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 .

n o, m. (O.Ir. ás) growing, growth: fás ás (g s. (f)áis, (f)ása) IGT, Decl. § 38 . líne ... ag ás, ex. 996 . gurab í [an ghrian] is adhbhar do ḟás gacha neithe that [the sun] is the cause of the growth of everything Corp. Astron. 78.5 . is f.¤ atá ar an druing = multiplicati sunt qui ... TSh. 4162 . le f.¤ a n-innmhe with increase of their wealth 8350 . a préimh ... do-bhéaradh f.¤ dóibh from the root that would cause them to grow 9452 . tig f.¤ ar fhoirbhtheacht ... na ndaoine, 4839 . teacht amach an dara fáis shooting up of the latter growth Amos vii 1 . go fás Earcoil till Hercules come to manhood TD 13.35 . In the name of a fungus : fás na haonoidchi, G 11 162b26 . brat ar dath fáis na henoidchi no ail no cloichi sneachta, King's Inns MS 15 fo. 106r37 , Almusór 20 . Fig. ar bhfás a bhfaladh when their resentment had grown TD 3.27 . ? fas loin .i. don ces tona `the rump-steak ' Laws ii 232.10 Comm.

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