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colour, 3186, -87 a specious or plausible appearance, 4650. dath éigin, some appearance of truth, a certain plausibility, 4059. dath na fírinne, an appearance of truth, 3612. [Cf. ac cur datha na fírindi ar an mbréic, DCM, 2346 ; ar do leithsgéal má tá dath, ITS, xx, 58, § 42 ; mar dhathughadh ar a bhreugaibh, FF, 1, 18 ; is eol duit brēg do dathugud, RC, xix, 126, § 91.]

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