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Bardachd Ghaidhlig.
the stricken stag ; Ir. luinnedg,
a song, chorus.
luisreadh, m., 628, wealth of
herbage ; lus and -radh, collec¬
tive.
lunn, 3895, 1. air, invade ; 5418,
pressing on ; compare lunnadh,
an invasion ; a pressing on—
A.M.
liith, f., 5753, a sinew; Ir. luth, a
nerve, vein, tendon.
luthaig, 1827, 2182, 154, permit,
grant.
liithmhor, 1841, active, vigorous ;
Ir. Mthmhar, luth, pith.
mac-alla, mac-talla, 4367, echo,
literally, son of rock ; all, cliff ;
cf. mo dhoigh gun deachaidh
mac nan Creag O bhith freag-
airt mar bu choir—W.R. 2 ; Ir.
mac-alla, mac-thalla.
macanta, 3945, 5155, meek, mild;
is beannaichte na daoine m.—
Matth. 5, 5.
macaomh, macamh, m., 4868, 5599,
a gallant; a goodly youth;
mac (adjectival), and caomh
(used as noun), “ a lad-friend,”
“ a dear youth.”
Mac na praisich, 772, whisky,
“ son of the pot ” ; praiseach, a
pot; from prais, brass.
macnas, m., 4233, 4398, 4440, 4867,
wantonness, sport, mirth; so
Ir.
macnasach, 4867, gay, mirthful.
mathasach, 3931, forgiving, lenient,
benevolent.
macraidh, f., 4772, youths; O. Ir.
macrad; mac and radh, 0. Ir.
rad, collective suffix.
mac-samhail, m., 4742, 5615, like¬
ness ; so Ir.
mddar, m., 1152, madder; the
colour produced therefrom ; Ir.
madar.
maghar, m., 97, 6711, an artificial
fly for fishing ; Ir. maghar, fish
fry; artificial bait for fish.
mdille, f., 1624, a coat of mail;
Eng. mail.
maillead, m., 3730, slowness;
mall.
maireann (1) n., 6106, &c., air
maireann, surviving; Ir.'
marthain, act of living, surviv¬
ing ; (2) present dependent of
mairim, I continue, survive;
6110, ochon nach maireann na
suinn; cf. is lochd ni chaid-
reann tu—Ps. 5, 4 (Dr. Thomas
Ross’s ed.).
maistreadh, m., 249, churning ; an
fhairge ’g a m. is ’g a slois-
treadh—A.M. 182 ; Ir. maistrim,
I churn.
mdl, m., 5527, 6043, rent; mac a’
mhail, a rent-payer; cha b’e
fuath mhic a’ mhail fear do
ghnath—T. 230; Ag. S. mdl,
tribute, black-mail.
malairt, f., 4104, 4298, exchange,
present; glac gheal a mh. nan
crirn—M.C. 341 ; so Ir.
mall, slow moving; dignified,
stately,; 3340, calm, modest;
of eyes, opposed to luaineach;
so Ir.
mall-rosgach, 6662, calm-eyed ; Ir.
mall-rosg, a slow-moving eye.
mdnran, m., 514, a tuneful sound ;
Ir. manrdn.
maoidheadh, m., 5588, bragging ;
Ir. maoidhim, I announce,
boast.
maoim, maidhm, f., 701, a burst,
eruption ; Ir. maidhm, a breach,
eruption, rout.
maoim, 6360, be afraid; from
maoim, above.
maoiseach, maoilseach, maois-
leach (by metathesis), f., 2156,
a hind ; maolsech, hornless one ;
-seek, fern, suffix, e.g., Oaillsech,
a Saxon woman ; dinnseach, a
foolish woman, &c.
maothchrith, i., 361, a quivering.