adj o-ā
weak, helpless, lacking strength or power; soft,
pliant; a weak, helpless person: used in a variety of applications. Of living beings:
bean ḟ.¤
,
IGT, Decl. § 116
. cf.
fann
[o, m.]
§ 96
.
bale i ndénta fingal no etualand d'immirt
for fannaib,
LU 4342
.
coibés no sroiglithea in tren ... ┐ in
fand,
LB 155b50
.
dia mbat goirt, bid fann do chlí | fri
haíne,
ZCP vii 298.18
.
intí is trén, nertad in fand,
PH 5825
.
in chruim rúad trá ba fand ar thús,
LU 194
(`was weak'
Todd Lect. vi 11
). pl.:
ar faind ┐ ar mná ┐ ar maccaími
d'ḟácbáil,
LL 263b22
(
MU² 241
).
na faind,
LB 155b46
.
na
fáinn ┐ na truaigh do ḟodhbhadh,
RC xxv 392.21
. forrach
fann
despoiling the weak
Lism. L. 4551
. dona dainib
fannaibh (= infirmis)
1437
.
Lat. Lives 76
.
furtuightheóir
na bhfann,
TSh. 5146
. fanna mila marta `weak are the
animals of March'
CRR 6
. Of inanimate objects: fid f.¤
(the fig-tree)
SR 1363
.
fid fand fleascach,
Anecd. i 54x
.
sibhne fanna,
IGT, Decl. ex. 1365
. folt fand flescach
smooth
LU 4231
. ri fairrge faind `the sluggish sea'
Metr. Dinds. iii 442
.
Druim F. fan fann sreabh,
TD 4.18
. cranna
fanna (of spear-shafts)
LU 9688
(? =
fianna,
LL 277a37
).
Of a banner: sróll fann re caoil-ḟiodhbhaidh
limp (?) GF,
Ir. Monthly 1919, 102
. In abstract sense:
fand indiu mo
beatha,
Ériu iv 154.15
.
bidh f.¤ a cumang,
ZCP viii 110.12
.
ní fáth fand not paltry the cause
MacCarthy 148
(<
LL
127a17
).
ní seolad fand,
Anecd. i 69z
. cf.
ni foccul fandsaide,
LL 28a10
where -saide seems to be the anaphoric suff. pron. tola fanna weak
passions
Ériu ii 55 § 4
. Adv.
ro erig cu fand cobsaid,
PH 511
.
Compar. (+ di): ni ba fainnide do recht no do righe foirne
thy rule over us shall be none the weaker
D IV 2, 53 [51]r b 33
.
Diffident, (?):
du breith aesa faind ┐ boirb for seis,
Auraic.
737
.
IGT, Introd. § 1
.
do fubhtad borb ┐ aineolach ┐
do breith aesa fainn for seis dligid,
Cóic Con. 26 § 1
.
Cf.
do cosc (.i. tegusc) fand (.i. aineolach) ,
ZCP v 486.4
(B. na f.). áos fann .i. áos aineolach no lag, O'Cl. s.v.
fainne. Cf.
forcedal fann trēn,
ZCP vii 298.2
.
Compds.: With subst.:
¤ád `
lowly fortune
'
Metr. Dinds.
iii 60.79
(: Dallán).
¤bréit a soft or yielding piece of cloth,
etc.: na fannbreiti fata ... do ṡítta (i.e. flags)
limp (?)
CCath. 4929
.
¤chos f.
weak leg: fannchosa fiara ... faoi
(of a worn-out horse),
TSh. 2559
.
¤chosc
checking gently:
ic fannchosc slóg ra síd seng,
Ériu iv 96.2
.
¤éirge?
ní
fand-éirge dar samlaib,
Metr. Dinds. iii 110.11
.
¤fáistine?
fiugair na fand-ḟaisdini more,
BB 431a39
(= fírfastini
LL 230b7
).
¤gáeth a weak wind, breeze:
fidren na fanngaithi,
CCath. 5437
.
¤ires
feeble faith: faindires ┐ cunntabairt
PH 6736
.
¤lige
prostration, prostrate lying:
i fannligib
fola,
LL 240a25
(
TTr. 1734
).
¤ócláech
weak (faint-hearted?)
warrior: see under fannach.
¤slat
weak stem:
ar fandṡlataibh foithremla fidbaidi,
MR 238.3
. With adj.:
¤chlechtach in limp folds or pleats:
inar f.,
Acall. 5922.470n
.
folt fainnchlechtach,
Fianaig. 58z
.
¤chr(a)idech
faint-hearted: aos fanncraidec nocurfedh for faenscur (of ghostly
sounds)
RC xiii 6.8
.
gealtán fanncraidech,
MR 174.15
.
¤eitech
weak-winged:
fannitech,
O'Mulc. 490
(see fannall).
¤scaílte
dispersed, spread in weakness
; of clouds: fraisnella
fannscailti `weak, scattered shower-clouds'
CCath. 4421
.
Of flags:
fannbreiti fannscailti,
4929
. Cf. fainnseól.
See fanntaise.