n
f.? cf.
Ml. 27c10
, where hí suidi seems to refer to nach dú,
and see
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. § 52
,
Ériu i 7 n. 2
. In old exx. usually as d
s.
Apparently same word as 1 don. ? n
s.
due,
TBC-I¹ 2957
. g
p.
d,
SR 1495
,
3023
. d
s.
dáu,
Fl. Earls 192.28
.
(a)
place, spot
in widest sense:
dú .i. baile,
O'Cl.
O'Cl.
Lec. Gl.
549
;
Stowe Gl. 66
,
317
;
LU 509
.
du, baile no inad,
Laws i 272
Comm.
,
ii 116
. forsna dōini fil isin dú[s]in (sc. Idumea),
Ml.
56b2
, cf.
72c13
;
Wb. 27b7
. hi cech dú gl. passim,
Ml. 50c12
;
gl. ubique,
144c1
.
in cech airm, cech dú,
SR 5607
.
is de atá
Cluain C. forsin dú sin,
TBC-LL¹ 1566
.
cuindig in du itātt cuirp
na noem,
PH 1568
.
connach tístais . . . isin dú cetna sin ná
i ndú n-aill,
BNnÉ 319
.
tig . . . gusin dú a mbātar na mnā
uaisle,
Fl. Earls 26
.
gussin dau i n-a ffuil in reclēs,
194
.
isin
dáu sin,
192
.
fuaim ind locha dar cach dú,
ZCP viii 308
.
hilar ndú
variety of places (?),
SR 1495
, cf.
3023
.
Space: ba
dirsin is mor do du | ┐ da (= de) muir eturru they are parted
by a great distance of land and sea,
Anecd. i 6.18
.
(b) In adverbial phrases: in dú sin gl. illic,
Ml. 137d5
; gl. eo,
133d3
. in dú gl. eo,
Enchir. Aug. 73a
(
ZCP vii 480
). robaitsi
uaiti in dú sin baptized a few in that place,
Trip.² 295
.
ramarbhadh sesca in dú sin,
TFrag. 40
.
baoi bliadhain an du sin,
BS 130
. dú gl. unde,
Ml. 94c19
; gl. quo,
BCr. 18a5
,
Sg.
209b19
. cia dú? gl. quo?
Ml. 40c7
. cia dú cosa tiagam?
whither are we bound?
SR 7968
. cia dú son? whither away?
RC xiv 410
. Cf.
Bürgschaft 21 § 61
cited
GOI 290
.
doratsat réir ṅDe cech dú
everywhere
,
SR 5489
.
diarfóed Dia
Michél cach dú,
1805
, cf.
297
,
2209
.
Eoganacht cech dú i tát,
Todd Nenn. 258
. nicon facatar nách dú a n-insi
anywhere
,
RC ix 486
.
ní bía terca bíd nach dú,
BColm. 52
. sechi dú gl.
quāquā,
Ml. 25a14
.
Esp. introducing a rel. clause: dú diarbu etarcnad in macc
gl. unde agnitus est,
Tur. 22
. dú i n-
where: nach dú imbí
isnaib salmaib iustitia
wherever
,
Ml. 109a2
, cf.
110d16
. dú hi
cumgabae gl. ubi . . . sustuleris,
BCr. 33d12
. dú i n-asndét . . .
inna ṡáirsiu where he speaks . . . in his work,
Sg. 103a1
.
dú
a mbia doennacht Crist,
PH 6904
.
dú itá Domnach Pátraic
indiu,
Trip.² 744
.
cath na cC. . . . dú i ttorchair Concobhor,
AFM iii 54
.
maidm re feraib Teftha for Sil M., dú a torchair
Aedh,
RC xviii 54
.
cath Corra C. . . . du i ndrochair mili,
Lec. 140a8
.
cath A. du n-ar marbad Elim,
590a18
.
cath C.
du n-ar thoit Cairpri,
b19
. In fig. sense: conā tānic acht dias
diib tir tair[n]geri dú ir-robatar secht cēt mīli fer n-armach
so that only two . . . out of 700,000 armed men,
Ériu vii 164
.
Preceded by prep.:
ni ranic col . . . cu dú itá mo Chríst,
Rawl. 106b37
.
ro-imdig co dú i mbatar sruthi na sacart,
PH
93
.
co dú i n-epert,
Trip.² 24
, cf.
PH 4407
,
4700
,
5064
, etc.
Without prep.
where:
dober lonchruachait dóib dú nach
tic sín,
LL 29b24
.
is dith na huile chredme dú ná bía in
cetharda-sa,
Ériu i 219
.
Cath Atha N. du rofuit da mili,
Lec.
140a15
.
