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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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yatná, zeal; Gr. ζητέω, seek, ζῆλος, zeal, Eng. zeal; root jâ, jat, strive.
eudail, treasure, cattle, Ir. éadáil, eudáil, profit, prey, E. Ir. étail, treasure, booty, E. Ir. ét, herds, riches: *em-tâli-, root em, hold, as in Lat. emo (see eiridinn). Also feudail. éd = áirneis no spréidh, O'Cl.
eug, death, Ir. eug, O. Ir. éc, W. angeu, Cor. and O. Br. ancou, *enku-s, *enkevo-; Lat. nex, death; Gr. νέκυς, corpse; Skr. nac̭, perish.
eugail, disease; see eucail
eugais, eugmhais, as eugais, without, Ir. égmhuis, want, dispensation, E. Ir. écmais: *an-comas, "non-power"?
eug-, negative prefix, as in eugsamhuil = an-con-samuil: see cosmhail.
euladh, creeping away; see èaladh.
eumhann, a pearl (H.S.D. from MSS.), O. Ir. ném, g. némann, pearl, níam, sheen, níamda, bright, W. nwyf, vigour, nwyfiant, brightness, vigour: *neim. Cf. neamhnuid.
eun, a bird, Ir. eun, O. Ir. én, O. W. etn, W. edn, Cor. hethen, Br. ezn, *etno-s, *petno-, root pet, fly; Gr. πέτομαι, fly, πετηνά, fowls; Lat. penna, wing; Eng. feather; Skr. pátati, fly. Hence eunlaith, birds, E. Ir. énlaith.
eur, refuse, Ir. eura, refusal, E. Ir. éra, eraim, *ex-rajo- (n.), root râ, give, W. rhoi, give, Cor. ry, Br. reiff, give; Skr. ráti, give, Zend râ. See rath, luck, favour.
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fa, under, Ir. fa, E. Ir. fa (as in distributive numbers); a side form of fo, q.v., used in adverbial expressions.
†fa, was (past of is), M. G. fa (D. of Lis.), Ir. fa, fa h- (Keat.), M. Ir. fa h-, E. Ir. ba h-, *bât, *(e)bhu-â-t; Lat. -bat, -bamus, of refe-bam, etc.; root bheu, to be. See bu, the form now used.
fabhairt, fadhairt, forging, moulding (better faghairt, "tempering" (Wh.), which suits the pronunciation best); Ir. faghairt, tempering (Keat.); founded on Lat. faber, smith, whence, through Fr., Eng. forge
fàbhar, favour, Ir. fábhar, W. ffafr; from Lat. favor.
fabhd, a fault; from Sc. faut, from Fr. faute.
fabhra, fabhrad, abhra, eyelid, eyebrow, Ir. abhra, fabhra, eyelid, E. Ir. abra, n.pl. abrait, Cor. abrans, Br. abrant, eyebrow, Mac. Gr. ἀβροῦτες; further ὀφρúς, brow, Eng. brow. There is an E. Ir. bra, pl. brói, dual brúad, *bruvat-. The phonetics are not clear. Stokes has suggested Lat. frons, frontis, as allied, *bhront- with the prep. a(p)o (= E. Ir. -a-), ab.
