maith

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‘good’ 28.15; gen. sg. f. maithi 3.6; pl. maithe 54.8; compar. feárr 5.19, féarr 18.19, fearr 45.20, 48.3; sec. compar. férde 10.16

Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma: Seaán Ó Cearnaigh's Irish primer of religion, published in 1571. Editor: Brian Ó Cuív.

adj. and sb., good. ar mhaithibh ré (), for the good of, 761, 7028. Hence maitheas, (1) goodness, good, 5890 ; gs. -a, 65, 1637, 5464, etc. dochum a maitheasa do dhéanamh, in order to do them good, 1607 ; sim. 7040. do chum leasa an mhaitheasa puiblighe, for the good of the community, for the public weal, 2662. [Cf. san mh. phuiblidhe, in the state, TBg, 7858. Sim. FF, iii, l. 118 ; PCT, 941, 1737, 1751. a n-aghuidh an mhaithis phuiblighi, SSA, 275. an ní do rachadh chum . . . onóra na maitheasa puiblidhe, Parl. na mBan.] (2) goods, wealth ; gs. -a, 435. m. an tshaoghail-se, ‘ las riquezas y bienes deste mundo,' 2757. (gs.) na maithiosa saoghalta, 2763 ; na maithiosa teamporálta, 2771.   The word is masc. 1637, 2662, fem. 1239, 2345, 2763, -71. [The fem. gender (found also, e.g., in TC, 14, BH, 72, TBg, Stapleton, 145, 146, and Gearnon, 72) is due to the influence of maith.]

Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an Chrábhaidh. Author: Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire. Editor: Thomas F. O’Rahilly.

good; fearr, better, 2901, -é-, 1162, 1575, 1785, 2092, 2338, 4779.

Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAithridhe. Author: Aodh Mac Aingil. Editor: Cainneach Ó Maonaigh O.F.M.

  1. m. fa generous aboutin matter of 2051; m. cheannchaim cheaply 2264.
  2. cuirim maith le I benefit 1203.

The Book of O'Hara: Leabhar Í Eadhra. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

good, well, 5323, 5531; pl. –e, 5847; bheith go maith ris, ‘good treatment,’ 3603; cf. 3720; as subst. f., good, good deed, déana maith, ‘fac bonum,’ 7564; 5725

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.