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Faclair.
345
for cam, nom. sg. of caraid, the
dative used as nom.; Gura mise
fair mo ghualadh Mu chara
nam fear o’n Leath Uachdrach,
G. 34 ; Tha thu charabh nam
Barrach, Inv. G. Soc. Tr. 22,
191 ; car thu mhic Ghill-eoin,
you are sib to Maclean, E. 50.
car, 4011, befitting, proper ; pro¬
bably for cdir, a by-form of
cbir; is giorra bu chara dhuit
Tamh a mach air do thuras ; T.
313; Co na mis’ do’m bu
chara ’S co a b’fhearr na thu
thoill ? R.D. 30 ; Oir buinidh
ceart cho cara Dhuit dhol bas’s
a tha thu beo, ib. 73 ; air son na
graisg Do’m bu chara bhi ’n
dithreabh, ib, 269; (Cara is
properly comparative; Ir.
cora).
caradh, m., 178, c. fodha, plung¬
ing headlong.
cdradh, m., 5509, act of placing,
arranging ; 3505, 5790, treat¬
ment ; 5545, an c., in order;
Ir. corughadh.
carnaid, f., 1471, a certain tint of
red ; carnation.
carragh, m., 5658, a pillar stone ;
root of carr, carraig.
carthannach, carrannach, 4472,
charitable, friendly, kind.
cas, f., foot; 3, an cois, hard by,
casadh, m., 6846, act of wrinkling.
cos, m., 4720, hardship, a misfor¬
tune ; 1695, pity ; 2166, chan’eil
c., it is no pity.
cas-eudannach, 6847, of wrinkled
face.
casgair, 2941, mangle, slaughter;
Ir. cosgraim ; con and sgar,
sever.
cata, cala, m., 1613, a sheep-cote ;
Eng. cole.
calk, m., (1) battle, (2) 6582,
regiment, cf. R.G. 167.
cdth, i., 839, 1706, 1783, husks of
corn, used for sowans.
cathadh, m., 2479, act of driving ;
6499, cur is cathadh, snowing
and drifting ; cf. caitheamh ;
cf. Scots: ca canny, ca the ewes,
ca the plough, &c.
cathadh, m., 6499, snow-drift;
from caith, drive on, impel.
chthar, m., 1781, 3288, broken
mossy ground.
cathardha, (1) civil, civic (fr.
cathair, a city); an Gath
Cathardha, the Civil War;
(2) an Eagluis uilidhe no
chatharrdha, “ the Church
Universal”—Carswell, p. 124;
(3) warlike, militant (by associa¬
tion with cath, battle); na crann
cael cathardha, of the slender-
warlike shafts—Hy Fiachrach
252 ; (4) splendid, brilliant;
Criomall caomh cathardha—
Duan. Finn, 36, 41, &c. In
4636, an creideamh c. probably
means the national faith, i.e.
the Reformed Protestant
Church.
ceannard, 4929, high-headed.
ceannas, m., 1073, authority ;
ceann.
ceannbheart, f., 3691, headgear,
ceann-ciille, m., 4690, 5153, ad¬
viser.
ceann-cinnidh, 1676, m., a chief.
ceannfhionn, 1466, white-headed.
ceannphort, ceannard, 3393, 4528,
chief leader, chief.
ceannriabhach, 6674, with brindled
head.
ceann-seanchais, 3542, source of
information.
ceannsgal, m., 4669, command,
authority.
ceannsgalach, 2464, authoritative,
masterful.
ceann-sithe, m., 4807, a peace¬
maker.