rel. particle introducing neg. sent. ;
nách,
Wb.
6c18
,
LU 1992.
(a) in O.Ir. and earlier Mid.Ir. takes the place of 2 ná, 1 nád
before a vb. with inf. pron. obj. generally to express nominative relation ; not used with ro- forms ; before cons. nacha,
nachi (
naichi,
Ml. 27d7
,
54d9
). nách beir for nach n-éle who
does not pass it (judgement) on any other,
Wb. 6c18
(3 s. n. inf.
pron., see
Thurn. Hdb. 253
). indí nachid-chualatar who heard
it not,
25d14
. do neuch naichid-fitir that does not know it (sc.
dliged),
Ml. 27d7
. tri tabairt fortachtan cid du neuch nachid-áirilli who does not deserve it,
84c13
. ní fil diib mnaí nachit-charad that loved thee not,
SCC 6.
is he sidhi nachid-farcaib-som that did not abandon him,
Hib. Min. 14.462
.
don foirind
náchum-facatar,
PH 6789.
in fairend náchat-carut,
4663
.
coccubus derrit . . . nachus-faillsig sechtair that does not reveal
itself,
6087
.
In acc. relation : ni fil . . . laithe . . . nachat-rised munter that a community would not come to thee,
Fél. Prol. 284.
After
a prep. : ní conrobae rann . . . as nacha tucad Dia out of which
God had not brought them,
Ml. 125b7
.
(b) later used without inf. pron., taking the place of 2 ná.
Cf. is maith nach cualammar ┐ nach fetammar it is a good we
have not heard of and do not know,
TBC-LL¹ 8
(where, however, we
should prob. read nach gc. . . . nach bf., the eclipse representing an inf. pron. ; = nach bfacamair-ne, St.).
intí nach fil i
ndéirc,
PH 5907.
in tíí is dall ┐ is baccach . . . .i. nach fégann . . .
┐ nách immthigend,
4668
. na peccaid nách lessaig tria aíne which he does not amend,
4991
.
in nech ic nach fil almsa,
4974
.
(c) with copula ; in O.Ir. only in 3 s. pres. ind. ; later occas.
with other forms. ré nách cían which is not long,
FA 6
(
LU 1992
).
primthrecheng nach duthain,
Fél. Nov. 28.
dar lim-sa na fail
áth . . . nach lán dá ṅgraigib,
CRR 28.
(other exx. s.v. is).
After prep. : don forind fris nach oirfited ar tidecht-ne to
whom our coming is not pleasure,
PH 3397.
in tí leis nach áil
maith,
8091
. With pl. pres. :
comtís dee na hai nách-dat dee,
PH 1132.