n u, m. (vn. of fo-gní). g
s.
fognamo,
Wb. 3d14
.
in
fognama
,
22b21
.
fognama,
3c11
.
Ml. 84c12
. foghnamh
oghnamh (g
s. n
p. -namha, -naimh, -anta)
IGT. Decl. § 47
.
As vn. ib.
Verbs § 44
.
(a)
serving, rendering service
, absol. or with DO of pers.
is hae inso in f.¤ don choimdid (gl. orationi instate)
Wb. 27c18
.
f.¤ do idlaib,
19d11
. lóg ... á fognama hirobatar pay for
the (lit. their) servitude in which they had been
Ml. 84c12
.
ar léciud ... asind f.¤ hi robammar
servitude
Ml. 105b16
.
luid F. ... ┐ beir (leg. birt?) a cumal lais i f.¤
,
Laws i 70.24
.
bai ... do dhichracht in fhoghnuma i mbai P. co toimniuth
cech ae ... cumad do a oenar foighneth,
Lism. L. 143
.
cach
faesom co fognom,
ACL iii 227.54
.
ni fil acht aeneclas
... ag fognum (nó adhradh) do Dhia,
Marco P. 141
.
ag
foghnamh don Dúileamh,
TSh. 460
. ní roibh acht aenberla
ag foghnum do chach the one language was used by all
BB
17b28
. co nderna logh secht cumhall do foghnumh till
he perform service of the value of seven cumals
Laws iv 250.6
Comm.
With gen.:
sē la d'fógnam na collai, in t-én lá
don ... animm,
PH 7369
.
o ḟognam in forbaind rechtaide
... o ḟógnum hídal,
4566
. im na hocht mballa bis ac f.¤ in
muilind `which are necessary to the mill' (viz water, millrace,
shaft, etc.)
Laws i 140.13 Comm.
Of feudal service:
asbert
S. ... nach beth fo chis, na fa ḟoghnam do righ talmhan,
Lism. L. 2115
.
boí F. oc dīlgend na n-aithech ┐ aca cur
hi cís ┐ a foghnam dermar,
ZCP xi 65 § 16
.
ma beith fognum
diib do ḟlaithib co nómad naó,
Críth G. 326
(
Laws iv 320
).
dianom soertha don fhognamh ica tu don righ were I
delivered from my bondage to the King
Lism. L. 1539
.
do-bertar ratha ... im bithḟoghnom dóibh dia réir féin,
ZCP
xi 64 § 13
(= um beith fodhnamach doib etc.
RC xx 339
).
conattig forru Cairpre ... f.¤ Temrach to do service to T.
(the S. due to T.?)
Metr. Dinds. iii 440y
(=
oghnamh,
BB
30b1
.
daerfoghnomh,
Dinds. 78
).
in cutruma sin do ḟerond
occaib cen tech cen trebad fair ┐ cen f.¤ tellaich Temrach,
Ériu iv 124
. With subj. gen.: tri f.¤ inna mball ... doib
Wb. 12b3
.
la Colmán ó sin alle f.¤ an bale sin ar is fáss ó
comarbaib féin hí mina tarttatt a rér do Cholmán,
BColm.
78.14
. foghnam fuidhri no daorceile uathaibh re re na
foglama `the service of a f. or a d. is due from them during
the term of the learning' (of apprentices)
Laws iv 236.20
.
m'fhoghnamh nach cóir do chomaoidhimh `that I must
not boast of my merit'
PBocht 6 § 17
. do-gní f.¤ do
serves:
dogenat f.¤ dam,
MacCarthy 44.23
=
fomgnífet,
SR 852
.
lé foghnamh do dhéanamh do Dhia,
TSh. 1130
. gen. as
attrib.:
fer foghnamha
,
Ériu xiii 16.12
. luag fir fognuma
an attendant
Laws i 110.9
.
mad fer fognama (.i. mad he
in fer do ne in foghnum im bith for bantincar),
Laws ii
390z (392.6)
=
Stud. in E. Ir. Law 57
.
is uaidib ... roḟas daerchis
fodnoma for saerchlandaib hEreand,
Lec. Facs. 185vb9
=
BB 255a29
(fognuma). capul fognuma ┐ ech immrimme,
Laws iv 308.22
(
Críth G. 158
). (cf.
capul itir foghnum ┐
imrim,
Laws
iv 304.12
,
Críth G. 91
).
fine fognama (.i. daorceile ┐ saorcheile),
Laws
v 318.2
. la himed...lochta ind fognuma
labourers
TTr.² 600
. etaig fognama ... domelar cach dia `working
dress' (dress of use, everyday clothes)
Laws v 398.1
. don
mainistir ... cona fearonnaibh foghnamha `glebe-lands'
AFM vi 2148.15
. pl. at cotarsnai na fógnuma do dís (i.e.
no man can serve two masters)
PH 711
. ni hiat a fognumha
bis forro
functions
(of Ogham letters)
BB 301a27
.
(b) later often
use, utility, profit
(with AR of thing. Cf.
feidm): ni bí fognum er ni da ṅdentar cen fúndamit fái
PH 7816
. nach fuil fodnum agud orm that I am of no use
to thee
ZCP vi 55.20
. ni fhuil foghnamh orm at egmais =
sine te nihil sum ... nihil possum
Instructio 226.20
. ní
bhia fóghnamh ar an absolóid absolution will be of no avail
Mac Aingil 376
. an mbī foghnamh ar an bposadh? is the
marriage valid?
Luc. Fid. 140.14
.
do cuiredh a ndergár
innus nach roibhe foghnam orra o shin alé,
L. Chl. S.
§ 13
. co mbetha gan foghnamh ort no ar beacan foghanta
= pro nihilo aut minimo reputari
Instructio 224.14
. (cf.
mod. ar foghnamh
of use, in health, thriving
).