Prep. and conj.
like, as
. Unstressed form of d
s.
of 1 samail (
GOI § 178
,
§ 826
. But rhymes and
alliterates in classical verse, e.g.
IGT Decl. ex. 607
). As a
rule contracted to am̄ in MSS. Archaic amail (
GOI § 168
) (
Wb. 21c10
,
22c14
, both a prima manu,
Críth G. 461
,
Hib. Min. 188
). Usual form in O. Ir.
glosses amal (
Wb. 6a30
,
10c12
,
Ml. 107c8
,
Sg. 217a8
.
amál,
Thes. i 5.37
). In later lang. amail. Leniting (
amal chlanda,
Ml. 123c8
.
amal chon-degam,
107c8
). Glosses Lat. quasi,
Wb. 11a11
,
Sg. 9b11
, etc.; sicut,
Wb. 2a11
,
6a30
,
14c17
,
Ml.
34b6
, etc.; tamquam,
Wb. 9a3
, etc.; uelut,
Ml. 23c9
; ut,
Wb.
10d19
,
22c14
,
Ml. 54a21
.
I As prep. with accus. For forms with suff. pron. see 2
samail. Note also:
amaltsa,
IT i 72.35
=
amal tussu,
18
.
amlut,
TBC(C) 575
. Later somet. with independent pron.:
amal tussu (supra), amhail é,
DDána 116.5
. Eventually
replaced by mar (see immar):
amar (amal, v.l.),
TTebe 929
.
Cf.
amair,
Laws ii 202.9 Comm.
See Bergin,
Ériu xiv 142
.
like, as, similar to: amal tuthle no ailsin gl. ut cancer,
Wb.
30b13
. ní amal inní asóircc gl. non quasi aërem uerberans,
11a11
. amal nahí nadchrenat gl. tamquam non possedentes,
10b7
. amal in n-altain gl. sicut rasorium,
Ml. 72b8
. amal
in lochairnn ṅaḟfracdai gl. quasi lanterna,
Sg. 24a16
. amal
inna anman asrubartmar `like the nouns',
188a29
.
amal na
heliu,
9b2
.
amál chócúll dercon no chno,
Thes. i 5.37
.
amal nathracha bodra sicut
,
485.19
(
Tur. 11
).
amal airig
ndésa,
Críth G. 367
.
intan mbete renna nime amail éscai
┐ éscai amail gréin,
Ériu ii 200.18
.
amal firu cathacha,
Trip.²
803
. feil . . . docuiridar echdar corgus . . . amail chaindech
`the feast of a saint that falls outside Lent, as for instance
Cainnech's',
Mon. Tall. 135.2 (§ 22)
. amhuil a cinaidh féin
`like his own crime',
Laws iv 88.8 Comm.
nocha tánic amail
a samla . . . nocha tánic . . . buiden amail a lethide,
Celt. Rev. ii 220.26
(omission before first amail?).
amal aig
n-allaid,
TTebe 1881
.
amhail gach nduine oile,
TSh. 254
.
With dat.
amal ruithnib grene,
TBFr. p. 15 § 3
.
amhail
cherdcadaiph,
BNnÉ 71 § 123
.
In phr. amal sin, so, ṡodain
thus, so, in that case
see 1 sin,
1 so, 1 suide.
II As conj., freq. but not invariably with follg. nasalizing
rel. clause (
GOI § 498
,
§ 505
).
(a) As comparative
conj. with verb in indic.
as, like as: amal ṅguidess athir a
macc gl. tamquam pater filios deprecantes,
Wb. 24d19
. amal
fondrodil in coimdiu do chách gl. sicut diuisit Dominus,
10a11
.
amal nonda thorisse frissintectairecht gl. tamquam misericordiam
consecutus sum,
10a28
.
amal nát anse dúib,
17c11
.
amal arindchrin dǽ ┐ asindbail gl.
uice fumi,
Ml. 57a10
.
amal nach fuar fessin inneuch,
57d3
. amal as toísegiu
grián . . . ┐ is laithe foilsigedar . . . sic is toissigiu, etc.,
85b11
.
amal as inna ngnimae gl. ut a sé profecto iure factorum,
17b3
. amal is na nassar gl. sicut Assiriorum,
54a22
. amal
ṅ-dond-foirde ainmm `as a noun signifies it',
Sg. 26b12
.
amal addaas `as it is',
Ériu ii 144 § 159
. amal as n-airdirc
clearly,
Trip.² 2066
.
