n
i, f. g
s.
cacha dúlo
,
Wb. 13b28
;
Sg. 76b8
. cech dulo
,
Ml. 85b16
.
inna dolo
,
Ml. 42b12
.
cech dūla
,
SR 8218
. d
s.
dúil
,
Ml. 85b11
. n
du.
di
dúil
,
Sg. 3b8
. n
p.
dúli,
Sg. 117a1
.
duli,
Ml. 42c2
,
51d13
.
120c7
,
145c8
.
dúili,
SR 7763
,
7997
.
dúile,
1500
,
7760
. a
p.
for duli
,
Ml. 127d12
. g
p. inna ndúle
,
Ml. 42d16
.
inna ndule
,
42b18
,
51d18
, etc.;
Sg. 3b7
,
66a2
;
SR
22
.
dúile,
Wb. 5c16
.
a dulae
,
Ml. 120d5
.
inna [n]dulae
,
Corm. Y 751
.
na ndúla
,
Hy. i 53
;
SR 8362
.
na nduli
,
1143
.
Later na ndúl
. d
p.
dulib,
Ml. 20b2
,
10c5
, etc. In later lang.
n
s. also
dúile,
Gen. vii 4
;
Levit. xi 46 (1826).
IGT Decl. § 43
.
In general sense
element, being, creature, thing: gl. elementum,
Ml. 42c2
,
85b16
,
120c7
,
Sg. 3b7
,
8
; gl. res (
thing in
general),
Ml. 55d22
,
87b21
,
145c4
,
Sg. 66a2
; gl. creatura,
Ml. 25a1
,
42b11
,
18
,
145c3
. In Bible of 1685 dúile = στοιχεῖα.
2 Peter
iii 10
. In ed. of 1826
dúile beo replaces
substaint b.,
Gen. vii
4
,
créatúir b.,
Levit. ix 46
of earlier ed.
(a) Hence of created things in general, including not only
material objects and living beings, but invisible and spiritual
essences; in pl. often = Creation, the created universe:
is
tōissigiu gein maicc hua athair re cech d.¤
,
Ml. 85b11
. is
amlaid dorigni Dia na duili (introducing a threefold division
into angels, brute animals and fruits of the earth, and men),
Lec. 338a17
.
in cēd duil rocruthaigheastar Dia d'á duilib . . .
aingel a ainm,
MR 92
.
rí rogni cach nduil fo leith, | aicseid ┐
nemaicseid,
SR 329
.
ri co n-áibe os cech noebd.¤
,
7422
.
nach
hé Adam . . . óssar na ndúle n-uile,
1832
. as me tosach na
n-uile dul (= ego sum alpha),
BNnÉ 23
.
in Coimdhiu cend cach
dula,
Ériu iii 143
.
Dia . . . athair na n-uili dula,
BB 331a45
.
for fóesam ríg na ndúla,
Hy. i 55
.
in Comdiu na ndúla,
FA
§ 1
LU;
BColm. 104.25
. marcach na ndúl (of Deity),
ACL
iii 235
.
rocreiteus . . . do rig na n-uili cona dúilib,
Imr. Brain
ii 293
. is recht úabuir i mbith ché | cretem dúle, dermat nDé
to believe in the creatures,
Imr. Brain § 47
. ria ndúilib, ria
n-aimseraib before Creation, before Time began,
SR 10
.
ac
sírinnisin na n-adhamra dorōine Dia ria na duile,
RC xxiv
379
.
i ndomnach athnuigfither in uli dúl,
Ériu ii 200
.
tánic
crith mór forsna dúli,
Death-tales of the Ulster heroes 8
.
crith for dhúiliph,
ZCP
viii 196
. tresngata na huile dúile suas coricci riched traverses
all the elements (cf. (b) infra),
Mon. Tall. 162
.
inna ndule
n-airechdae són .i. cælum et terra
,
Ml. 87b21
. dofornitis . . .
delba na ndula adortais and, uerbi gracia figura solis
(of the
heathen),
Corm. Y 752
.
dobretha ratha nime ┐ talman ┐
gréne ┐ esca ┐ na n-uli dul aicsi[di] ┐ neamaicsidi,
Lec.
355a14
.
ratha na n-uile dúl aicsige ┐ nem-aicsige,
MR 2
.
co
tartsat ráth frisna n-uile ndúl,
RC xiii 36
(
LL 294b40
). Cf.
Keat. ii 3797
.
conad airi tucsad na duile dāil bāis do Laegaire
mac Neill . . . .i. talam da slugad ┐ grian da loscad . . .,
Lec.
