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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
achain, prayer; dialect for achuinge, q.v.
acharradh, dwarf, sprite.
achd, statute, so Ir., M. Ir. acht; from Lat. actum, Eng. act.
achd, manner, condition, Ir., achd; same as above. There may be a native aktu- (*ag-tu, *pag-tu-?) underlying some meanings of the word, especially in Irish.
achdarr, achdartha, methodical, expert (H.S.D.):
achlaid, chase, pursuit, so Ir., M. Ir. acclaid, fishing, E. Ir. atclaid, fishes, hunts, pursues: ad-claidim; see claoidh.
achlais, arm-pit, Ir. ascall, M. Ir. ochsal, W. cesail. The divergence from regular philologic equivalence here proves borrowing - from the Lat. axilla; Norse öxl, Ger. achsel, Sc. oxter.
achlan, lamentation (M'L.); for och-lan? from och.
achmhasan, a rebuke, Ir. achmhusán, E. Ir. athchomsán; cf. aithis for root.
achuinge, supplication; also athchuinge, so Ir., E. Ir. athchuingid; ath+cuinge; O. Ir. cuintgim, peto, con-tek-; Eng. thig. See atach.
acras, hunger, Ir. ocrus, E. Ir. accorus, occorus: *ad-co-restu-, possibly the root pres of Lat. premo: *careo (F4. 422).
acuinn, acfhuinn, apparatus, accoutrements, Ir. acfuinn, E. Ir. accmaing, means, apparatus: ad-cumang, O. Ir. cumang, potentia; see further under cumhachd.
ad, hat, M. Ir. at, W. het; from Eng. hat, N. hattr.
ad-, adh-, inseparable prefix, in force and origin the same as Lat. ad. It is to be separated, though with difficulty, from the ad- arising from aith- or ath-, q.v.
adag, shock of corn, Ir. adag; cf. Sc. hat, hot, hut, "to put up grain in the field, a small stack built in the field"; M.E. hutte, heap.
adag, a haddock; from the English.
adamant, adamant, so Ir.; from the English.
adha, ae, liver, Ir. aeghe, g. ae, O. Ir. óa, ae, W. afu, Br. avu, root av. Cf. adha for ae, cadha for cae.
adhan, proverb (M'A.); rather aghan, root agh, Lat. ajo, adagio, adage; Skr. ah, say.
adhal, flesh hook (Sh.), so Ir., O. Ir. áel, tridens: *pavelo-, Lat. pavire? But cf. Eng. awl, M. E. and Ag. S. awel, awl, flesh-hook.
adhaltrach, adulterous, Ir. adhaltranach, E. Ir. adaltrach; from Lat. adulter, whence Eng. adulterous.
adharc, horn, so Ir., O. Ir. adarc: ad-arc; root arq, defend, as in teasairg, q.v.; Lat. arceo, &c.
