o vn. of ad-comairc. act of asking, enquiry;
request, question: arrufoitea epistli uaidib som co n-aidchomarcaib cucisom gl. questionibus,
Wb. 9d14
.
ail dam
ní d'a.¤ huait,
SR 1205
.
tiagair di a.¤ Cano,
Anecd. i 4.18
.
arfoemad . . . aithcomarc neich dond áos fuirbti `he would
sometimes allow holy persons to consult him',
Mon. Tall.
135. 23 (§ 23)
. manibé nech aile bes lór laiss . . . do
athcomarc fris `if there be no one else of sufficient authority
for him to consult with',
160.20 (§ 79)
.
fritamgair céin . . .
/ . . . / is ed a.¤ is nesam / dūin diar cobhair,
ACL iii 294 § 11
.
docuas . . . dia athcomarc dia Mathair dus a ndingned olc,
YBL 137a21
. no bíd Poir oc a.¤ Alaxandir dona míledu
asking the soldiers about A.,
Alex. 763
.
ba hannfhocal
d'feraibh Érenn . . . a athcomarc diaroile an . . .,
Leb. Gab.(i)
76.24
.
acc á.¤ scél ndó,
AFM v 1864.4
. Sense not clear in:
cia lin a.¤ fil im cach ernail dibh? . . . a tri . . . roscadh ┐
fasach ┐ testemain,
Cóic Con. 26 § 3
. Cf. cóir n-athchomairc below.
In phrases. cenn athchomairc
chief counsellor:
conda
ragbat fir Herend do chomarlid ┐ do chind athchomairc
dóib,
LU 9665
.
ticfea in chaindel do muintir Dé . . . bes
chenn n-athchomairc don tua[i]th sea .i. Senán,
Trip.² 2427
.
iarna comairle re cenn athchomairc bes accu,
Laws iii 36.17
Comm.
co cend n-athchomairc Muman, co brithem Caisil,
Ériu iii 140.157
.
ceand áthcomhairc Gearaltach,
AFM v
1762.1
. ? Cf.
co agu athcomairc,
O'D. 1958
(
Eg. 90,
7(8)ab
).
Cóir n-athchomairc, name of one of the procedures used
in deciding a law case, see
Cóic Con. p. 3
,
10
-
11
.
coic conara fugill fegaiter and .i. fir et dliged, cert ┐ techta ┐
coir n-athchomairc,
Cóic Con. 15 § 1
. .v. sreth failsigthi
na [con]aire fugill is choir n-athchomairc: coir n-athchomairc
do-eclannar im cach solam sonaisc, acht ar-dloma deruisc
fir foglamma fiss i.e. cóir n-a.¤
is chosen in a case which has
been well-prepared and for which suitable guarantees have
been given, provided this is the decision of one learned in
law,
22 § 18
and p. 80.
coic slechta .xx.et in chorusa fine,
is ed acarair forin chonair fugill is choir n-athchomairc,
23 § 20.
is siat a n-airge . . . raith fri techta, aitiri caomtachta
fri coir n-athcomairc,
§ 21.
┐ ara ind hi as cetharda fris
ngaibther athgabail: fir ┐ dligid, cert ┐ techta ┐ coir n-athcomairc; ar in coir n-athcomuirc is ainm coitcend doib
uile du i mbeth corai fechemoin fri aithcomarc a breithi don
breithemuin,
Laws i 258.20 Comm.
(cf.
Cóic Con. p. 79
).
aidire caomtechta fri coir nathcomairc,
282.8 Comm.
ecoir
n-athcomairc,
Cóic Con. 28R
.
cis lir gealla athcomairc?
.i. o fechemuin ata na gealla so acht da geall o cintach nama,
Laws ii 94.y
. menma athchomairc `an enquiring mind',
Tec. Corm. § 3.6
.
Cen a.¤
without (asking) permission:
cach dichmairc .i.
cach errach berar o neoch cen athcomarc,
Laws ii 352.24
Comm.
cen a.¤ don gillu,
LU 5551
(TBC).
gan a.¤ gan
fhiafraigidh dá athair,
AFM vi 2230.z
. co ná diccseadh aon
táirsibh . . . gan a.¤
`without examination',
1896.9
. ístait
coin allta do chorp / isin écht gan athc[h]omarc wolves shall
eat thy body for this deed without asking questions i.e. without
more ado,
ZCP xii 391.13
. Hence in sense of permission,
consent: ind raibi athcomarc lat? `didst thou ask permission ?'
Mon. Tall. 135.28 (§ 24)
.
munab athcomairc tuaithi teis
.i. manab amlaidh dech inte arna a.¤ do da tuaith,
O'Curry 2192
(
Eg. 88, 7(8)c
) `unless he goes with the consent of his tribe',
Plummer MS. notes.
Sense not clear (perh. guard-house
Celtica xviii 98
) in: cethri doruis airri im-mach / . . . / frisin
tetblai . . . / frisin cetna [a]thchomarcc (of the lawn of
heaven),
SR 407
.
tri athchomairc cech doruis / . . . / fri
cach clothalt . . . / a.¤ for cach oenmúr,
461
.