n
ā, f. perh. a variant form of róm (róim) < Lat. Roma,
and used in same senses; in
ZCP iv 577
-
8
the derivation ro-úam `a great hole (cave)' is suggested.
rūam quasi rōm a
Roma(e)
,
Corm. Y 1090
.
(a) as n.l.
Rome:
i Ruaim,
Fél.² Mar. 4
=
hir Róim,
Fél. cathair . . . samail re Rūaim Letha,
ZCP x 53.26
.
hi rRúaim Letha,
Ériu ii 192.5
, cf.
ib. 11
(but:
abb Rómae,
ib. 12
).
(b) a monastic settlement or `city':
rúam iarthair betha (of
Glendalough),
Fél. Prol. 195
(ruaim, roim v.ll.). ruaim coitchenn do Ghaidhelaib (of Daiminis),
206.31
. tír i fail do
rúaim (said to St. Brigid of Leinster),
LL 50a32
(
Hail Brigit
§ 26
).
dā chomurtha . . . | ac Lainn sech cach rūaim . . . |
muilenn cerr fri comblethad | ocus brat im a bachaill,
BColm.
96.17
(distinguishing features of the monastery of Lann). pl.
ind locáin . . . it rúama co ndálaib
monasteries with assemblies
,
Fél. Prol. 211
.
ticfat tailcind, conutsat [v.l. conucsat] rúama,
noifit cella,
Trip.², 346
.
(c) a burial-place, cemetery
:
Babilón a rrúam-som,
Fél.
Oct. 28
(of SS. Simon and Thaddaeus or Jude, acc. to tradition buried at Babylon).
an tAodh isin úir, an rí isin ruaimh,
AFM i 334.8
, see
Bruchst. i § 99
.
ēg in righ 'na ruaimh ar lár,
BB 59b7
.
is railecc ríg a rúam rán,
Metr. Dinds. iii 2
(of
Carmun).
(d) of a gathering-place, capital centre or fort, etc.:
ainm
doróega sech rúama,
Metr. Dinds. i 28
(of Tara).