fá

1. prep. (leniting), also fó; for pronom. forms, etc. see Introduction, p. 29; in phrases, fá dhéoigh 33.11, 50.21; fá dhó 43.4; fá fhēl Mīchīl 43.5; fó chéudōir 43.3, 44.2;  fó leith 4.18, 10.8, 45.15; f’ad chomhair 5.20
2. see deara

See also fa.

rfh., 22, 31, 66, 132, 175, 203, 217, fa, 2471, 3976, 5370, 6121, 6405, 6513, 6260, 6629, fo (le leath), 236, 6630, (le -raor), 5497, fó (le leath), 564, 1933, 2344; atá fúd, that you intend, 1776; má bheanann faoi, if he pauses, quietly reposes (féach Foclóir an Phluincéadaigh, s.v. acquiesco), 360; féach freisin gorta agus muirn.

1. prep., under, about, concerning, etc.; with pronom. elements, fúm, 4226; faoi, 1524; fúithe, 1679; fúinn, 8033; fútha, 1164 (fúthaibh 2270, 2374); with def. art. fán, 1001, fána, 5698; with poss., fám, 2145; fád, 7867; fána, 40, 1576, 3067; fánar, 5591; but fá seach, 18, etc.; with rel. fá, 232, 485, 4321; with rel.+cop. fána, 1132; fár, 2800;--[A] of space: 1. ‘under, beneath, below,’ etc.; ar foluamhain faoi, 2559; cuirid a sróna faoi, 3906; fundaimeint...fúithe, 1679; fúinn, ‘infra nos,’ 8033; clocha...fúthaibh, 2270; angcaire...do léigean fúthaibh, 2374; ar na fodhaoinidh bhíos fúthaibh, 9526; fá aingeal, ‘below (the rank of) an angel,’ 1100; fá Dhia, 6340; an biadh do chongbháil fána chlí, ‘in his stomach,’ 1576; fágbhaid fá úir é, 970; fá mhuing na Mara Ruaidhe, 3133; fán uisge, 6980; fá neamh, ‘sub caelo,’ 2088; fád lorg, ‘sub tua vestigia,’ 7867; fá láimh chlí, fá dheas-láimh, ‘on the left, on the right hand,’ 9891-4; fá chrann, 2477; fá bhun an chroinn, 2478; fá tharr chroinn, 9000; dol fá dhaingean, ‘to go to a place of security,’ 2347;--‘against’: do-bheir craos-ruathar fútha, 1164; foruathar...fá árusaibh, 2315; buailtear an long fá charraig, ‘is dashed against a rock,’ 3758; buailtear speal an bháis faoi, 3803;-- 2. ethically: i gcumhgach fá chlaoin-bhreith,  4094; ní thig fá bhreitheamhnas, ‘in iudicium non venit,’ 1647; fágbhaim fá bhreathnughadh, ‘I leave it to the decision of,’ 5002; fá bhrod bhrosduighthe, ‘beneath the stimulating goad,’ 1875; fá chuing umhlachta, 2282; réna shiansadhaibh do chur fána chumhachtaibh féin, ‘subdere suas passiones sibi,’ 8030; fána dhícheall, ‘to the best of his ability,’ 2017, 3067; fá dhoilbh-cheó dubhailceadh, 739; bheith fá éagcomhlann, ‘to be oppressed,’ 6103; go gcuireann...fá ghreim é, ‘lays hold of it,’ 2407; bheith fá inghreim, 6108; fá imshníomh 7 fá éadtualang, 2740; fá leattrom péine p., 4775; fá leigheas, ‘sub medicamento,’ 8190; fá phíoráideacht an pheacaidh, 2165; fá tháir 7 fá tharcuisne, 895, 9891; fá theas na teineadh, 6416;--3. ‘into, among, throughout’: ‘fán gcoill, 1001; toidheacht fá lubhghort, 9446; do sgaoilfidhe fá sluaghaib, 3122; do bhríogh laibhín L...faoi, of the leaven being mixed ‘through it,’ 8981; fá lár, ‘against the ground’ 5578-86;--4. in advbl. phrase, fá dheireadh, ‘at last,’ 447; fá dheóidh, 426; fá leith, ‘apart, separately,’ 9152; cf. fá seach, 18, 1589, 1666;--and in forming multiplicatives: fá dhó, 9023; fá thrí, 1585; fá sheacht, 1820;--5. fá chomhair, ‘in front of, awaiting, ‘4450;--6. ‘aroun’ (= um): coróin fána cheann, 40; biosóir fána chneas, 4216; duine fá mbíd an dá gheíbheann úd do bhí fá Pheadar, 7542; fá bhrághaid, 7549 [B] of time: fá aimsir chinnte, ‘by a fixed time,’ p.160; ón tráth fár dhearbh lais, 2800 [C] of cause: 1. is dona hadhbharaibh fá ndearna sé sin, 232; is é fáth fá séanaid, 4321; créad fá, ‘why,’ 485, 603, etc.--;2. ‘with a view to,’ ‘in respect of,’: a himpidhe do chur...fá gach ní do dhul i nglóir do Dhia, 34; fá shaor-dháil do thabhairt dó, 4496; tuilleamh fá thoidheacht, ‘a reward for coming,’ 259; loim-dhiúltadh fá dhol ar cuireadh, 7555; moill fá thilleadh, 8072; ’na gcuibhreann fá thoirthibh, ‘sharing the fruits with them,’ 3442; fán meas, 3451; fán bhféar, 3464;--used variously, after expressions of ‘complaint (un-)concern, desire, fear, sorrow,’ etc,: doilgheasach fá imirce do dhéanamh, 2722; doilgheas fá thoidheacht, 2740; doirbh fá thoil nDé do choimhlíonadh, 8593; eagla fá thuitim, 3520; fána thoil do shárughadh, 3486; fonn fá bhás d’fhagháil, 6058; gearán fán míghníomh sin, 5491; seachmallach fá shláinte, 7805;--4. after words denoting ‘mockery’: fanámhad fá Naoi, 8420; fochuidbheadh fúm, 4226; f. fá Dhia, 9031;--5. idiomatically after droch-fhuadar, q.v.: an t-ógán agá mbí d. faoi, 5315; cf. the phr. a bhara fá, ‘its expectation to be under one’ = ‘to expect, intend,’ 114, 6256; in some cases the simple fá sufficing: nach raibhe faoi, 1524; an comhruathar do bhí fá Dhia do thabhairt, ‘the destruction which God purposed bringing,’ 6057;--often prefixed to mar, ‘as,’ 2837, 4532. See mar
2. pret. of copula: see Grammatical Introduction