n
s, n. n
s. (with art.)
a nem
,
Ml. 42b10
, cf.
22
.
a nnem
n-airerda,
SR 112.
in nem n-amra,
120
. a
s.
nem,
Wb. 6c9
,
12c9
. d
s.
nim,
Wb. 15c22
,
Ml. 51c29
,
106a3
. Mid.Ir. nim
(rarely
neim,
PH 160
,
420
). g
s.
ind nime
,
Ml. 51c27
.
nimae,
Thes. ii 254.11
(Stowe Miss.). Mid. Ir. nime (-i).
neme,
O'Mulc.
830
a. n
p.
nime,
Ml. 45b15
,
126c9
.
Thes. ii 1.24
.
nimi,
SR
194.
g
p.
nime,
SR 1810.
Given as ex. of neut. (and masc.
Auraic. 595-98
,
Stud. Hib. xxix 197 n. 5
) decl.,
Auraic.
1859 fg
.; written with diphth. ebad (ea),
1295
,
4394
. In later
lang. fem. (occas. masc.): neamh (d
s. don nim núa, don nimh
naoi, g
s. na nimhe nua,
nimhe naoi),
IGT Dec. § 206
; in P the
g
s.
nimhe naoi is said to be correct; pl. forms are proscribed as
incorrect.
(a) the sky or physical heaven
; commonly used without art.
nem, gl. coelum and coeli,
Ir. Gl. 812.
ind firm[im]int .i. a
nnem adchiam-ni,
Ml. 42b22
. ni artu ní nim nothing is higher
than heaven,
Thes. ii 248.3
.
ri dorigne nem noithech . . . ocus
talam,
SR 13.
nem uasaind ┐ talam ísaind,
TBC-LL¹ 4752.
cuirfither tar cend in nem ┐ talam,
PH 3622.
tuarcaib G. a
ruscu co nem,
1418
. rith fri nemh running skywards (of a
hopeless enterprise),
IT i 124.18
. ní fil fo nim ní nā dingned
there is nothing under heaven (i.e. on earth) he would not do,
SCC
42.
nochon fuaratar . . . slúag fo nim dia n-ergaire,
ZCP viii
218 § 21.
ó nim co lár,
LL 371b11
. tuag nime a rainbow,
Sg.
107b1
.
drúcht nimhe,
Hackett xlii 53
.
In pl. in imitation of Lat. coeli: inna nime
(gl. coeli),
Ml.
45b15
, cf.
126c9
. In Mid.Ir. the pl. is freq. used in reference
to the
seven heavens supposed to encompass (or be superjacent to) the earth:
do chur cuarda secht nime,
SR 1810.
a choimmdiu secht nime!,
Fél. Prol. 2
, cf.
Ep. 401.
is docomail
drém na secht nime,
FA 15
(
LU 2080
), cf.
PH 8096.
conúargabad Pól apstal cosin tres nem,
FA 2
, cf.
PH 1675.
Acc. to
SR 105 fg
. there are three heavens between the earth and the
`firmiment', those of air, ether and `Olimp' (Olympus); in
these the planets are contained; beyond them three others
extend for an equal distance and last of all is the `riched' or
Empyrean. Occas. in wider sense, of
sky in general:
legtair
asna nimib .ix. ngaetha,
Ériu ii 112.4
.
hi nimib
,
PH 7824.
fa choim na neamh,
Studies 1918, 281 § 12
.
(b)
heaven, the abode of the blest, common in rel. lit.
a nem
hitat aingil i n-uachtar,
Ml. 42b10
. ropia nem ye shall have
heaven,
Wb. 22b23
.
i llogh a cheirtgnim . . . fuair nem,
Fél.
114.19
. is neam a n-iartaige [sic leg.] they win heaven as the
result,
PH 8423.
techt for nem,
Wb. 15c22
.
for nem . . . ro
drebraing,
Fél. Aug. 26.
dul for neam,
LB 110a60
(
MacCarthy
48.28
) =
dul co nem,
SR 1095.
in anim . . . da breith for
nem,
ACL iii 216.6
. for nim ocus talmain in heaven,
Fél. Ep.
294.
bia for neim cen crích,
PH 420.
dá mbeithea ar neamh
na naoi ngrádh,
Dán Dé v 32
.
for deis Dé athar ind-nim,
Hib. Min. 10.324
.
i nimh no a ttalmain,
ACL iii 309.15
.
rí
nime,
Hy. vi 23.
flaithem nime,
i 31
.
hi flaith nime,
Fél.
Ep. 196.
eter mu[n]tir nime ┐ inna nóemu,
FA 5
(i.e. the
angels and the spirits of the blest). fer nime a religious or
cleric:
ni meiccditer fir nime ┐ soscela Crist,
Laws iv 210.7
.
comlabra fer nime,
ACL iii 232.28
. See nemnall. ainm nime
ann sin forsin scriptuir the name of heaven is here given to the
Scripture,
PH 3554.
ainm nime for Ierusalem in sin (= Jerusalem is here a name for heaven),
1901
. ? g
s. as attrib.: in fer
doroega na .lll. as duthain ┐ is nime `the man that chose the
thrice fifty [psalms] is transitory and shortlived' (?),
Lism. L. ix
30
=
is duthain. ┐ nime,
LL 283b4
; perh. is shortlived and is
sure of bliss. Cf. nimhidh,
Lism. L. 4282
(see neimedach).
(c) a ceiling
(only in follg. ex.): nem, gl. laquear,
Sg. 97a1
.
For the expression nem tened, see ném.
Compds. ?
¤arracht,
Acall. 3905 n
. = ildelbach of text,
epithet of a beautiful girl; `a heavenly image', Stokes, Gloss.
¤grian:
oll natha nime nemgrian,
ACC 144
(
RC xx 418
);
`of heaven's holy lights', Stokes, taking as g
p.
¤iath: do
nimiath nél `
heaven-land
',
ACC 5
(
RC xx 156
) =
LU 519.
¤indithib d
p. gl. horoscopis,
Thes. ii 33.28
; edd. Thes.
emend
¤indithidib `
horoscopists
'.
¤nél:
fo nemnélaib,
SR
7462.
¤nuall see nemnall.
¤tech n. freq. name for heaven:
rombie-sum dar héisi | nemthech nglēisi nglanóll,
Trip. 36.29
=
rombia-sum . . . neimtheach,
Mart. Don. Apr. 29.
ri dorigni
nemthech necht,
SR 573
, cf.
2745
.
Dia . . . ro dealb im niullu
nemtheach,
IT iii 189 z
.