
Tige Cathbath,
LL 189 b 59
(meaning obscure,
the tale being lost; Treochair if right points to a cpd. with
de- `two'). As to
dechraib,
BB 204 b 18
,
Todd Nenn. 136. 3
,
see deccair.