ro chí fora muime amal is bés do
naídenaib,
115
. amail nach dentar dia domnaich `just as
such things are not done on a Sunday',
Mon. Tall. 148.3
(§ 55)
. amail bis mes in feóir in ḟamfucht (sic) fa i ngemfucht
`according to the appraisement of the grass in the hot or in
the cold season',
Laws iv 146.15 Comm.
dligidh . . . / a
bhrondadh amhail chuinghes,
ZCP viii 109.13
.
dobérthar
. . . dia tuca tinnscra amal asbérthar,
TBFr. 177
.
as-bert
in so huile amal rom-múin dó in fer,
BDD² 168
.
amail
indises canóin,
ZCP viii 114.2
. amail ba bes di . . . `as
was her wont',
RC vi 175.1
.
amhail thógaibhthear an cháith
uas an ghrán,
Desid. 2918
. In later lang. combined with ┐,
mar:
amhuil ┐ chromas an géadh a cheann,
Desid. 1923
.
amhail mar stiúrionn ┐ mar oibrighionn siad,
Corp. Astron.
xxiv 10
.
amhail ┐ mar atá,
2.7
.
amhail mar do rinne
Iudas,
Donlevy 254.13
.
Folld. by second member of comparison (as . . . so): amal
nondubcairimse carad cách uaibsi alaile gl. eandem caritatem habentes,
Wb. 23c12
.
amal nád robe . . . ní bia,
1d2
.
amal as corp do crist æclesia is corp mulier uiro
,
22c13
.
amal as ndian . . . mbis is denithir sin . . .,
Ml. 57c12
. amal
durigni . . . dogena . . . `as He has done . . . so also will He
do',
50d10
. amal fōides in naingel . . . doróiter dún . . . `as
he sent the angel . . . may he be sent to us,'
Thes. ii 304.1
(Hy. i).
amal soite a shlúaig úad soid a grád ┐ a gráin for
cúlu,
ZCP xi 86 § 45
. With follg. clause introduced by an
adv. (samlaid, etc.):
amal nadngaib lius di suidiu is samlid
insin nisgaib som lius di . . . ,
Ml. 34b6
.
amal rombói ingnae
cáich is samlid . . .,
26b8
.
amal fongníter ídil síc fogníther
donaib ánib,
Wb. 27b9
.
amál nád ṅdéni neutur dindí as
tiberis . . . síc ní déni,
Sg. 63a17
.
amuil is etarbach grech
na cno faisi cen torad aici is amlaidh is etarbach na neiche
sin do denam,
Laws iv 36.17 Comm.
amal do-rala . . .
thall . . . is amlaid do-rala sund,
PH 146
.
amail adcondarcais
misi co granna . . . ar tús ┐ alaind fadeoid, is amlaid
sin in flaithius,
RC xxiv 200.17
. amail teit . . . is amhlaidh
sidhe as . . . so,
Stair Erc. 499
.
amal is e cet lá na sechtmaine
in domnach . . . is amal-sin . . . is e is ochtmad lá . . .,
PH
3585
. After compar.:
is mesu andas amuil robui,
Laws iv
156.12 Comm.
do badh líonmhaire da n-édálaibh . . . inás
amhail ro fhédsat a ttiomáin,
Hugh Roe 88.8 (fo. 23b)
.
bá
moa a n ainm ┐ a n oirdearcus inas amhail tangattar,
AFM v
1848.z
.
In PH with ellipse of verb. (cf. the Lat. construction):
co mbí in t-í dobeir hí i n-a shímontaig amal in t-í gabus,
7595
. do thabairt ascad amal rig do as (on) a king,
2838
.
fofhuaras duine amal mo chride a man after my own heart,
6479
. Prob. also in:
me-si tra amal mo brathri tindnacimm
mo chorp . . .,
6640
. Note also: amal alanaile ndoine
gl. ut caeterorum,
Ml. 54a21
, a literal transl. of the
Lat.
(b) With impf. subj. in meaning
as if, as though
(in this
constr. not as a rule followed by rel. clause, see
OIPG 209
): ro pridchad dúib céssad Críst amal ad-cethe `Christ's
passion has been preached to you as though it were seen',
Wb.
