n [ā], f. Initial a- somet. marked long, but quantity
not fixed by rhyming exx. Prob. vn. of *ad-beir. The lenition
in
abhairt,
H 3.18 603
prob. an error. f.,
IGT Decl. § 42
.
(a)
game, feat, trick:
ni hadha dom anmuin apairt romnett,
Ériu ii 3.3
`not due to my soul is the deed (or feat) that has quelled
(?) me',
p. 7
.
abras ┐ a.¤ dogní int ócláech . . . focheird a bunsaig
rout n-aurchora úad . . .,
TBFr. 49
.
ba si abreth (a.¤, v.l.)
dogniad C. . . . .i. dobeired a da mér immon cailg ndét . . .,
Ériu iii 142.231
.
cidne apairte dorigne m'athair ag bein a
cind doit dé .i. dó Art,
23 E 29 34b2
. dosgní
cuclaide . . . ┐ abarta inganta (of the ark),
LB 128a50
.
fochann
. . . tresa ttángattar . . . na habarta fúalaing ┐ folúaimhnighe
ain fáoi-siumh,
BS § 1
. In association with reb:
reb ┐ ā.¤
,
TBC-I¹ 1796
.
roboth ocond reibsin ┐ ocond á.¤ on tráth coraile,
1418
.
lorg . . . ba sed a reba ┐ abairti,
MU² 629
.
reba ┐
abarta,
TBC-LL¹ 5191
.
a.¤ .i. ab arte .i. issī a.¤ doní .i. elada,
O'Mulc. 10
.
ar ae .i. ar a a.¤ .i. ar a dán,
Laws v 460.4 Comm.
a.¤ .i. cleas,
H 3.18, 603a
.
a.¤ .i. bés,
H 3.18, 51b
.
a.¤ .i. ealadha
no bés,
O'Cl.
a.¤ .i. indell,
Lec. Gl. 397
.
(b)
performance, behaviour: fo dhaig dognith apairt dia
sirsilliudh `for it was his wont to gaze at her continually',
Ériu xii 164 § 3
(TE2). ba hisin . . . a abair[t] this was how he
behaved,
RC ix 470.16
. bliadain . . . ocund ábairt se (of birds),
IT iii 244.39
.
.i. cleas,
276
§ 4
(H 3.18, 603.25). Freq. with
prep. FOR; teora mí dó forsan a.¤ sin (of a magic ox),
BNnÉ
186 § 23
. secht misa dhoibh forsan abart sin (of a host
beleaguering a city),
Marco P. 151
. dia coscc don apairt
sin (of reviling),
Fen. 116.10
.
co n-á.¤ imtholta,
TBC-LL¹ 5325
=
co mmīad imtholton,
TBC-I¹ 3263
.