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FACLAIE.
dbhach, sportive, playful; na
h-abhaich, 2192, merry maids.
abhachd, 1261, sport, frolic.
tibhaist, f., (1) 6917, &c., custom,
practice ; abhaissi acaib nach
faccarmr ocus nach cualamar
do d&nam do ddinib reomaib
riam ; ye have practices that
we have never seen or heard
being done by men before
you—Acall. line 6110 ; (2)
dwelling place : an larach an
robh a. do sheanar, T. 145;
chaidh m’a. an d'wsg orm
roimh thim ; M. C. 69; a
aibhist fhuar, gun tuar gun
dreach, S. 297; compare
O. N. dvist, f., abode; ( (1) is
ctbhais in Lewis).
abhall, m., 3497, 4468, 6879, an
apple tree ; a chief.
acaid, f., 515, 1842, 4351, a
pain, stitch.
acarachd, f., 3942, gentleness,
mildness.
acartha, 4473, kindly, indulgent.
acfhuinn (acuinn), 2146, f., equip¬
ment, tools, harness; -each,
well equipped, potent. O. Ir,
accmaing, instrument, appara¬
tus, means; ad and cumang,
power, ability.
achd, m., 5468, an act, law,
decree ; Lat. actum,
achdaidh, 2245, gu h-achdaidh,
assuredly.
ach gu, 6231, ach gu faigheam has,
if only I may find death ; Ir.
achl go, provided that.
adharc, f., 5270, a horn, shot-
horn ; ad and arc, defend, as
in teasairg; Lat. arc-eo.
ctgh, 2681, good fortune, pros¬
perity ; 1245 lochran aigh,
lamp of welfare, 4591 Clann
Domhnaill an aigh, the victori¬
ous Clann Donald; 4540, an
ainm an aigh, in the name of
good fortune ; often ironical
1056, acarsaid an aigh, a fine
anchorage, indeed ! (In modern
dgh the meanings of early dd,
success, good fortune, and dg,
battle, valour, fall together).
dghmhor, 1087, 2838, 2869, brave,
martial, victorious ; 4308, dim
a., magnificent fortress.
aiceachd, f., 4484, a lesson, guid¬
ance ; Lat. acceptum.
aideachadh, 4954, act of confess¬
ing, declaring aloud ; clear
utterance (of music).
aidmheil, 4422, see aideachadh.
aigeal, m., 245, 5141, the deep ;
by-form of aigeann from Lat.
oceanus.
aigeannach, 3798, 5082, spirited,
mettlesome ; by-form aigeannt-
ach, 3038 ; aigne.
aighear, m., 6294, mirth joy ; is
sean fhocal i nGaedheilg
“ tailliur aerach ” ; Lat. aer,
the air.
aigne, m., 1391, 4231, mind, spirit.
dilean, m., 270, a green.
dilgheas, dilleas, m., 3430, will,
will, pleasure ; dil, will, and
geas, from guidhe.