dá
Definitions (by source)
- (leniting) ‘two’ 7.5, 7.8, 17.12
- conj. (eclipsing) ‘if’, with pres. subjunct. [1].6, 5.15, 30.11
- = de + a, do + a; see Introduction, p. 29
Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma: Seaán Ó Cearnaigh's Irish primer of religion, published in 1571. Editor: Brian Ó Cuív.
(numeral) (often dhá); dá thráth nó a trí 69 32 n; dá thrí de shluaghaibh 87 13; poss adj. before dá affects the noun after dá (but bhur ndá), cf, 19 13, 72 6, 78 24, 89 8, 100 16, 24 P 8 213; dá (as also díbh dat. 76 4) is an iarmbéarla.
Aithdioghluim Dána: A Miscellany of Irish Bardic Poetry, Historical and Religious, including the Historical Poems of the Duanaire in the Yellow Book of Lecan. Vol II, Translations, Notes, Vocabulary. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.
- dá' cardinal numeral, followed by dual number; do dhá cheis 1600.
- dá' compd. of 1 do with poss. prons. used before abstract nouns however; dá luaithe however quick(ly) 885.
- dá (n-) conj. followed by subj. if; dá scuiridh 1029, dá bhfaghuinn 649.
Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir: The poembook of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh 1566-1589. Editor: David Greene. Translator: David Greene.
- (asp.), two; dá bhás, 1188; dá chonair, 120; gen. dá threibh, 449; dá dhrong, 10114; old dat. (in verse), go ndíbh ndoirsibh, 5767
- used before abstract nouns to express the unlimitedness of the notion expressed by the noun (‘whatever be its amount, however great, etc.’): dá fheabhas, ‘whatever be the excellence of it’ (i.e., of the way he shall spend his life) = ‘however well,’ 1151; dá fh. sláinte chorpardha bhíos aige, 8674; dá olcas, ‘however bad,’ 5852; dá ghéire 7 dá ghoimheamhlacht, 8238; dá mhéid (mhéad), ‘however much, great,’ etc., 618, 657, 2053, 3500, etc.; dá áille, ‘however beautiful,’ 1324; dá airde, ‘however high,’ 8676; ag druing ar bioth dá n-airde, 7851; dá anuaisle, 1099; dá dhlúithe, dá dhíoghraisighe, 4247; dá éignighe, 2341; dá fhaide, 410; dá ghéire, dá ghoirte, 8221; dá luaithe, 5200; dá thréine, 3572. [dá in these phrases contains the prep. de and the poss.; dá fheabhas = Mid. Ir. ge beith dia fhebas, ‘whatever be (the amount) of its excellence.’ In one instance above, dá n-airde, 7851 = mod. dá áirde iad, the pron. is 3 pl. If a noun follows dá mhéid, etc., as the pron. in dá is proleptic, the noun is put in the nom., dá mhéid neart, 3500; cf. 2.a.].
- = de+a, do+a, see de, do.
- (eclipsing), conj., if, folld. by subj. 1. pres. dá ndáilear, 9415; dá roinnear, 9419; dá raibhe, 800, 3224; dá rabhaid, 8033, 9064; dá ndearna, 1622, 8029; dá ndearnam, 4135; dá dteagmha, 318, 2302; dá gcongbhaidh, 1576; dá tuitidh, 3984; dá gcrothaidh, 876; dá lingid, 9978; so pass., dá leantar, 3423; dá gcuirthear, 9368; 2. more often with past subj. dá mbeith, 1047, 3061; dámadh, 2867; dá ndeachadh, 3385; dá labhrainn, 9411; dá dtugdaois, 872; dá n-abradh, 3217; dá maireadh, 3058; dá mairdís, 5335; dá saoileadh, 10061; dá gcailltí, 10153; dá meastaoi, 3420.—A co-ordinate hypothetic clause is often introduced by agus go, with fut. or cond.: dá bhfillidh...7 go ndiongnaidh, 9087; dá bhfógradh...7 go n-íosadh, ‘if he were to order his son not to eat, and the son should eat in spite of him,’ 3371; dá raibhe saidhbhreas ag neach, 7 go gcreanfadh ré deirc, ‘if any have wealth, and that he spend it on charity,’ 10049
Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Editor: Osborn Bergin.