n
ī, f. (to—acc—, see
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 48
).
cause, reason:
(a)
`tugaid' adhbhar a dhenmha,
Metr. Gl. 26 § 27
. tuccaid .i.
adhbhar, O'Cl. =
Lec. Gl. 9
. Cf.
t.¤ .i. cosmailiuss,
O'Curry
1463
(
H 3.18, 650b
). t.¤
gl. causa,
Ml. 58c13
. t.¤ immorro
fo dera (of the occasion of the writing of a book),
Fél. 2.23
.
t.¤ lānfiachach `Verschuldung (des Todes),'
ZCP xv 350.6
.
do cinta tucaite annso
instigation (?),
O'D. 577
(
H 3.17,
col. 443
) =
O'Curry 2260
(
Eg. 88, 19 (20)b
).
ceithri anmand
cinath conlat ar diuit: t.¤, ag, acais, etgid,
O'Mulc. 456
.
Cf. is e cuit na tugaiti gach neich dibsin `the underlying
ground, the common character of all these cases' (Plummer
MS. notes),
O'Curry 1763
(
23 Q 6, 36a
). cuis nétens (=nitens),
in tugait taithneamach,
O'Dav. 552.
t.¤, ar rochtain ríchid
dó féin (Amra Choluim Chille),
LU 296
.
caide loc ┐ aimsear
┐ perso ┐ tugait din Gaedelg ?,
Auraic. 36
.
cén nách tuccait
itir acht do gaitt a n-athardha foraibh,
AFM vi 1998.y
.
(b) With follg. clause introduced by prep. With ar:
trí tucaite ... ara tanic C. ... i nHérind,
LU 297
.
cia t.¤ ara
n-ebarar bérla tebige ?,
ACL iii 247.5
.
cethri tucaite ara
tiaghar do chrois,
ZCP v 498.16
. Cf.
conid ar in t.¤ sin
rachúaid in rigan ... dochum in denna,
TTr. 1025
. With
fri:
titulus de fursandvd na tucaiti ... frisa rochet in psalmb,
Hib. Min. 268
. With ó: nicon gainedar ní ó thucidib
écsamlib `by unlike causes,'
Acr. 12b1
. With tre:
tucaitt
tresa ttangattar na hairrdhena,
BS 2.4
.
(c) With follg. gen. (usually of vn.): is é ... tuccait a
dénma (of a hymn),
Thes. ii 298.27
.
t.¤ innarba na nDessi,
LU 4335
. a tucaid sgrībinn the cause of writing it,
ACL
iii 3.6
.
t.¤ fhagbála in fesa do Finn,
RC vi 191.3
.
t.¤ catha
Muige Rath,
MR 86.7
. With vn. construction:
is sí t.¤
in charpaitt do breith co F.,
Trip.² 2857.
(d) In phrase ar th.¤
for reasons of, for the sake of:
ciped
dognem ar th.¤ ... molta ho duinib,
Ériu vii 174.1
. acht na
ndenaid min-ughdair ... ar th.¤ a nderscnaighthi seach na
n-ughdaru toisseacha `as a means of distinguishing themselves,'
Auraic. 58
. co tuc in file `be' fris ar t.¤ mbinniusa
(insertion of b in word gabar) for reasons of euphony,
634
.
ar thuccait onóra dona rioghaibh ind sin (the giving of the
name Pharaoh),
Leb. Gab.(i) 228.15
.