An Irish-English dictionary - National Library of Scotland

ptíZ PUT ptí-C PUT
piil'Ac, pwsacft, a. blubber-lipped, big-lipped.
puj'ACÁn, pusachan, s. m. a whining boy or
girl.
pui~ói-o, pusoid, s. f. a posset.
piicA-o, putadli, see pu]iiiAX).
pucÁn, jjMÍa?!, s. m, a hare.
purA^i, putar, a. putrid, stinking.
PUCÓ5, putog, s. f. a pudding; the numblcs of
a deer ; a thowl.
pucnAicc, jjMíraícc, s. m. a vessel, a pot.
piic|\Ai)-5, putraisg, s. f. a chain of a plough.
IDucqiAll, puttrall, s. m. a lock of haii-.
eema:rks on the letter r.
The letter 11, which is the fourteenth of the Irish alphabet, is not susceptible of many remarks." lit is called Xiw^ hy our
grammarians, from the old Irish name of the tree, which in the vulgar Irish is called Cpom,or Cpomin, the elder tree;
LaX; Sambucus ; Gc. Akti). This letter is one of the three consonants called coni-oineA'ÓA éov'ociíoiii.i, which do not
admit of the aspirate h. In the remarks on the two others, which arc \, and n, it has been observed that iu words or
nouns substantive, beginning with either of them, and referred to things or persons of the feminme gender, ^í to any things
or persons in the plural number, those initials are pronounced double, though written sing'y. Thus, & t-Acc, her or their
milk, is pronounced as if written a IIacc; or like the words Llamar and Lleno, in Spanish; and A neAjic, her or their
strength, is prouoimced as if written A ntieApc, or like gn in the French word Seigneur. Thus also in substantives
beginning with ]\, and referred to things or persons either of the feminine gender or of the plural mmiber, the initial p is
pronounced double, and with a strong utterance ; as, A ^euma, her or their rheum or phlegm, is pronounced as if written
A pyveumA, and very nearly as the aspirate p iu the Greek word 'Pev/ia. Another essential remai'k to bo made on these
three letters, 1, n, yv, and which hath not as yet been made, is, that when they are initials of adjectives, they are never
pronounced double, of whatever gender or number the things or persons those adjectives are referred to should happen to
be. Lastly, it is to be remarked, that 1, n, -p, are the only consonants of the Irish language which are written double, and
tliis duplication frequently happens, both in the middle and end of words, but never in the beginning, though they are pronounced
double, when initials, in the cases above explained.
iiAbli RABH RAC
Ha, 7'a, is used in old MSS. as a sign of the past
tense, like ]\o and tjo ; s. a going, moving.
tlAb, rabh, v. was.
UaTda, rablia, s. choice.
RÁbAC, rdbach, a. litigious; intolerant; bullying;
b^iAn |iÁbAc.
RAbAC, rahhach, a. fruitful, plentifid.
tlAbACAn, rabhachan, s. m. a beacon; an alarm
bell, an alarm fire.
RAbA-o, rahhadh, s. advertisement, caution, notice",
warning.
TlAbA-o, rabhad, s. a precedent, example.
R.AbAt)Aii, rabhadar, v. they were.
KAbATDOijt, rabhadoir, s. m. an advertiser.
TlAbAjAC, rabJiagach, see lAAbAC.
R.ÁbAi'ói'L, rabhaidhil, s. raving.
tlAbAim, rabhaim, v. I admonish, warn.
tlÁbAi]te, rabaire, s.m. a litigious, bullying fellow.
tlAbÁn, rabhan, s. m. an advertisement; a long
repetition, rhapsody ; a spade.
tlAbAiAC, rabhart, s. m. upbraiding.
HAbbÁ-ó, rabhladh, s. m. boasting; talking
foohshly.
tlAb|iAt), rabliradh, s. sportiveness, wanton-
TlAb-pAc, rabhsat, icy were, 4 Mast,
1423.
Uac, rac, s. m. a bag, a pouch ; milk.
1IÁC, rac, s. m. a king, a prince.
Uaca, raca, s. a rack.
llÁCA'ó, racadh, s. a rake.
UACAt), rachadh, s. a going.
1xÁcax)aI, racadal, s. horse radish.
RACAijceonA, racaigktkeoir, see iieAcuijceoiii.
ílÁCAini, racaim, v. I rake; repeat, rehearse.
tlACAim, rachaim, v. I go, arrive at.
UÁCAine, racaire, s. m. a rake.
RACAi^te, racaire, s. m. a poet's repetitor or pub-
Hsher; a romancer, a prattler; a lying, talkative
person.