adj
i
dear, beloved, precious, profitable (applied to persons and
things. Cf.
¤dil in beodil, marbdil? See also
Celtica i 369
):
dile (gl. carior),
Ir. Gl. 1121
. Cf.
gaoith-dh.¤ .i. grádhuightheoir na heagna . . ., óir is ionann d.¤ is grádhach,
Keat. ii 156
.
g
s
m.
iar mes cech deg-athar d.¤ (: éistid),
Metr. Dinds. iii 8
.
Undecl. in:
do Thuathaib d.¤ Dea,
Metr. Dinds. iii 300
.
mise
fort greis, a rí rīchid . . . corbam d.¤
,
380
.
nit roib anaill bas
diliu have thou naught else dearer,
Ériu i 194
.
carsait Crist as
diliu (sic leg.),
Fél. May 7
.
ní ḟuar riam bad dile I never found
anyone dearer,
TBC-LL¹ 3471
.
With prep. DO
dear (profitable) to:
d.¤ damsa,
Thes. ii 295
.
is diliu dūnd briathar Déi,
Imr. Brain ii 286
.
is diliu dait th'anim
| indāite na sēoit,
ACL iii 318
.
diliu duit imbeirt fidchille it
is better for thee to play,
RIA MSS. Ser. Ser. i 142
. Superl.
dilem,
Wb. 22d26
.
dilium damsa taithmed nĪsu,
ACL iii 298
.
intann
bus ndilium ndoib,
Anecd. iii 25.10
. With -u-:
as duliu lium
cech indiub `which I prefer',
Ml. 45a4
.
106b6
.
is ed asdulem
dún `most desirable
',
14d7
;
103a9
. Infl. of 2 dúil,
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. i 341
.
With LA
dear to (an object of liking):
is d.¤ laee maid do
dénum dúibsi,
Wb. 14a37
.
d.¤ lasna ceathra in lem,
Auraic.
5618
.
issé is diliu diar slōg | liar n-athair,
SR 3595
.
diliu lim
longud oldás cach ni,
FB 32
.
ba diliu lais imdegail (sic leg.) a
mennato feisin he preferred to defend,
TBC-I¹ 1345
.
cid . . . is
dilium lat do ḟiarfuidig what do you wish to ask?
IT iii 241
.
ba hē a dún hi T. ba dili (inmainem lais dia dúinib, v.l.),
TE
1Eg.
(
IT i 118
).
ní théit immach . . . as diliu lind oldammit
fadessin (duini as andsa lind . . . ina sind fen, v.l.),
TBC-LL¹ 199
.
CCath. 5108
.
do neoch bá dile lais dib,
PH 980
.
an tí fá dile
┐ fa díoghraisighe leis an marbh,
TSh. 5704
.
Note also:
ním d.¤ cid dīthrub Temair `it is not dear to me
that Tara should be desolate',
Hy. ii 44
(
Thes. ii 317
).
As attrib. used of persons and things
dear, beloved, precious,
valuable, etc.
, but often loosely to imply commendation in
general:
a chomalta d.¤ díchra fodeisin,
TBC-I¹ 2317
.
mo mac
dil fén,
PH 3798
(= dilectus,
Matthew iii 17
). Compd. ? ¤guth dear word (a rough approximation of Hieronymus 'of hallowed name') (?):
ro coiglestar Dilgud Grinde ingin n-aircind fris sin '"Dear Word of Exactness" has thought of, with regard to that, a chaste young female (or bird?)'
Peritia iii 449.11
.
