OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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adharcan, lapwing, "horned bird"; from adharc; Dial. dhaoireagan. Ir. adaircín (P.O'C).
adhart, pillow, so Ir., E. Ir. adart: ad-art; art, stone? See airtein.
adhart, aghart, "progress" (Dict.). This is a ghost-word, made from the adverbial phrase air adhart, which in M. Ir. is araird, forward, bring forward; in O. Ir. arairt, prorsum. Hence it is air+àrd, q.v.
adhastar, halter, Manx eistyr, Ir. aghastor, M. Ir. adastar; cf. W. eddestl, steed.
adhbhal, vast, awful, so Ir., O. Ir. adbul: *ad-bol-; I. E. root bhel, swell, as in Eng. bloom, etc. Zimmer compares it with Skr. bala, strength. Stokes and Osthoff give root bel, bol, strong, big, Skr. balam, strength, Gr. βέλτερος, better, Lat. de-bilis, weak, Ch.Sl. bolijí, greater; whence bailceach (Osthoff) and bail, buil.
adhlac, burial, Ir. adhlacadh, O. Ir. adnacul, sepulcrum: ad-nank-otlo (*ad-nagtlo-, Zim.): root verb nankô, I bring; Lat. nanciscor; further I. E. nenk, enk, as in thig, q.v.
adhna, an advocate (Macd.): H.S.D. cfs. Heb. adhon, sustentator.
ag, at, with inf. only; see aig.
ag, agadh, refusal, doubt; E. Ir. ac, refusal, O. Ir. acc, no! W. acom, to deny. It is onomatopoetic? See next.
agadh, hesitancy in speech, Br. hak,hakal; cf. Skr. ac, speak indistinctly. See foregoing word.
agair, plead, so Ir., O. Ir. acre (n.), from ad-gar-; root gar, cry; see goir.
agallamh, conversation, Ir. agallamh, O. Ir. acaldam, for ad-glád-, O. Ir. ad-gládur, I converse: for root, see glaodh.
agh, a hind, Ir. agh, O. Ir. ag, W. ewig (*agîko-), Celtic agos-; Skr. ajás, buck; Lit. ożýs, goat. Zend. azi, Arm. ezn (St.).
àgh, also àdh, happiness, luck, Manx aigh, Ir. ágh, M. Ir. ada, buada, late M. Ir. ád, luck, ádh=sonas (P.O'C); root āg-, bring; see next.
àghach, warlike, so Ir., E. Ir. ágach, ág, war, *āgu-; Skr. ājís, contest; Gr. ἀγώv, Eng. antagonist.
aghaib, essay (M'A); see oidheirp.
aghaidh, face, so Ir., O. Ir. aged, *agitâ; I. E. root ag, lead. It is usually referred to the root oq, Lat. oculus, etc., but the phonetics are unsatisfactory.
aghann, pan, so Ir., O. Ir., aigen, Celtic aginâ; Skr. aga, water jar; Gr. ἄγγος, a vessel.
agus, and so Ir., O. Ir. acus, ocus, B.of Deer acus, O.W. ac, Br. hag; allied is fagus, near, O. Ir. ocus, W. agos, Br. hogoz:
