n
ā, f. (cf. Lat. barca) b.¤
f.,
IGT Decl. § 39 (91.21)
.
(a)
bark,
ship:
bārcc a barca,
Corm. Y 108.
i mbāirc,
115
.
barc .i. long,
O'Cl.
saer lerlong ┐ baircc (? leg. barcc) ┐ curach,
Laws v 104.1
,
glossed:
.i. for na bi imrum .i. na serrcinn,
4 Comm.
lucht
na bairci,
i 128.15 Comm.
ind oenbarcc (of the Ark),
SR
2536.
barc fri beithi (in `Ogam n-eathrach'),
Auraic. 6133.
i mbraine na báirci,
BDD² 515.
cetheora barca .xxx. . . . ┐
tricha in cech báirc,
LU 1278
(H.).
cid as dech do ríg ? . . .
bárca do thochor i port,
Tec. Corm. § 1.25
(
LL 343a24
).
a fín b.¤ (sic leg. ?) for tondgur fland,
LL 7189
(`wine-barque',
Hail Brigit 11
). do chriaid ḟir na báirci (of Tuathal
Techtmar),
37770
.
barcc gu muinib,
IT iii 241.215
.
na
bárca bronnfairsinga,
CCath. 1445.
Luimneach lethanglas /
frismbarca ben `which beats against barks',
Ériu iv 154.2
.
coblach mor do longaib ┐ do barcaib,
Ann. Conn. 1338.4
.
i n-urlár éinbháirce (: tráichtte) on the deck of one ship,
DDána 107.1
. In nn. loc.
Inber na mB.,
LL 24169.
Rinn
na Báirci,
CF² 97.
(b) Fig. of (perh. boat-shaped) structures on land: a barc
brainech na tor tromm / . . . / ba tu relec na fian find (to
Brug na Bóinde),
Metr. Dinds. ii 12.41
(
LU 4157
).
Barc
Crimthainn Nia Nair (one of the Dindgnai in Broga, the
others being Long ingine Foraind etc.),
Dinds. 4.
Long na
Láech / frisanabar Barc Ban mbáeth,
Metr. Dinds. i 18.58
.
Ailech nImchill os cech áit / dia do báirc bir-chinn. . . .
`sharp-crested
stronghold
',
iv 96.46
.
romúrsetar Báirc
ṁBresail. Báirc-sede feda nemchrínda doringned ic Bresal,
RC xiii 40 § 10.
Of a territory:
Tir da Locha . . . / barcc reil
ro hetrocht,
Auraic. 5107.
?
Moisi minn os betha barc (: Isaac),
SR 3865.
fo betha
barc
,
2819
. Note also:
a hadbai Ailig / . . . / a bairc moir
Mide / . . . / a crich Breg,
Ériu viii 68.33
.
Of a prince or warrior:
Aed Ailig uill / . . . / barc hordain
áin,
IT iii 21 § 62.
Brandub barc i mbatar sluaig,
LL 7239.
Bran Berba ballglaine, / bārc thacid thriūin,
Bruchst. 8 § 9
(
IT iii 14 § 31
). greit ríg / . . . / barc bodbae (of Lóegaire B.),
LU 8608
(rhet.). Cf. Húa Conaill . . . / bá b.¤ maone bá muir
neccna (of Colum Cille),
ZCP viii 197 § 13.
Compds. With noun: bárccuideachta ship's company,
DDána 89.9
.
With adj.:
tar muir mbarcláin (barcglan, v.l.),
BS 30.9
.
barr būadach bárclethan / lethas dar sōerchlanna of wide
ships (?) (of Colum Cille),
ACL iii 218 § 8.
With adj. derived from noun or vn.: barcbhuailteach (?),
IT iii 97 § 158.
sluagh . . . bárclibernach `ship-possessing',
MR 214.y
.