19b6
. is amal bid fri Crist frisorthe `it is as though ye offended
against Christ',
10c12
. amal ninfessed cách et ronfitir
calléic gl. sicut qui ignoti et cognoti,
16a2
. amal ni bimmis
cutrummi frib gl. quasi non pertinguentes,
17b16
. amal ni
cuimsimmis a denum gl. quasi [nos] infirmi fuerimus in hac
parte,
17c18
. amal ni risinse do bar cosc si gl. tamquam
non uenturus sim ad uos,
9a19
. amal nombemmis érchóilti
gl. tamquam morti destinatos,
9a3
. amal fid a fondamtis gl.
quasi longam famem passi `as (though) it were when they
suffered',
Ml. 34b11
. amal bid do íc a galair gl. velut in
doloris solacium,
23c9
.
amal bid ind aimsir feisin,
Sg.
188a26
.
amal ni bed ad and,
217a8
. amal bith do chonsain,
amal as ṅ-dí `as though it were to a consonant, (or) as it
is to it',
9b11
.
amal bid oc caíned in guḟorgaill,
Trip.² 87
.
no lastais in aidche amal betis ruithni gréni,
TBFr. 27
.
amal ní acced is ní cloath ní `as if he saw not and heard not
anything',
Ériu iii 104 § 40
.
amhoil búdh fear fiadhoigh thú,
Desid. 3183
. With condit.:
amhail do bhiadh gráin . . . aca
air,
TSh. 4255
. Later a.¤ ┐:
amhuil ┐ do bheith riachtanas
aguinne réna seirbhís,
Desid. 5244
. The following may be
elliptical, but could also be referred to I: otconnairc a gnúis
amal aingel as
(though it had been that of) an angel,
PH 1313
.
ni hairmither amal duin-orcuin do sin it is not counted as
manslaughter,
4208
.
atchīam-ne tú amail catharda díless hi
neim,
BColm. 106.6
. amal tofunn dotṡéstae as though it
were a pursuit wherewith thou wert pursued,
Ériu i 200 § 25
(supply bid?).
(c) As temporal conj. expressing simultaneousness,
while,
when: amal immind-ráitset con-accatar F. cuccu `as they
were talking about it they saw F. coming towards them',
Thes.
ii 241.11
(Ardm.).
amal batar ann . . . co n-accatar in tene,
Trip.² 445
. amail notreigtis addurtaig `when they left the
oratory',
Mon. Tall. 132.12 (§ 12)
.
amal atib in dig nirbo
chumain laiss F.,
LU 4030
(
SCC 48
).
amal batar and . . .
ico'n ol,
PH 76
.
amal itcualae . . . H. . . . . a beth i n-oentuma,
834
.
(d) As explicative conj. with adverbial force
how, in what
state, manner; how in sense of (the fact) that:
bá foderc
dó . . . amal ro both and how things were there,
LU 8219
(
FB 16
).
a scrutan i n-a menmain amal doragad airi,
8223
(17). ni chumaic . . . innisin inna n-airecht sin amal itát
what they are like,
1997
(
FA 6
). indēsad dáib madh āil libh /
amhail fūaradar oidhidh how they died,
ZCP viii 119 § 1
.
atchifet amal digeltar forru,
PH 2806
.
tabhair an taiplis
don tigh / gu faicmis amhail imrid,
IGT Decl. ex. 607
.
do
ordaigh Tairrdelbach . . . do lucht túaisceirt amal no raghdais
dia taig,
RC xviii 55.1
(Tig.).
ro indis in echtra ┐ amail
dochuadar for iar[r]aid usci,
xxiv 202.4
.
innister dó amhail
ro escain Espuc E. . . . in fled,
MR 24.18
.
(e) Doubtfully causal in: amal is i lóu bad sochrud ar
n-imthecht gl. sicut in die honeste ambulemus 'since it is in
the day',
Wb. 6a30
. amal is tre bar tabirtsi dochum nirisse
gl. sicut et uos nostra (gloria) . . .,
14c17
. In both cases the
use of amal is no doubt due to the Lat. sicut. Possibly
also:
amail is tre metur ro cet in chantaice,
Hib. Min.
6.188
.
Miswritten (am̄) for amlaid (aml—) in:
is amal ro-batar in
corp ┐ in cend oc tepersain fola,
PH 1881
.
is amal bói I.
oc ernaigthi,
2202
.
is amal fo-s-gébtái it é eroslacthi,
3753
.
In
IGT Introd. 2.14
,
33.6
in phrase samhlughadh amhuil of
adjectives in -amuil derived from nouns.