tengae
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tengae
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2019
Forms:
tenge, tengae, tinga, tengaid, tengad, tengad, tengad, —aid, tenga, teng, teng, theangaidh, t[h]ing, theing, teng, teangaid, tengtha, teṅgad, tengthaib, —adh, —aidh, —thadh, dteangthadh, teanguidh, tengtha, theangtha, tengtha, theangan, teangain
n
t, f. n
s.
tenge,
Wb. 23c20
.
tengae
,
Mon. Tall. 142.20
.
tinga,
AU i 34.9
. a
s.
cin tengaid
,
BColm. 26.10
. g
s.
in
(? leg. inna) tengad
,
Ml. 31b24
.
na tengad
,
PH 7490
. d
s.
hi tengad (? leg. —aid),
Ml. 33d20
.
dia tenga
,
Laws v 142.5
.
Also in sg. teng (? orig. dat. only): n
s.
teng,
O'Dav. 1349
=
theangaidh,
Ériu xiii 29.7
.
Anecd. ii 74.4
. d
s.
t[h]ing,
ZCP v 484 § 9
=
theing,
iii 378.19
(B. na f.). ting, O'Cl.
?
ca teng
,
ZCP xi 109 § 16
. Cf.
Duach Teangumha,
Keat.
iii 692
. n
du.
da teangaid
,
Laws v 510.8
. n
p.
tengtha,
Fél.
Ep. 125
. g
p.
teṅgad,
SR 825
. d
p.
tengthaib,
LU 2188
.
In syll. verse f., g
s. —adh, d
s. —aidh, g
p.
—thadh,
IGT Decl.
§ 4
. g
p.
dteangthadh,
Dán Dé xvii 26
. n
s.
teanguidh,
James iii 5
. g
s.
tengtha,
AU iii 136.12
. d
du.
a nda
theangtha
,
Donlevy v 2
. g
p.
tengtha,
Ériu iv 108.4
. In Mod.
Ir. also as n-stem: g
s.
theangan,
Luc. Fid. 200.8
. a
s.
gan teangain
,
O'Gr. Cat. 121.36.
I
(a)
tongue:
tenga .i. tē i ngabann si .i. in bēl tall,
Corm. Y 1247
(cf. next ex.). tal uime ... ro curthea a teinidh
... ┐ dobertea teanga tairis (an ordeal),
IT iii 190.y
.
etngad
.i. cen tenga[i]d,
O'Mulc. 473
.
tengtha fodlaide amal tenid,
PH 5368
.
do foillsigheadh dhóibh teangtha sgoiltidhthe
mar theine,
Acts ii 3
.
(b) the tongue considered as an organ of speech:
huare ...
as né gnim tengad comlabrae,
Ml. 31b24
, cf.
23
. lūrech
arbaig mo thenga `of which my tongue boasteth,'
Thes. ii
353.3
.
i cinaid ... do thengad,
Laws i 156.x
.
marbad na
tengad ... in t-athimrád,
PH 7490
.
clúas a dūan do thengthaib bard,
Hail Brigit 9
. ní gabhthar géill na teangadh
`ní féidir buadhachtaint ar an bhfilidheacht,'
DDána 82.28
.
inn é gíall for tengtha de | ruc Níall cen erchra úaib-si
(of men unable to answer),
Ériu iv 108.4
.
fer do bfearr
tenga ┐ erlabra do ghaoidhealaibh ina aimsir,
AFM iv 930.y
.
Hence in idiomatic phrases: do-reilced a tenga dí indiu
she has been given a free tongue today,
ZCP xvii 199.8
(
LU
10031
but see
Echtrae Chonnlai 173
).
bui ... cómlaintius cech uilc isin corp sin ... cenmotha a thenga ... is aire roléced a thenga dó,
LB 143a8
.
tenga do denam orum,
Fier. 224
v.l. =dochraite do rada
riumsa, text. Enri hUa N. do denum tengtha maithi re
Mac nD. `good discourse,'
AU iii 136.12
.
(c)
language:
et (leg. ut) conf(o)undamus ling[u]as eorum
.i. co romelāchtnaigem ... a dtengta impo,
Auraic. 2431
=
berla,
141
.
a tteanguidh ar máthar,
Studies, 1919, 438 § 2
.
Muiredhach na tengadh o Sleibin,
RC xvii 361.29
.
nó
labhradh tenga na ttuath n-echtrann,
AFM vi 1920.16
. dá
labhrainn teangtha na ndaoine ... gan an grádh agam =
si linguis hominum loquar,
TSh. 9411
.
a ttengaidh Edāillisi,
Fl. Earls 90.3
.
ré tosuighibh na teangtha Gaoidheilge,
Donlevy v 11
. Hence: fer tenghta an interpreter
,
BCC 308.7
,
8
.
fer tengha eile,
262.32
. Cf. a bheith aige amhuil fhir theangan, phattruin ┐ ghuidheadoir a bhfiadhnaise De
spokesman
,
Luc. Fid. 200.8
.
(d)
tongue or clapper of a bell:
bā sī tengu ind cluic,
MacCongl. 123.21
.
clocc ... cin tengaid,
BColm. 26.10
. a
rún thuigeas teangtha clog (Mary),
Aithd. D. 97.29
.
in
bail a mbenfa a th.¤ re bhar cclocc,
BNnÉ 16.22
.
(e)
part of a cross (? the upright from crossbar up):
cedir
in cos feibh adcúas, | gius in crann boi etarbhūas | a tenga
ba cupris cain, | [ocus] ba bethe a titail,
ZCP viii 107.13
.
II
(a) In med. terms. t.¤ con:
lingua canis .i. tenga con
`common hound's tongue,'
ACL i 330 § 127
. t.¤ énáin
lingua
avis, stitchwort:
tenga enain,
Rosa Angl. 142.8
.
lingua
avis pingula, .i. an teangadh eanain is mor a brigh,
3 B 15
(cited
Rosa Angl. Gloss.
).
lingua avis .i. in teanga enan,
RC ix 242.3
.
237.6
. t.¤ orcan
some part of the (calf of)
the leg:
co tarla erchor díb i tengaid orcan Dondgillai,
RC xiii 104.19
=
SG 385.7
. an affection of this part of the
leg (?):
(caulis hortensis) item dentar luaith dhi ...┐ cuirtear ar na hiosgaduibh ┐ icaidh an teanga urcan,
23 K 42,
394.y
.
(b) In nn. pr.: Scithi tenga eoin (n. of a woman),
Rawl.
134b13
.
Duach Tenga-huma rig Connacht,
Trip. 552.20
.