inchreachadh

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act of scrutinizing, critically examining ; gs. -oidh, 4561. [With the present usage, referring to an examination of conscience, cf. déna an t-inchreachadh dhlighe | ó thús gó [h]eirr th’aimsire, O’Curry, MS. Mat., 569. More commonly inchreachadh is used (1) of ‘ criticizing ’ a literary work with a view to emending it, and (2), in a general sense, ‘ finding fault with, reprimanding, reproving ’.]

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