i, adj. and subst. (dí + aithber, lit. blameless
).
dedbir,
Wb. 3b30
,
Trip.² 2028
.
deidbir,
Wb. 6a12
.
deithbeir,
33c16
.
deithbir
,
Ml. 38d2
.
de(i)thfir,
PH
.
debthir,
Auraic.
178
. deithfir f.,
IGT Decl. § 13
.
I As adj. fitting, proper, reasonable, natural (both of that
which is inherently right or meet and of that which might
be expected under the circumstances):
d.¤ .i. dí aithbir,
Corm. Y 15
.
d.¤ .i. dlightheach,
O'Cl.
(a) Rarely attrib.: inna nnaimtine ṅd.¤
of the just enmities,
Ml. 38d2
.
ni thechtam serccai acht sercca dethbiri,
Alex. 894
.
(b) Usually as pred. with cop. (often unexpressed):
is
deidbir moídem di suidib,
Wb. 17d19
.
cani d.¤
,
Sg. 3b12
.
dethbir dímicim do na hindmassaib talmandaib,
PH 5878
.
d.¤ ón (sin)
that is natural; that might be expected (in confirmation of a preceding statement; often followed by an explanatory sentence introduced by ar, úair):
for Cúchulaind
uccot, olse, dochuaid rimsa for teithed. Deithber son, ol
Medb, ma ranístais daghóic, ní gébad in sirite fri feta,
TBC-I¹
1263
.
imsoítis a claidib friu . . . d.¤ ón, ar no labraitis
demna friu dia n-armaib,
LU 3236
(
SCC 2
). Cf.
TBC-LL¹ 1904
;
LL 30c8
;
PH 4825
,
5194
. is d.¤ dom it is right (proper,
natural) for me:
is deidbir deit á aigthiu it is reasonable
(fitting?) for thee to fear him,
Wb. 6a12
. is dedbir am duit thou
hast reason,
Trip.² 2028
.
ba sodeithbir dó,
Ériu vi 148.50
.
is d.¤ limm I deem it right, fitting
,
Sg. 3b2
. Followed by
appositional clause introduced by cia: is dedbir dúib cid
mebul lib a taidmet it is reasonable that ye should be ashamed
to call them to remembrance,
Wb. 3b30
. deithbeir do ceith
aneola that he be ignorant,
33c16
. is d.¤ . . . cid ansa don curp
a congbal no wonder that it is hard for the body to contain
itself,
Mon. Tall. § 60
.
d.¤ dóib cid mór a mbríg,
LL
276a11
. d.¤ cidh airdirc an fód rightly is the spot celebrated,
AFM 915
(poem) (ii 590.12). Followed by neg. clause:
is
deithber cen cop mór mo thua-sa,
LL 275a6
. Compar.
deidbiriu,
Wb. 6a8
,
9c10
.
dethbiri,
FA 34
. Adv. in d.¤
gl.
merito,
Ml. 47b5
.
II As subst.
reasonableness, fitness, hence reason, cause: ata
dethbir saine sin (text?),
Todd Lect. vi 46
. hit é tra dethbiri
dosbera in plág fo thír n-Erenn .i. díth cretmi, etc. the reasons,
RC xii 426 § 15
. In concrete sense matter:
ó díscáiledh na
ndethber ó fásann an folt ┐ in uair díscáilter na dethbir sin
. . . ní leighester an folt,
O'Gr. Cat. 178
.