dorchae
adj
io,iā. Alsodoirche,n
p
f.
doirchi
SR
63
.
I
(a)
dark,
85
gloomy:
d.
¤
,
Sg.
165a
marg. inf.
Ml.
40c15
.inn-aithchi dorchi,
30a14
.dorchaigl. (nocte) caeca,
Thes.
ii 31.22
.tem .i. cach
ndorchi,
Corm. Y
1213
.dobar .i. cach ndorche,
424
.trom-
cheó doborda dorcha,
FB
§ 36
.tír ndub ndorcha,
FA
§ 21
LB.
sruth usci duib dorchai,
§ 30
.nél dorcha,
SR
3967
.i ndiam-
raib dorchuib,
7576
.il-luc dub dorchu,
Fél.
March 9
.slog
5dub dorcha . . . do démnaib,
PH
8101
.a n-inada dorcha,
Laws
v 326.15 Comm.
a ndoiribh doirchibh,
Buile S.
116.11
.
Dia diamair nach dorcha | rī sorcha,
Arch.
iii 221.14
.
Compar.
dorchu ina dubgémriud,
FA
§ 30
LB.Of personsin
the dark:
is dorcha cech oen i n-ecmais ecnai,
PH
6861
.ar
10mo beth dall dorcha i n-uamthig thalman,
TTebe
179
.Of
colour,complexion,etc.:
in dub ind liath | ind odar doirchi
datha | nidat soirchi,
SR
63
.bra-dorcha
dark-browed
,
LL
266b42
.suile dorcha,
24 P 3,173.11
.a bhfechuin do bheith
aduathmhar dorcha(aspectus horridus obscurusque),
23 K 42,
15
191.2
.a n-ētaigi do bheith dorcha,
Fl. Earls
254.16
.fear
doirche,
3 C 13,571.19
.Emann dorcha(a sobriquet?),
FM
v 1280
.
(b)Fig.
not clear,obscure:
ba dorcha la cách in labra,
IT
iii
187.1
.is dorcha a fidrad inn airchedail,
Ériu
v 32.7
.cid
20dorche sāmad cāich ┐ cid rūndae,
Corm. Y
803
.can briathar
dorcha nā dochiallach do radha,
Lib. Flav.
i 21b
.eolus dor-
cha,
Eochairsg.
68.30
.is radharc spéucláire dorcha atá
aguinn anois,
1 Cor.
xiii 12
. (Women are)doirche gusmara
`gloomy' (enigmatic?),
Tec. Corm.
§ 16.39
.
25(c)
obscure,unknown(?):
mor an buaidh do fhior dorcha |
sorcha a theist ar ḟedh Eirenn,
Sitzb.
1919 v 93 § 32
. ?ingen
druad Dil nar dorcha,
Lec.
399a3
.
(d)
gloomy,morose(?):
adv.
do chaithsiod biadh godorcha
dórdánach,
PCT
647
.
30
IIAssubst.
io,n.
dorcha
doirche
m.,
IGT
Decl. § 2
.
dorcha
doirche,
Abstr. Nouns § 5
.
(a)
darkness,gloom:
ri
dorigne sorcha saer | ┐ dorcha,
SR
18
.tarblaing dorcha dar
cach mag,
7761
.la díth ndorchae
dispelling the darkness,
Fél.
Dec. 25
.forcoemnacar dorcha mór for talmain,
PH
3347
.
35
dar dorca na hoidche,
3512
.atdorchai soillsi,
Tec. Corm.
§ 16.120
(possiblyadj.). Oft.pl., esp. in older texts (through
influence of Lat.tenebrae?):is Dǽ int soilse amal as nDæ inna
dorche
,
Ml.
140c5
,cf.
54b20
.dond fritobairt fritataibret na
dorche don shoilsi,
Sg.
183b3
.fo doirchib,
SR
7993
.i mbith-
40dorchib,
1748
.in popul dessid i ndorchaib,
Trip.²
2
.dode-
chatar dorchai tar forgnúis in talman,
568
.soillsi cumusc-
thae a dorchib,
Corm. Y
26
.rodallait o dorchuib phecda,
PH
3911
.du.
uisce Bo N. d'ol eter dadorcha
,
BB
267a36
=
iter dadoirche
`between two darknesses' (i.e.between dawn
45and night?),
BR
24.6
.mac dorc[h]oi
asonofdarkness
(i.e.
of sin),
ZCP
iii 453
.mac doirche
achild
begotten
clande-
stinely
,
Laws
v 452.16
.
In concrete sense:trí d.
¤
ná dlegat mná do imthecht,
Triads
100
.trí dorcha Hérenn: úam Chnogba,etc.,
42
.cach
50fid ┐ cach fásach, cach dorcha ┐ cach diamair,
TBC
3531
.
(b)Fig.
obscurity,mystery:
creic soirche fri doirche .i.
creicc gāith fri baeth,
ZCP
xiii 22.27
.dall na doirche . . . na
inderb
obscurity (something unproved) (Thurn.),
xiv 366 § 26
.
fo aicned soirche no doirche
of the clearness or obscurity(of
55a legal case),
Laws
v 252.19 Comm.
ar a doirchi ┐ ar a
dot[h]uigsi,
Corm. Y
561
.doirche rúin,
ML
110.15
.trí
dorcha in betha: aithne, ráthaiges, altrom(things of which
the issue cannot be foreseen),
Triads
249
.
(c) Asn.pr.
m.
Dorche m. Ailgile,
Rawl.
160b25
. Usually
60mythol. or alleg.:Dub ┐ Dobur ┐ Doirche(cup-bearers of the
Tuatha De Danann),
Lec.
25a40
.gen.
maicDoirche
,
Met.
Dinds.
iii 4.26
. Name ofamoundatTara:
dá dhumhae . . .
Dall ┐ D.
¤
,
RC
xv 282 § 23
.
Met. Dinds.
i 18
.
In compds.dorch-,q.v.See alsodorchacht (c).
dorchaide
adj
io,iā=dorchae. Alsodoirchide.maso dorchide
la nech a pridchimmeni,
Wb.
15b14
.do mídúthrachtaib
75demnae [n]d.
¤
,
Hy.
iii 7
(
Thes.
ii 322
).a d.
¤
delbdathaig,
IT
iii
41.20
.dí brói duba dórchaidi,
TBC²
30
.dá brái doirchidi,
Festschr. Stokes
3.3
.co temel d.
¤
a n-anéolais,
RC
xxv 248
§ 29
.spirait doirchide,
Aisl. Tund.
108 § 5
.ar thír . . . na
tennte ndorcháite,
Todd Lect.
vi 36.4
.risna heltadaib do
80duibenoip dorc[h]aidhib,
CCath.
5001
.a nellaib dorchaidi,
Lec.
562a1
.dronga d.
¤
dense,
FM
ii 572.14
(poem).fer d.
¤
écennais fri macca báis
austere
,
Fen.
308.16
(St Caillin). As
n.pr.
m.
gen.
Druimdherg mac Dolair micDorchaidhi
,
CF
720
.O D.
¤
taoisioch Partraighe,
Hy Fiachr.
46.5
. Assubst.
85see O'C. cited under2 dorchaid.