603a10
.
co mbít na duilé (sic) ic cathughudh eatorrae,
TBC-LL¹
5485
(St.). dúli beodai living creatures,
Sg. 117a1
. sruithiu dúilib
duine wisest of creatures is man,
LL 282b4
(
GJ iv 216
). don d.¤
dhaonna the human race,
TSh. 4047
. dúile balbha inarticulate
(inanimate) creatures,
Miscell. Celt. Soc. 378
. caeine na ndúl
ndíthchéilligh, ib.
na dúile díchéillidhe ┐ na hainmhinnte
allta,
TSh. 2440
. rofreagradar na duili uachtaracha a comdāil an chatha leo `beings of the upper regions',
CF 734
.
ní
aithergem na duile acht noslecam amail fosracaib Dia,
Alex.
884
=
na duili,
Anecd. v 4
.
Of living beings more especially: berid aicned ēn-bethae
di cach duil derb takes a nature lasting for one life from each
established (kind of) creatures (i.e. reincarnates successively in
different forms?),
Corm. Y 1224
. d.¤ sin as saothrach betha
(of the pelican),
O'Gr. Cat. 461
. Used of human beings
especially:
Eba cet-mathair na n-uile dula,
Lec. 66b2
. cōica
cubat tigi a m-mūir, | annsa a thogail do nach d.¤
it would be
hard for anyone to overthrow it,
ZCP iii 19
. ni tarla mūrclach
a múir | dar d.¤ mar Dúnchad the dyke of its earthen rampart
was never closed over a being (man) like D.,
AFM 987
=
dar tuil,
ZCP iii 36
, cf.
Bruchst. § 146
. ?
Dergmosach duil fa gile,
LL 394.7
.
ni boi isin doman duil bud choemiu . . . oldás in
ingen sin,
LB 127b19
. ind nóebduil (of S. Brigit),
Hy. v 41
.
as meisi d.¤ as anshádhaile . . . dogheibh a betha isin domun
the most . . . creature that lives,
BS 132
. d.¤ do chleachtadh
reacht mhic Dé do dhíon one who was wont,
Ó Bruad. ii 202
.
in fomór ferrda . . ., in d.¤ diablaide dodelba (of a man),
SG 259
.
d.¤ . . . as mó gráin don druing daonda,
260
.
do dhíthaigh dá
deadh-colg duili ba dreachālaind,
CF 750
. Of lower creation
as oppd. to human:
ni do dóinib, ni do dulib,
Wb. 18c5
. is hē
i samail iter duilib .i. colam iter ēnaib ┐ fineaman iter
feadaib (of S. Brigit),
Lec. 335d6
. dā mbeith dluid lasta for
duilib o dainib if human beings had any means of setting the
world ablaze (?),
BB 431b15
.
(b)
element, esp. one of the four elements
common in later and
scientific texts: as inann elementum ┐ d.¤, óir mar atá an
fhír-dhúil aenda innti féin . . . (i.e. an element admits of no
decomposition into simpler substances),
O'Gr. Cat. 243
.
is
amlaid itait na cethri duili in cach duine,
Lec. 338a36
.
na
ceithre dúile dá ndéantar an corp,
TSh. 589
.
elementa . . . .i.
na duile, aer, tene, uisge, talamh,
24 P 22, 33.1
. na ceithre
lenna ┐ na ceithre duile the four humours and the four elements,
23 P 10, 27a26
.
ōn chethar-duil comaentaigus risna ceithre
lennaib,
23 F 19, 3va59
. an duil tesaide the element of heat or
fire,
27vb28
. Hence cethardúil the four elements, the fourfold
universe:
in fir-Dia . . . rocruthaigh in ceturduil,
BB 241a33
.
See cethair. By extension,
element, particle:
nach fuil dūil
dom' dhuilibh nach tuitfeadh ō chēile,
CF 957
.
(c)
thing in widest sense:
ainmnigud inna dulo,
Sg. 76b7
.
fri slond dúlo to signify a thing,
8
. dv́li ecsamli gl. diversa,
211a14
. cuin immairigh eter in innsci ┐ in duil dia n-innisin
when is there agreement between the gender and the thing spoken
of?
Auraic. 526
. In Laws of a head (of cattle), item, article (in
an enumeration): dá trian diri dula urraid d'urradh ina duil
two-thirds of the `dire'-fine for the native freeman's beast is paid
to the native freeman for his beast,
Laws iii 126
; cf.
iv 44
,
v 446
,
514
,
520
. dechmad cacha dula a duilcine the tenth part of every
article is the price for manufacturing it,
i 132 Comm.
, cf.
v 98
,
214
. Cf. d.¤
any piece of work
,
O'Don. Suppl.
Hence in etymol.
gloss.: duilgine .i. in d.¤ chinntech,
Laws v 266 Comm.
98 Comm.
Perh. also:
eneclann ┐ dire, na dula ┐ cana .i. smacht cana,
O'Curry 2572
(
Eg. 88, 48a
).
smacht .i. dire na dula,
2573
(48b).
má ta dicelt is dula feola ┐ (en)eneclann uad,
2324
(25a).
See dúla.