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calamity. DU' amhairc e air m' amhghar, he looked on my
afflietion.Stew. Gen. Am tharruingeas ar n-amhghar gu
ceann, a time which shall draiv our troubles to a close. —
Mac Lach.
Amiig h aracii, a. (from amhghar.) Distressed, distressful,
troublous ; calamitous. Com. and sup. amhgharaiche, 7nore
or inost distressful.
Amhgharaiche, s. ?H. A distressed person ; one who has
long been in distress.
Amhgharaiche, a. ; com. and sup. of amhgharach.
t Amhlabhair, ff. Mute, dumb, speechless. Co;h. anlavar.
Amhladh, aidh, «. ?H. A duplicate; a copy ; a transcript.
Amhlaiu, s. m. A fool, an idiot ; a brutish man ; a boor.
Sparradh tu ceill san amhlair, thou wouldst drive wisdom
into a fool. — R. N. pi. amhlairean.
Amhlaireach,!?. Foolish; brutal; like an idiot; boorish.
Com. and sup. amhlairiche.
Amhlaireachd, s.f. {from amhlair.) Foolishness; bruta-
lity ; boorishness.
Amhlaisg, ■?./. Bad beer; taplasli.
Amiilaisgèach, ich, s. m. A brewer of bad beer; also,
adjectively, insipid or weak as bad beer.
A.MHLUADH, aidh, s. in. Confusion; trouble; astonishment.
Arahluadh air na sagairtibh, astonishment on the priests. —
Stew. 0. T. Is amhluadh e, it is confusion. — Stew. Let'.
Air an amhluadh cheudna, in like inanncr. — Stew. Is.
Amiiluaidh, gen. sing, of amhluadh.
Amhluidh, and Amhlui', adv. As, like as, in like manner,
resembling, so. Amhlui' mar shruth a ruitheàs bras, like
as a stream that runs amain. — Sm. Ni h-amhluidh sin
a bhios na daoine peacach, not so shall be the wicked men. — Id.
Amhnar.ich, a. Shameless, impudent.
t Amhnas, ais, s. m. Impudence, shamelessness.
t Amhua, ai, *. in. A dream ; a poem ; a sword-hilt. — //•.
t Amiira, a. Great, noble, good; dark.
t AMHR-iDii, aidh, 6. m. Mourning, wailing, lamentation.
t Amiiran, ain, s. m. A song.
Amurax, «. /i/. Eyelids. 7F. amrant. Written also aMra«,
and fubhran.
A.MHUIL, adv. (JV. evel. Corn. avel. Arm. hanvel, evel, and
aval.) Like, resembling, as, in like manner, so, such as.
Amhuil ceòl tannais ag eiridh air cuilc na Leig mall, like
the strain of a ghost rising amid the reeds of slumbering
Lego. — Ull. Amhuil sin, so, in like ntunner. — Stew. Rom.
Amhuil tonn air tràigh, like a wave on the shore. — Ull.
Amhuil mar so, even as this, just like this. Armoric, evel
ma so. Amhuil mar an duine so, just like this man.
Armoric, evel ma zco den.
t Amhuil, r. Spoil, plunder.
A.MiiuiNN, 4. /1 An oven ; a furnace. Amhuinn dheataich,
a furnace ofsmuke. — Stew. 0. T. Germ, offen. Goth. auhn.
Amlach, a. Curled; having ringlets; flowing as hair;
tressy. Fait amlach or-bhuidh, curled yellow locks. —
Fingalian Poem. Com. and sup. amlaiche.
A.MLAnii, aid!), s. m. A stop, liinderance, impediment, in-
terruption.
Amlag, aig, s.f. A curl, a ringlet. N. pi. amlagan.
Amlagach, a. Curled; tressy; full of ringlets. Amlagach,
cleachdach, curled and tressy. — Macint.
Amraidh, s.f. A cupboard. /;-. amri. Fr. armoirie.
Lat. armarium.
Amuigii, «(/j. Out, without. An taobii amuigh, </(c o!/^s!(/f.
f Amus, uis, 4-. 7«. An ambush, surprise; sudden onset;
also leisure. — /;•.
