adj
i
unnatural, unseemly, uncomely; ugly, repulsive
(opp. to álaind and 1 cáem):
etich .i. nephdithe .i. is doescair
cāch can etach n-imbe. etig didiu ni cumtaig [= coimtig ?]
cruth,
O'Mulc. 462
(for first definition here cf.
amlaid
rochuired in macc | cen étach... | immar ros fuc in
chumal | étig adtrúag...,
Ériu iv 94 § 8
).
édidh .i. gránna,
ZCP v 484.3
(
etig
).
cid álind cid etig
,
Sg. 28b6
.
étig sin (turpe, of a cacophonous combination)
138b2
.
da
sciath... | aincit ecommuaim n-eitig,
Auraic. 2066
. aigned
caom ┐ aigned n-eitig. a. caom: is i sron no suil na mna.
a. n-eitigh:
is e (no is i) fiacail no bel na mna,
3131
.
600
.
(of a garment:) eitig fri hairechtus unseemly for an
assembly
FB 37
Eg. (si hetig, Voss.).
ciarbo alaind taitnemach inn étachsa...is nemthaitnemach étig aduathmar i
trasta he,
PH 8166
. secht múir imón cathraigsin | ba etig
a dend its aspect was terrifying
LU 9383
(=
heitigh,
Anecd. iii 54.22
).
buden is í éitigh uathmar,
TBC-LL¹ 5399
.
ben...┐ sí éidigh imodhur urgrándha,
Anecd. i 77.3
.
ba
heitigh anaithnid...an míl,
Lism. L. 2216
.
amaid éidigh,
TSh. 6621
. amharc éidigh uathbhásach an aidhbhirseóra
6656
.
ata crand i ndorus liss | ni hétig cocetul friss,
IT
i 218.22
.
monúar...a gheilt... | do ueth eittigh imṡniomhach,
BS 48.10
. Cf.
nirb étig ria hail,
Metr. Dinds. iv 236.11
. pl.
it etchi na mná,
Alex. 983
.
fri
án teóra drecha éitchi,
LU 95b24
=
BDD 130
.
ria ndaerbásaib éitchib anaebdaib,
Alex. 180
. Cf.
piasta ifrinn
éidighe,
TSh. 6192
(quot.).
Compar. and superl.:
cid caem lenn in leth fail frinn |
...in leth aili... | nocon eitchiu,
SR 276
. éitchi indát fúatha
Hérenn uglier than (all) the spectres of Ireland
Ériu iv 100.
15
.
cusin ndeilbh ba hetchi don tslúagh doirchi,
Aisl. Tond. 96.5
=
fa granna,
123.4
.
is alaind do cluichi...,
ar C. ní ba frit bus etchiu,
Ériu i 116.36
.
In moral sense:
rasuc C. ar écin | ingin Taidc cer
gním étig
,
Metr. Dinds. ii 74.30
.
étig in gnim daronsat
(a murder)
LL 207b36
. in uair berar airm Congail | a tír
aniúil, fáth n-éidig unseemly cause
FDG 443
=
MR 54.14
.
robo éidigh damsa...inni aderaid rium do dénam it would
be unseemly for me
CCath. 1700
. Cf. is e fath fodera...a
eididh lasin ugdar comad mo eneclann, etc., the author's
repugnance that the honour-price should be, etc.
BB 348b28
=
Laws v 114.3
(perh. to be read adeitig, as
Laws
v 92 w
, or aeididh = édig).
With broad cons.: is étach for cluichiu `your playing is
ugly'
Ériu i 118.22
(cf.
116
. 36, cited above). Cf. étoich.