adhbhar

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‘cause’, ‘reason’ 21.17, 26.9; ar an adhbhar sin ‘for that reason’ 16.15, 47.7 etc.; gen. sg. thú do chothughadh … th’adhbhair fén “to mainteine thy cause” 26.4

Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma: Seaán Ó Cearnaigh's Irish primer of religion, published in 1571. Editor: Brian Ó Cuív.

(1) cause, reason, 897, 942, 1682; ar an n-a. sin, therefore, 258; ar an n-a. gur, because, 191; as é a a. sin, the reason for that is, 2363; ar iomad d’adh-bharaibh, for many reasons, 925, 1164, sim. 1667; ar na hadhbharaibh si, for these reasons, 1061, sim. 1175; (2) material, 346: luchd adhbhair, those responsible, 3003.

An Teagasg Críosdaidhe. Author: Bonabhentura Ó hEodhasa, O.F.M.. Editor: Fearghal Mac Raghnaill, O.F.M.

(usually spd. á-) : (1) reason, cause, 248, etc. ar an n-ádhbhar s(o)in, therefore, passim. ar an n-ádhbhar go, because, passim. (2) material, 286, 6806.    (3) matter. do chum do sgeóil do bhuain ré hádhbhar, 3563, i.e. in order that the fable you have told should have a bearing on the matter under discussion.

Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an Chrábhaidh. Author: Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire. Editor: Thomas F. O’Rahilly.

[N. 11] cause, material; ns. 595, 1249; ? ádhbhar 2633 n.

Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir: The poembook of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh 1566-1589. Editor: David Greene. Translator: David Greene.

material substance. lucht adhbhuir, people of substance, 711.  Cf. TD 19 15 n.

Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.

matter, subject, material, 345, 758, 1072, á-, 349, 850, 865, 870, 1075;   luchd á.,  enemies, those who have done us an injustice  (cf. Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn, ii,  260 dán  19, § 15), 3627.

Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAithridhe. Author: Aodh Mac Aingil. Editor: Cainneach Ó Maonaigh O.F.M.

(11), a. rúin 2579; fear adhbhair, 2338 n.

The Book of O'Hara: Leabhar Í Eadhra. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

m., cause, reason, 232; matter, nach beanann ré ha., ‘which are not to the point,’ 9063; ar an a, soin, ‘for that reason,’ ‘therefore,’ 3951, 5418; ar dhá adhbhar, ‘for two reasons,’ 764

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.