n
o, m. vn. of in-coisig.
I
(a) act of signifying, indicating,
denoting: do i.¤ nad tuicset filii israel rúna `to signify ...,'
Wb. 15a29
. do i.¤ óencheillae `to signify a single conception,'
Sg. 27b3
. do i.¤
uau apud latinos
`to denote vau,'
7b20
.
psalma
do incosc morolusa,
Hib. Min. 294.
i[s] sail scribt[h]ar ig
incosc na forbaide sin `it is `s' that is written to denote
that accent,'
Auraic. 1563.
roscrib na briathra so ... do i.¤ ┐
do foillsigud in tasta spirdalta fil dona noemaib,
RC xlvi
233.21
. fogabar crepido hic i.¤ crich no cenfotha `marking
out,'
Lib. Hymn. i 66 gl. 2
.
(b)
indication, sign, signification; instruction: ionchosg
.i. munadh no teagasg, O'Cl. not inchoisc `a note of signification,'
Sg. 3b17
. inna n-anmman inchoisc ceníuil `of the
nouns which signify family,'
28b4
. incosc do ealathun g[nathacha] `instruction in the usual sciences' (viz. what is due
from a fosterfather to the son of an aire),
Laws ii 154.3
.
fir as caindell incoisc hi suithghernsa set `a proof which is
a candle of demonstration, on the path of good lordship (?),'
BCrólige § 58.
trí indchoisc ordain do duine .i. sodelb,
sáire, sulbaire,
Triads 254.
ro fer fros cruaidh cloichnechta
... ina íncosc cruais ┐ duire in maic ro gen ann as an indication of the hardness and sternness,
IT ii2 96.7
(Alex.). iar
na guin a n-i.¤ a choscair `zum Zeichen seines Sieges,'
Alex.
791.
meid ┐ inni ┐ i.¤
`quantity, quality and meaning,'
Auraic.
673.
dogní mo ghnuis i.¤ mo cheneoil my face shows my race,
LB 279a45
. etargoire n-inchoisc hi persaind : unnse (.i.
in fer), unnsi (.i. in ben) onnar (.i. i[n] nem) : etargoire
in inchoisc persainni, me faden, tu faden, he faden, sinni
fadesin inflection for the indication of person?,
Auraic.
647
-
50
. is e int i.¤ co fester coich indsci `that is the denotation,
that it might be known of what innsce it is,'
1905
. ionchosg
`
instruction, doctrine
,' O'R.
(c) a wink, glance, sign:
inchosc .i. in silliud no in fechain
donither a focus, ut est cin sula do silliud ┐ inchosc .i. i
foccus ┐ tairderc ... .i. in smétiud,
O'Dav. 1141.
II As a grammatical term, the accusative case: in fer a i.¤
uathaid, inna firu a i.¤ ilair `its accusative sing. ... its accusative pl.,'
Auraic. 1773.
reim as ┐ ind malle, ut est, in fer
.i. a ainmniugud ┐ a i.¤ ann malle `its nominative and its
accusative are there together,'
799
.