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Bardaclnd Ghdidhlig.
ailis, f., 5639, act of imitating
rivalling ;
Mo bheannachd ri m’ bheo
D’fhear aithlis do ghniomh
—R.C. II., 338 ;
by-form of aithris q.v.
Ailpineach, m., 3986, 6038, a
descendant of Alpin, father of
King Kenneth MacAlpin.
dill, 4268, noble, stately.
aimbeart, f., 883, poverty, want ;
Is lamh chur an toiseach na
h-aimirt,
Dhol a cheangal ri leoideig le
ruibein breac. — T. 209 ;
an-heart.
aimbeartach, 2267, poor, needy.
aimcheart, 2384, gu h-aimcheart,
wrongfully ; Ir. aimhcheart.
din, f., 1256, heat.
ainbheach, m., 2679, 4777, debt ;
an, intensive, and fiach, debt;
cf. anbhann, weak, from an and
aineol, unacquaintance ; 1069, tir
aineoil, a foreign land; fear
aineoil, a stranger, foreigner;
air m’aineol, in a land I knew
not, as opposed to air m’eolas,
in a land I knew ; A.M. Mdrag.
aingeal, m., 3875, an angel; Lat.-
Ger. angelus.
aingeal, m., 656, 1574, fire, light ;
a fire ; anns gach riim da a.
deug, T. 216 ; hence Sc. ingle,
ainiochd, f., 4923, cruelty; an-
iochd.
ainnis, 613, needy.
ainsheasgair, 1016, 1912, rude ;
violent: an-seasgair.
aircleach, m., 5455, a cripple ;
airc, want, and -lack,
airgbhraiteach, 6380, clad in finely
wrought mantles ; 0. Ir. airec,
invention ; Ir. aireag, invention
cleverness, and brat, a mantle.
airidh,i., 1542, 6851, merit, desert;
is maith an a., he well deserves
it; serves him right; do badh
maith an airigh da denamh sin
thusa, Cath Tint. 762.
dirigheach, 4925, rich in shielings.
dirnean, 6091, the reins, kidneys;
dra, f., a kidney ; O.Ir. dm.
airtneal, m., 2107, 2268, 3370,
weariness, heaviness.
aisith, f., 1951, 1965, dispeace,
strife, contention ; as, privative
and sith.
diteach, m., 1668, 5724, agricul¬
ture, cultivation ; dite.
aithrighe, i., repentance, peni¬
tence ; now aithreachas.
aithris, f., 4378, 5921, act of re¬
counting, repeating, imitating,
echoing ; see ailis.
aitreabh, m. f., 1280, 2063, 4874,
an abode, residence, building ;
ad, and treb, a dwelling, vil¬
lage ; cf. Ad-trebates, a tribe in
Gaul; cf. caidreabh.
dlach, m., (1) 4674, a race, family ;
(2) 5032, 6909, a boat’s comple¬
ment of oars and rowers ; (3) a
collection, group ; alach hhur
biodag, T. 43 ; from dl, a brood.
alladh, 1067, fame, renown ; 1949
bu mh6r alladh, who were
great of renown.
amaiseach, 161, 730, sure-aiming,
unerring; arms, hitting; ad
and root of meas, judge, com¬
pute.
amalach, 3127, looped, with
looped handle; 0. Norse,
hamla, a loop.
dmhailt, f., 4933, a trick, deceit.
Ir. amhaill, act of sporting,
diverting—Din.
an-, ain-, (1) negative, ain-ioohd ;
(2) intensive, an-mhor, very
great.
anagrach, 2739, quarrelsome ; for
a injiidthach.
anfhadh, 2879, blast of breath,
lung power—a special usage ;
in Coll (and perhaps elsewhere)
pronounced anathadh: nam