(c)
place belonging or peculiar to someone, native place,
patrimony:
dú .i. dúthaig,
O'Cl.
;
Lec. Gl. 328
;
ACC § 4
(
RC
xx 154
). dú a patrimony, an estate, an inheritance
,
P. O'C.
mór ufec[h]t tucc a ndú nāmat into the territory of enemies,
Sitzungsb. Pr. Akad. 1919 v 92
.
rogab Herimon in tuascert | dú dia ciniud,
Todd Nenn. 250
. an pairc mo dú the Park is my quarters,
O'Gr. Cat. 111
.
saoglonn cech rī for a du,
O'Mulc. 310
.
Hence due, right, that to which a person is entitled:
fersait
fáilti móir fri techtaire Mongáin. Ba sí a dú,
Imr. Brain i 53
.
ni mo du do dul-sa I did not deserve that thou shouldst go,
RC
x 222
. doberar dam co tinniu dóib cona dú di chormaim with
its due (i.e. corresponding amount) of ale,
IT ii2 209
. in mucc
thucad dún areir, ass a mathar atib co ndúaib in talman
appurtenances i.e. products (?),
LL 285b31
(but cf.
Fél. 54.36
).
Hence as pred. due, owing or belonging to
(with DO of pers.):
M. . . . do chur isin inad ro pa dú duit-siu,
MR 30
. Eire . . .
mairg dan dú oighreacht ar fhonn unhappy he who inherits
(possessions) on her soil,
Keat. Poems 991
.
an oighreacht ba
dhú dot mhac féin d'fagháil,
Maguires of F. § 94
. innus co
ndechaidh deredh na malisi co holc mar budh du dí the treason
came to an end evilly as it deserved,
Fier. 258
. doroine umhla
dhó amhail ro bá dú dia mhiadhumhlacht as was due to his
dignity,
AFM vi 2294
. ní dú annsacht an diuice ann duit no
thanks from the duke are due to thee,
Ó Bruad. i 202
. Note
also:
gan aniú acht iarlacht 'gon fhior | ag ar dú grian gort
Gaoidhiol,
3 C 13, 636.20
.
(d) In fig. sense: cia dú do . . .?
what place is here for . . . ?
what is the use of . . .?
cé du d'imrimm gabhur ngeal?,
AFM 860
(i 495)
, see
Bruchst. i § 105
. ce du righe, ce du recht, | ce du
nert for righradha? what avails sovereignty?
AU 603
=
CS 604
=
cetu i righe, cétu ir-recht, cetu a nert?,
RC xvii 164
(Tig.).
cia d.¤ dom with vn.
what need (right) have I to?
cia dū duit
combag fri hAed?,
ZCP ix 459
. cíarbo dú dogra don tír | ar ái
in ríg sin sech cach ríg? why should the land lament for that
king beyond any other?
Metr. Dinds. iii 200
. Oenfer Aife, ciar'ba
du | do diclith 'na athardu? why should he remain unknown?
RC xvi 46
(
Dinds. 95
). Hence, as pred.,
meet, fitting, right
(with DO of person):
dú .i. dual,
O'Cl.
;
meet, just, proper
,
P. O'C.
isbert nār bo du dí teacht co n-ainim,
RC v 204
.
antan budh dú dhí snáithe óir do chur fan gciumhus whenever
she should have put a thread of gold,
xxix 120
.
ní dú dúib-si . . .
anní sin do rád frim-sa,
Ériu iv 126
.
breth direch as dú do
fhlaith,
SG 124
. du doib a mbith im caeimcert it was right
for them to be on good terms,
BB 409b4
.
nír ba dú duit-siu int
aen-duine is ferr a n-Erinn . . . do thatháir,
MR 294
. gach
nech da du aoine who ought to fast,
Rel. Celt. i 148
.
nach du
do duine fin d'ol gan ni eigin do chaitheam roime,
23 P 10,
145rb5
.
denter lichtuaire le mil . . . mar as du,
30b30
. grádh
ní dú a n-aisgidh love claims a requital,
3 C 12, 127.17
.
an
chomhuirle ar atú ag techt, | dú na forfhuigle d'éistecht,
O'Gr. Cat. 486
. ní du salann leis an ccorc arán salt should not
be eaten with,
Mart. Don. xl
. fear ba dhú i mbun cúil do
chríochaibh one who was in his fitting place in guarding,
Hackett xxxix 281
=
Keat. Poems 913
.
ni cech cnu dogni
dia chrāib, | ni ba du nach ri robāidh,
YBL 140b30
.
Note also:
mac de ni-m-du dichell .i. nacha duthaig
damsa .i. nocha n-inadh dom .i. ni du dom,
O'Curry 442
(
H 3.18
238a).