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  1. (is) c. é agus 36 18 ; (is) c. é re 12 21, 26 33; a-tá sé c. re 75 37; (is) c. (likely) go mbia. . ., raibhe . . ., 77 40, 95 9;ní c. do chreideamh é it is incredible 32 14; sealg ch. likely, promising, hunt 67 12; c. re (presaging) turadh 67 20; lucht gar ch. ceol looking likely to sing 9 9; cúirt i n-ar ch. triall wherein I had thought to enter 63 27; is c. dí é she is likely to do it, 66 30.
  2. [13], gan ch. peerless 11 29.

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.

ar nach c. ainbhfios do bheith, who is not likely to be ignorant, 2844-5; c. re, similar to, 293, 300; c. do, fitting for, 1280, 1304, 1535, 2673.

An Teagasg Críosdaidhe. Author: Bonabhentura Ó hEodhasa, O.F.M.. Editor: Fearghal Mac Raghnaill, O.F.M.

(1) like (with ré), 1103, 1796, 2947, etc. (2) likely, in the phrase as cosmhail go (nách), 357, 467, 621, 3484, 4405, 6350. (3) meet, fitting, appropriate, 1434, 6065. as c. damh dhol do thabhairt phóige, etc., ' sera bien yr a besarle la mano,’ 6870. Hence cosmhaileacht, resemblance, appearance, 1799. cuir a cc. ré, make (a thing) resemble (another), 6276.

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

adj. likely, fitting 69; applicable 2987; nemh-ch. 874.

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

like; cosmhail do, likely for, likely to obtain, 792, 1024

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

breath ch. 2024 n; connradh c. 1928; dar ch. creideamh 346; meadh ch. 2090.

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

resembling, like (to, ré), 764, 1227; likely, probably, 659, 4766; subst. pl. dat., 3240

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