n
o, n. and m. in Mid.Ir. g
s. also ratha (usual later form).
n
s.
rath
,
Wb. 2c17
; (with art.)
a rrad
,
29d29
;
rad ṅDé,
7d3
(but:
rad Dée,
13b6
, cf.
3d16
). g
s.
raith,
14c42
,
29a7
,
33b8
;
SR 3317
,
3322
,
5319
;
ratha,
6061
. g
p.
inna
rath
,
Wb. 15c3
.
d
p.
huanaib rathaib
,
Ml. 116c1
.
rath
m., g
s. raith,
ratha,
IGT
Dec. § 38.7
.
Acc. to
Thurn. Hdb. § 726
,
Lewis and Ped. § 542
, vn. of ernaid
bestows, grants
(a)
grace
, esp. in religious sense, both of Divine grace and
grace as a spiritual quality in man; general meaning in
Glosses, where it nearly always translates Lat. gratia. manimchobrad rad Dáe (= gratia Dei),
Wb. 3d16
.
do rath Dé ba
forlán,
Fél. Nov. 5
.
duine co rrath Dé,
Mon. Tall. § 32
.
eícndag ind raith diadi,
Wb. 29a7
. amal romboí cuit cáich din
rath diadu (= secundum gratiam quae data est nobis),
5d6
.
ro
línad o rath in spiruta naím,
LU 9826
.
rath in Spirto,
Fél.
May 15
; cf.
PH 5409
.
teirt . . . is inti tanic rath super apostolos,
Ériu iii 116.11
. cride co rad ríg nime `the gracious heart of the
King of Heaven',
ii 118 § 56
; cf. alaind baí in rígan cu rath
`lovely and gracious was the princess',
Metr. Dinds. ii 74.49
(perh. = d).
in rí go rath, gan deiredh is gan tosach,
ZCP viii
114 § 2
. cenotad maic-si raith
sons of grace
,
Wb. 33b8
. a meic
raith! (of Joseph),
SR 3317
.
Ioseph in bith-raith,
3322
. in
mac raith Eibbán (of St. Abbán),
ZCP viii 110 § 9
. Cf. an
Mac Ratha (name of Maedóc's bell),
BNnÉ 245 § 197
.
fer
raith,
Fél. Aug. 18
.
aes raith,
SR 5319
.
`sin chanoin ruithsenaig raith,
ACL iii 307 § 27
. ?
ferr rath inā riagal,
ZCP vi
261.14
.
(b) a grace, virtue, gift
(= Lat. charisma), oft. with defining
gen.:
rath dénma ferte (= gratiam curationum),
Wb. 12b21
.
rath precepte,
12b29
.
rath somailse,
Ml. 89c15
. tic rath
fastini fair
the gift of prophecy
,
LU 9827
.
rath ecna ┐ fatsine,
PH 4490
.
BNnÉ 265.4
. muime gach ratha rāin (of isle of
Rachriu),
ZCP x 53 § 4
.
ro fallsiged rath in aislingi,
MacCongl.
39.28
. pl.
ata imda ratha ind Fheilire,
Fél. 10.30
.
is liriu feor
ilratha in marbnaid noeb-siu,
ZCP iii 225.4
.
it e sin ratha na
haíne,
PH 8422
.
co rathaib righ-c[h]ealla,
ZCP viii 203.30
.
The two follg. exx. from SR, by Stokes in Index referred to
O'Clery's
rath .i. baile (which = 2 ráth
), prob. represent this
word: cia dechair fail dar a rath?
what difference is there in
their virtue?
(of winds),
SR 7947
(: dath).
diar bris dia rigroimsi
rath | primdo[i]rsi na morcatrach,
7355
(of Samson;
abundance
of graces, virtues
?).
(c) the granting of a favour
:
tuc A. . . . maidm forro . . . tre
rath Chiarain,
RC xvii 404.29
.
ro muid for Gallaib tria rath
Poil ┐ Pedair,
Cog. 14.23
. A mark of favour, a boon
: is rath co
feirg
a wrathful gift
,
RC iii 180.23
(
LL 121a48
) (of a spear asked
as a gift, which is thrown to the asker and wounds him). Cf.
is ann is etail duine | i [= a] mba cuma lais uile | a aor ocus a
molad, | a rath ocus a ghueidhe,
ZCP vii 298.9
,
10
(i.e. when
it is alike to him whether he be censured or praised, receive
favours or be asked for them?).
