adj o-ā (
faás,
Wb. 13b7
,
25a17
)
empty, void, (of places)
vacant, deserted, uninhabited, waste:
(a) in lit. sense: tegdis
f.¤
(gl. domus vacuans)
Tur. 14. lestar f.¤
an empty vessel
Thes. ii 294.28
. don ádnocul ḟ.¤
the empty tomb
PH 3411
.
a n-adnocuil ... ité eroslacthi fása,
3754
.
it fássa a ndúine,
Fél. 68
. do ḟácaib sáer na háircci inadh tarrnge f.¤
innti left a place for a nail empty
Ériu v 49.3
.
bid fas tír
Temrach,
Hy ii 20
. ba f.¤ hEriu iar Partholon
uninhabited
MacCarthy 144.18
=
LL 127a12
.
cóic bliadna do Mide
maith | f.¤ cen tige, cen degflaith,
Arch. Hib. ii 85 § 45
<
LL
185a47
. is fáss ó comarbaib féin hí empty of its own
inheritors
BColm. 78.14
.
ceall bis fas
,
Laws v 118.9
(explained: ní fás cin daīne sin, acht f.¤ cin dliged n-ecalsa
120
.
o rochualamair-ni scuru na nGrec do beth fass,
Aen. 428
.
dochuamar-ni d'fegad na scor fas
,
429
. grech
na cno faisi of the blind nut
Laws iv 36.17 Comm.
o rotenc
C. na longphorta folmha ┐ na tulcha fássa tar éis in tṡlóigh,
CCath. 2393
.
conselgat cricha ... comtar fassa,
Rawl.
155b40
. Subst.: doberur dire cach fais of every unoccupied
dwelling
Laws v 168.14
. i fasaib a taeb (i.e. the side between
ribs and pelvis; the waist)
CCath. 5756
.
Barren, sterile:
meass fass,
YBL 174a9
=
SG 80.8
.
arbanna finna fasa,
Ann. Conn. 1328.3
.
secht punnanna fasa,
LB 115b41
(
Gen. xli 6
).
is gat fás flaith cen giallu,
LL 146b36
(
PRIA
1893-6, 544
). gairm fri fas
`a cry to the waste' (i.e. futile
lamentation):
gair na pecthach oc nemeli frisin Coimdid ro
craidset, ┐ bid gairm fri fas doib,
Ériu ii 138 § 134
(=
gair [?] cen airchisecht,
YBL 86a36
). cf.
gairm fri fasguth,
MacCongl. 125.20
.
(b) transf. and fig.
empty, vain, futile: as f.¤
(gl. quando
vanum et inane est)
Ml. 78b23
. ni f.¤ a saithar dogniusa
Wb. 11a11
. duús in faás far saíthar (gl. inanis fiat labor)
25a17
. is fass dúnni a pridchimme (gl. inanis est praedicatio nostra)
13b14
.
in n-atberisiu bid dál fás
,
LL 278a28
(=
rád f.¤
,
Ériu i 68
). clú fás
empty fame
CCath. 354
.
formolta
fása ... na filed,
MR 190.5
. naidm fas cen foladh
invalid
O'Curry 1067
<
H 3.18 p. 440b
.
Here, perhaps:
fas faigdhe .i. fer ro creca ... a selb ┐
na techta fo tuaith co leir na cleithe ... ┐ nitat diles dodcois
fri galar no frepaid; ┐ is fas dno, cia foighe, mana gata
no mana creca a enech ... Is fas do dno, a faithce fria galar
┐ a repaidh mana tabra nech ní dó ar Dia. Is fas dno,
a saire, ┐ a dire ┐ a eneclann,
Laws iv 352.11
(see foigde).
Compds.: With subst. either in lit. sense
empty, vacant
or fig.
futile, vain, also feigned, false.
¤bedcarnach: faisbedgarnach na mbronnann dar eis a n-inne `empty starting
of the bellies' (of reflex movements in corpses)
CCath.
5936
.
¤bolg an empty bag:
mar chertli i fásbulg,
TBC-LL¹ 4386
.
Acall. 3160 n
.
¤buden
phantom host (?):
na fásbuidhne
doilbthi draidhechta,
Comp. CC 93x
.
¤chocnam
empty
chewing, i.e. pretending to eat:
ag fascocnom,
MacCongl.
116.26
.
occ fáschognamh a mbeol,
BNnÉ 89.15
.
¤choí
futile or false lamentation:
oc fáschúi ┐ oc fásguba as chind
Con Culaind,
TBC-LL¹ 5723
-
6044
.
¤chretem a vain, false belief:
d'fháischreideamh Cailbhín,
TSh. 6109
.
¤eclais a deserted
church:
ar chúl iladh ḟáisegailsi,
IGT, Decl. ex 232
.
¤fuabairt
a false (i.e. feigned) attack: lucht na fásfuabarta
`the decoying party' lit. those of the false attack (of an
ambuscade)
AFM vi 1980.1
.
¤garrda an uncultivated garden
or plot:
i ḟásgarrdaib for imlib sráited,
LB 155a8
.
¤guba
futile or false lamenting: fasghuba .i. fás acáoineadh no
fáscháoineadh, O'Cl. (see
¤choí).
¤scethrach see fáiscethrach.
¤tech
an empty (ruined,
deserted) house:
co ndeachaidh a faisteach folamh,
BS 36 y
.
co fuair C. a fastig he,
Death-tales of the Ulster heroes 36.11
.
i fastigh,
Corm. Y 1018 (p. 88)
= i ḟaistig LB. pl. fáistighe ceall
derelict churches
TD 1.54
.
gurab hi fástigibh bes a trebh
co brath,
Moling 74
.
¤tempall an empty church:
isin fas-tempull sin,
D IV 2, 67 [57]rb7
.