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d 1 n 3J"> di-rhrannach
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a COOLS, hf went on foo r ;
d'a ibapradh,
to
deliver /.]. [D', of his or its, is written
de' wlir-n i u po-s^-s^i ve proii. is understood. J
A, v for il . D' a h-inghein, to her
d
ilatfthter. L L>f, ui her, is written de' (A-)
w lien the p~-essive proii. is unUeistood.J
whence.
fa-t, Good
(, ica^i;.)
it.
du. a. Two, In co'irnmg in Gaelic, for 1, 2, 3,
, it is usii.il t>' >ay, a h-aou, a ilha, a tri,
tv-. [Da a.>,.irau-.s a iioun lollowiiig, as, da
dhnine, t-iru men ; da thaigh, two houses ;
da
biiaigadear, tuo *.t)!dit-r,-i. Da governs a noun
following H in tlieiait. n, and ua properly speaking has no go-
Toniing inriueuce. The num. dual fern, was
like the dative singular, and the genitive dual barrels of potatoes, " &c. Accordingly, from
was like th-j genitive singular. For ail a measure oi capacity, dabhach came early
practical modern purposes, however, it will to be used a.s a measure of laud surface. In
be easiest for bv-ginners to follow the rule as Gaeidom, wluro the arable land is scant and
usually expressed, and put a noun following scattered, ihe \armtii>n.s mthe acreage
d'u in theuut. M',../.. and particular
dabuachs or ounces must have been
its qualifying adjective
in tne mnn. tiny. f-in. Da miinaoi \betier Very great, stilt the extent of land represented
dithi-. bhan, tu-o wom?n ;
da sheachdain, two
weeks ;
iia chaol-onii, two yauut hounds by these terms stems to have been, as a rule,
co about 1U4 beats
; acres, or 120 English acres.
an da luiimlair" mhor seo ? tr/to are these ttco 4* Huge woman. A legend says that "an
j/real loons ! la /hear dheiig is p'ubaire, iweioe Dabhach " was the name of Os^ian's
men and a j>ii>-j r ^n^re deity is au wile.
adj. to jear;; .she was big, burly, and fat (mor, masacb,
an ua mhnaoi m^or, the iico biy women. This agus meith.) AY hen he was old and blind
carious gowninienc gives way upon occasion, they leil out, he threw a deer's shin-bone at
v h 'U other iunuonci-'s are tao powerful, as, her and missed her, hence the saying, urchar
buiuu mo ulia i)iiroigo,fA f>oli-s of my two aho as t -co co its in a decent nuin. \\'ht'ii dabhd, a.m. Sauntering.
absolutely, i-.g. without u noun, da boc>>iaes
,
pt.pt. a' dabhdail, v. n. Prowl,
a aha, as, thi a d!:a again, I have two ;
a nuas loiter.
a dna dhiuba, uriit;.) dou'ii two of th^m. When ag, -aige, -an, sj. Fragment.
used
eoini/iii n^ ^ii.'i il'iig, ten, and uo noun being
expressed, i: is both aspirated and ail, s.m. Prowling, sauntering, loitering.
aspirating, A' d , pi-.pt. of dabhd. [dawdle.]
as, aoii ttuo a bin da-bhcatnaca, a. Amphibious.
iseas an ^aradu, agus a
fpavatiii>; the t astern irom the westt-ni
writers, we tind a d.ff Jixnt system equally
uijii'urm. 'ihe pluugligatea and oxgan^s disappear,
and in their place we nnd tlabuachs.
and pennylaiids. The portion of laud termed
a daultach, is here also ca.led a tinauj, or
ounce-land, and each dabhach contains 2(1
1
enns lauds." Prof. MacKinnon in Place and,
J'cmonat Aum"* " of ArtjyU, says In fictlaud
trie unit of land measure was the dabhach, a
Word which properly denotes a liquid measure.
An old lai mer in Western Gaeidom trequjutly
speaks ot his fields, not as containing
so many acres of laud, but as " the sowing of
so many bolls ot oats," "the bed of so many
fuacijadh, -aidh, s.m. Opinion, conjecture, likeunooii.
dachadh,** a. see dachail.
d.ichaidh, -eau, s./. Home, dwelling-place,
residence, domicile. G' a dhachaidh iein, to
his OiUn home.
ani).
, Home, homewanl. A' dol
dhachaidh, going home. [Generally aspirated.J
daC'ian,** a. Prouable.
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eachd,** s./.imi. Probability.
da-chasach, o. Two-footed.
, -aich, s.m. Biped. Gach d. ath'
again, every biped 1 have.
di-C'ieannach.,