duibheagán

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profundity, 2452, -66. d. na Gaoidhilge, abstruse Irish, 42. Al. duibheacán : dol a nd. diospórachta, to engage in a profound argument, 2315. Hence duibheagánach, profound, 7075. duibhiogánaidhe, profunditv, mystery, 1163. [Cf. as na duibheacánaibh, ‘ e profundis,’ TBg, 6433. i nduibheagán gacha deighléighinn, Macaomh an Iolair, p. 1 poll duibhiogáin, a bottomless pit, Begly, 82 a. poll duibhegan, Gallagher, Sermons (ed. 1752), p. 129. i nduibheagán na fairrge, ‘ in the depth of the sea,’ Donlevy (1742), p. 340. iomad abhann nduibheagānach, SSA, 402. a cuimhne ró-dhuibheacánta seanchusa, ' a profundissima antiquitatis memoria,’ FF, 1, 44. Further dúibheaganach (sic), Gearnon, 481 a; gsm. duibheaganaigh, 348 a.]

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