n (earlier óchtar q.v.) o, n., later m. íochdar
úachda,
IGT, Decl. § 11
.
(a) the upper part or surface of anything, the top
:
is coīle
'sa coīle corice a ū.¤
,
Corm. Y 262
(of a cowl). nathir
doilbth[e], ..., | derbaid for a firuachtur (of Moses' rod),
SR 4332
.
lassar ..., dub a íchtur, derg a medón ┐ a uachtor,
LU 2147
.
cechair .i. cec[h]air a huachtar ┐ uisce a hichtar
... laith .i. feith ┐ uisce for a hu.¤
,
O'Dav. 514
.
focheird
im ú.¤ in corthe,
LU 4698
.
lá ro boí Condla ... for
láim a athar i n-uachtor Usnig,
LU 9994
.
ciṅgid C. ..., co mbái for u.¤
cobraidi scéith N.,
TBC-LL¹ 1996
(
LL 73a29
). ar (for) ú.¤
over
(of clothes): do gabh uime ar u.¤ a éideadh í
put it on over
his armour
(viz. an léine),
ML 42.20
.
leinte geala ar u.¤
earradh a marcsluaigh,
Rel. Celt. ii 200.14
.
ar u.¤ cacha
daibche,
MR 130.2
.
atchiu trí neollu, nél glan, ... néll
glas, ... néll derg ... | atciu ann ar a n-u.¤
,
Acall. 7591
. upper
part (of a house):
u.¤ tighe fan chléir chuire, | fine Néill
ag suidhe síos,
L. Cl. A. B. 198.71
. Of a grave
:
ro
adnacusa he i n-uachtur m'adnocuil fén,
PH 1533
.
i
n-uachtur in ādnocuil,
1558
. nit ic na diablaib i n-a u.¤
(comparing the avaricious man to a decaying tree),
7746
.
Of the air
: saighnen ... tísadh a hu.¤ aeoir docum talman
`from the upper region of the air,'
CCath. 362
. Fig.:
Césair
do toidecht a féic[i] ┐ a huachtur in domain .i. asin Roim,
372
. i n-u.¤ an chláir
at the top of the table
,
Corp. Astron.
106 § 40
.
Contrasted with íchtar:
ni accatarsom cinnas boí thís a
híchtur nó a huachtur túas fora hairde,
LU 1927
. dichetal
for ochtraig co rathochra a mbí ina íchtur for a ú.¤ do choṅgna
... `so that all ... that are below come to the top,'
Triads 117
.
is cuma leis cia dhíobh bhíos i n-u.¤ no i n-íochtar an mhála,
TSh. 868
. an té do bhíodh a n-u.¤ ar ball do bhíodh a
n-íochtar (descr. of a scuffle),
PCT 1641
. buailios a chumpánach ..., gur chuir uachtar tre íochtar a inchinne
1065
.
Attrib. gen.
upper, uppermost; foremost
: in cloch uachtair
`the upper stone,'
Laws i 140.17 Comm.
gég úachtair na
tíre thall `the top-most branch' (fig. of King Arthur),
Studies
1919, 73
. dá éan uachtair chuaine Chuinn `the two noblest
birds' (fig.),
Ir. Monthly 1926, 471.2
.
i mbarr uachtair
na fidhbuidhe,
CCath. 668
. In phr.: ó íochtar go húachtar
from top to bottom:
léine ní líontar dá dhul | d'fhéile ó
íochtar go hu.¤
,
Studies 1928, 68.11
.
ro-dluiged iarum fial
in tempuil a ṅdib lethib, o ta a u.¤ co a híchtar,
PH 3365
.
adv
i n-ú.¤
above (denoting rest): a nem hitat aingil i n-u.¤
(MS iinuachtar) `above,'
Ml. 42b10
. of something written
in a MS.: túas i n-ōchtur (gl. ex titulo),
BCr. 32a3
. Hence:
beíth i n-ú.¤
to be on top, supreme, victorious
:
iarruim
Cromuil do bheith i n-u.¤
,
PCT 1252
.
an tí budh treise do
bheith i n-u.¤
,
1845
.
lám i n-ú.¤
: rapo doss díten ┐ rapo buinne bratha ┐ ropo
lám i n-uachtur leo Conall (proverb),
CRR 36
(
LL 176a32
).
go dtug Dia an lámh i n-u.¤ ag Scotaibh ... orra
God gave
the Scots the upper hand of them
, (i.e. the victory over them),
Keat. ii 6144
.
adv
i n-ú.¤
up, upward
(after vb. of motion):
ré buinne nó
ré heas abhann ... éirgheas go héasgaidh obann i n-u.¤ arís,
TSh. 7610
.
In phr.: i n-u.¤ a chind
at the top of his voice
:
atbert ...
Mac C. in guth a n-ūachtar a chind,
MacCongl. 85 y
(
LB
218a45
).
(b) The upper part of a country:
i n-ūachtur Fer
Tulach,
BColm. 56.26
. ro ionnarb Donnachadh a flaithius
Uladh iar nuachtar, `from the chieftainship of the upper
part of U.',
AFM ii 1088.11
. ro airccset Uladh iar nu.¤ uile
`all the upper part of Ulidia',
ib. 17
. Sometimes corresponds to
southern:
Ú.¤ Connacht
Upper C.
(i.e. Galway,
O'Flaherty,
Iar Conn. 99
):
sloigeadh do dhenomh
do Mac Uilliam ... in U.¤ Connacht go Cloinn Riocaird,
AFM iii 634y
.
AU 1366
.
Common in place-names: see Onom., FM index, etc.
(c) the upper part of milk, cream
:
ochtar ocus lemlacht,
Laws iv 302.23 (C. G.)
.
lan ueine tri nol do u.¤ taiscida tri
la ┐ teora n-aidchi,
SM Facs. 31a
=
Laws ii 254.4
(
ZCP xiv
356
).
fuaramuir mil, u.¤ ┐ onoir,
PCT 1243
.
(d) u.¤ go tóin
name of a plant (lit. cream to the bottom)
supposed to turn milk into cream, if milk-pail is scoured
with it,
Ir. Gl. p. 56
. Cf. uachdar `sanicula montana' ?;
O'R, Armstrong, Gael. Dict.
(e) the upper of a shoe
: a n-u.¤ ní chaithid, ní chaillid a
ndeallramh `they wear not their uppers out,'
O'Rah.
xviii 51
.
Compds.:
¤erraid `upper [outer ?] garments':
bádar ...
gan ḟorbhruta iar ffágbháil a nuachtairearraidh isin ffiailtig,
AFM vi 1916.11
.
¤ḟairsing
wide above:
do chlarscíathaibh
... uachtarfairsingaibh moraib ina timchioll,
CCath. 4984
.
With subst. prefix:
co barr-úachtar a dond-fúathroci,
LU 6558
.
sech barr-uachtar in sceith,
TBC-LL¹ 1997
(
LL
73a30
).
Here perh.:
in sdablaing ... doberthea do L. do lāruachtar
eanbruithi choiri C.,
BB 257b42
.