tí

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with art. an (don) tí, as antecedent to rel. clause, ‘the one (who)’ 16.1, 46.5, 54.16, 54.18, 54.20; also té 53.11, 54.17

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

[99], 84 18 n.; tar tí 17 21; ar tí coming to, seeking 1 1, 90 7; ar tí (about to) dula 16 27, 23 21; ar tí alluding to 28 13; ar a thí 17 33 n.

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.

[N. 99] line on a gaming board; ar t. about to 19; (followed by gen. of person) on the track of 151, 873, 1260; npl. títhe 1184.

Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir: The poembook of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh 1566-1589. Editor: David Greene. Translator: David Greene.

square. an tí láir, 2166 n.

Leabhar Branach: The Book of the O'Byrnes. Editor: Seán Mac Airt.

a line, circle, spot, etc., squares on a chess-board. 'san tí...n-uasail, here apparently used metaphorically: "those three victories (gifts) are in the noble square (man)', 3008.

Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.

(99), áth 'n-a thíthibh corcra 4295.

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

  1. in phr. ar tí, with gen., ‘on the point of’; (a) with gen. of verbal noun: ar tí a n-adhartha, 156; a sháir-itte, 581; a imeartha, 706; a cuirthe air, 2758; teachta, 5287; a bhuaidheartha, 7789; a mbásuighthe, 9633; a bhaoghluighthe, 10584;--(b) with gen. of subst. folld. by vn. with do: ar tí a dhochair do dhéanamh, 2384, 7767; síothchána do cheangal, 3834; Dháibhídh Ríogh do mharbhadh, 8430; cuiridh do thabhairt, 8741; a mheanman do mhusgladh, 9271; sleighe do chur thríd, 10785;--(c) by analogy, an undeclined pron. may be used in this position: ar tí é féin do shlogadh, 579= ar tí a shloigthe féin; cf. ré sinn féin do stiúradh, 10996 = rénar stiúradh;--(d) without vn.: na ngalar bhíos ar a thí, ‘attacking him,’ 8416
  1. in phr. an tí, ‘the person, the one’; ris an tí se nó ris an tí oile, 751; genly. with rel. vb. an tí smuaineas, ‘qui cogitat,’ 341; an té, 209; gen. 1490 [O. Ir. intí, ns. m. art. with demons. í; cf. old neut. aní]

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