Amusach, aich, s. m. One who is punctual to an appoint-
ment. JV". pi. amusaich.
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+ Amusach, a. (from amus.) Of or pertaining to an ambush.
Aiijdef.art. (Corn. an. Jr. an.) The. An oidhche dhubhradh,
the gloomy night. — Oss. Com. An steud each san t-sliabh,
the war-horse in the hill,- — Id. An is also written '«, as,
'n t-àl a tha ri teachd, the generation to come ; an t-eun,
the bird ; the other def. art. is am, which is used before
words beginning with b, p,f, m, not aspirated ; in other
instances an is used.
An, prep, for ann. In. Mar dharraig an gleann, like an oak
in a valley. — Oss. Fing.
An, priv. particle. Not; equivalent to the English ?/n. As,
an-aoibhinn, joy/e.s-4. In the Coptic tongue, an means not.
Arm. an, o priv. particle. Gr. ar, and atst, without.
Old Fr. ana, without. Old Sax. and Old Germ, an, a priv.
particle. Eng. un, a priv. particle.
An, an intensative particle, as, antighearnas, tyranny.
An, interrog. particle. An d' thig iad ? will they come' An
d' fhuair thu i, mar eal' air cliuantai? found i/ou her like
a swan on the deep.' — Oss. Conn. An is often written 'n,
as, 'n d' thig thu ? wilt thou cume ?
t An, s. m. {IF. and Ir. an. Old Swedish, ana, water.) An
element ; a principle ; water.
From A?i are derived the names of a gre.'it variety of rivers
througtiout F.urope; as, Anio, in Italy; Ancmo, near Ravenna;
^ln«p«s, in Sicily, in Illyria,and inChaoiiia; ylnnaras in Thessaly;
and many others.
A great antiquary observes, that there is a striking resemblance
between many words in the Celtic and Darien languages winch
might give rise to very useful disquisition. AntUles, is a general
name for those islands which lie beyond Bermudas, towards the
gulph of Mexico, including the Lucayan, Bahama, and Caribbees;
" and it signifies," says be, " water lands, from fan, router, and
tealla, land." There is certainly much acuteness, and seemingly
much truth, in this observation ; for it will be found that, in many
languages, the word which signifies island, means also water land :
what is insula, for example, but unda-soluni? undergoing, in the
course of time, the following changes:— undasol,unasol, by trans-
position, unsola, and lastly insula, an island.
An, priv. and intens. particle.
f An, fl, Still; pleasant; pure; noble; true; swift. Ir.
t An, ain, s. m. A falsehood ; also a planet. Hence comes
luan, [which, by metathesis, is the Latin luna] moon; being
compounded of luath, swift, and an, planet.
Aii, poss. pron. Their. Na dichuimhnich an iiix, forget not
their dust. — Oss. Temo.
i Ana, s. Riches; fair weather; a silver cup.
Ana, priv. and intens. particle; sometimes used for an,
as, anameasarach, immoderate.
Anabaich, o. See Anabuicii.
Anabaisteach, ich, s. m. (froin an, intens. ««</ baisteach.)
An anabaptist. N. pi. anabaistiche.
An.\ban, s. E.\cess, superfluity, too much, redundance;
rioting; written also anabhar ; which sec.
Anabarrach, 0. Excessive, superfluous, exceeding; shock-
ing, terrible. Meudaichidh mi thu ga h-anabarrach, / will
increase you exceedingly. — Stew. Gen. Com. and iu/*. ana-
barraiche, more or inost excessive ; ni 's ro anabarraiche,
much more exceeding.
An ABAS, ais, s. m. Refuse, dregs, offscouring.
Anabasacii, a. Full of dregs; muddy. Com. and sup.
anabasaiche. '
An'abasachd, s.f. The slate of being full of dregs;
muddiness.
Anabeachd, s. f. (ana, intens. and beachd.) A strange
fancy ; a wild idea ; ambition.
Anabeachdail, G. Fanciful; wild; chimerical; haughty;
ambitious.
Anabeaciidalaciid, «.y. Fancifulness ; wildness; haughti-
ness ; ambitiousness.