This page needs to be proofread.
OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
365
teum, a bite, sudden snatch, wound, E. Ir. temm, W. tam, a bite Corn. tam, pl. tymmyn, Br. tamm: *tendmen, root tend, cut; Lat. tondeo, shear, tineo, a worm; Gr. τένδω, gnaw; Ch. Sl. tęti, caedere.
thà, is; see tà. The aspiration is due to the use of tà in relative sentences, where the t is intervocalic.
thàinig, came, Ir. thánaic, tháinig, vēnit, O. Ir. tánic, ránic, vēnit, tânac, vēni: *ananka, I have come - a reduplicated perfect; Skr. ânamca, has reached; Gr. ἤνεγκε, brought: root enk, nak (nank), attain, bring, for which see thig. The aspiration is due to the analogy of other perfects which follow do.
thairis, over, across, Ir. tairis, E. Ir. tairis, over it, him; from tar (thar) and sé or é, he, it. The aspiration is, due to a suppressed, or supposed suppressed, do or a.
thall, over, beyond, Ir. thall, O. Ir. thall, tall: *t-all, O. Ir. ol, quam, indoll, altarach, ultra, al, ultra; root ol, el, ol, Lat. ille (= olle), alius. Also eile, other, which see. The form thallad stands for thall-ud.
thalla, come, come along, "age", thallaibh (pl.), E. Ir. tallaim, take away, *talnô, root tel, bear (see tlàth, tail, etc.). Also interjection: thalla! thalla! well! well!
thar, across, Ir. tar, O. Ir. tar, dar, W. tra-, over, trach, beyond, root ter, through, past, Lat. trans, terminus; Skr. tar-, pass; I. E. ter, pass through, bore. See tora, troimh.
thàrladh, accidit, Ir. tarla, E. Ir. dorala, dorla, O. Ir. tarla: *to-ro-la, the la being the remains of root plu, as in dol (Ascoli).
theab, nearly did (with inf.), Ir. do theib sé, he failed (O'B.): "grazed" it, from *tebb, graze, cut, as in teabaid?
theagamh, mayhap, perhaps, O. Ir. tecmaing, accidit, tecmang, eventus, do-é-cm-aingim, accido, for *to-ex-com-ang, root ang, near, as in cumhang, q.v. Meyer takes O. Ir. ecmaing from ad-com-bangim, bang root of buain. It has also been referred to root mang, mag, Eng. may, etc.
théid, will go, Ir. téid, goes, O. Ir. téit, venit, it: *to-éit, *entô, *pentô, go, reach, root pet, pent, go, fly, fall; Lat. pet, seek, "fall on"; Gr. πίπτω, fall; Got. finþan, Eng. find.
their, will say; see deir.
thig, will come, Ir. tigim, come, E. Ir. tic, ticc, venit, O. Ir. ticfa, veniet: *tó-icc, from icc, *enkô, come, reach, root enk, nak, nank, attain, bring; Gr. ἤνεγκα, brought (= G. thàinig), a reduplicated perf. from εγκ; Skr. ānamça, attained; further nank of adhlac and Lat. nanciscor.