Mercy
:
crochad is riaghad
gan rath
,
Acall. 1852
.
(d)
good luck, fortune, prosperity
(usual later sense): eochair
ratha ro-chruth (i.e. beauty wins prosperity),
ZCP vi 270
§ 2
. ni hingnad a beith cen rath, duine drechmas (of one
who is fair of face but lacks sense),
267 § 3
.
in fer ba
huasle ┐ ba mó rath isin tuaith,
LL 2a30
. fer in ratha
`man of luck' (of Find m. Cumaill),
Metr. Dinds. ii 74.42
.
ni
gēbha rath, recht nā righe,
ZCP viii 110 § 11
.
do ben dím
mo rath 's tuc me gan righe,
BCC § 139
. do chinnsat ar
chomha[i]rle fa mór rath
which turned out very successful
,
Ériu i 98.18
.
fuarais mór ríg co rath āig,
RC xx 12 § 18
(
LL
47b36
).
réim go rath
,
Cog. 96.31
. ruathar go rath
`victorious
march',
104.19
. Domnall dorinde oirne maith | fa deoigh coma
fer raith `may he be a man of bounty' (?
may he prosper
),
BCC
§ 136
.
Cormac hua Cuind an ri raith,
Anecd. i 18.10
. for
rith raith `in a successful career',
Ériu ix 46 § 11
. fágbhaidh
la hOilill a rath | i gcath Ceall Osnadha (i.e. was defeated by
O.),
Keat. iii 709
(poem).
fá mór rath Éireann ré linn Chormaic,
3028
.
do mhúch rath na cathrach,
Keat. Poems 1508
.
Aedh . . . d'hēg a tus a ratha `in the beginning of his felicity',
AU iii 80 y
, cf.
354 y
.
rath beg saoghalta ar fedh ttamaill,
Ó Héodhusa 72.8
.
a mí aoibhill a ratha saoghalta,
TSh. 542
.
tuar goimhe rochtain i rath
,
L. Cl. A. B. 175.87
.
go
gcuireadh an Tighearna rath air,
Gen. xxxix 23
. pl. in distributive sense:
claifitir a ratha, tairnfither a bríg,
CRR 22
(: datha). ro bhoi 'sa dun fo rathaib `in happiness (?)',
ZCP
xi 41 § 5
. diombágh druim rena rathaibh [ag leannán Chuinn]
`alas that Conn's darling turned her back on her good fortune!'
A. Ó Dálaigh liii 14
.
fri rath
on account of:
do-foeth mór fer find fria rath
,
ScM. § 3.15
.
(e) in gramm., dative case:
a rath: do fhiur, do fheraib, do mnaí, do mnáib, do nim, do nimib,
Auraic.² 52.3
.
Compds.
¤bard: Raigne na rathbard `of the lucky bards',
Metr. Dinds. ii 46.11
.
¤beo: tria rún raith rathaig rath-bi
`through the mystery of the bountiful living grace',
KMMisc.
154.98
.
rathbla áig,
LL 211a50
=
uath-bla,
Metr. Dinds. iii
396.5
. rí co rrathbuidnib `with blessed hosts',
24.323
. ós
Raigniu rath-chert `of hallowed rights',
iii 2.2
.
ri roghach
rathgorm,
AU 902
(poem) =
rogach rath
,
AFM a. 898
. ós
rathlind Charmain `hallowed water',
Metr. Dinds. iii 22.275
,
cf.
260.7
. rathmac `son of grace',
BColm. 20.8
. athnugud
na cell | tre rathmūnud mind `the gracious doctrine of
relics',
KMMisc. 274.9
.
hua Lathbertuig . . . rathnertaig,
LL 141a48
.
recht ruirech rathordan,
BDD 100 (c)
=
BDD²
1016
`honor of bestowal'.
úasind ruirig rathrúanaid,
ib. (k)
=
rathrúnigh `intent on bestowing'?,
BDD² 1043
.