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Dair (ogham)

Ón Vicipéid, an chiclipéid shaor.
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Is í an seachtú litir den aibítir oghaim an Dair,[1] ainmnithe as an gcrann, dair. Is í an dara litir den Aicme Uatha. Is é [d] a luach foghraíochta.[2]

Gaolta is ea ainm na litreach le derw(en) na Breatnaise agus derv(enn) na Briotáinise. Athchruthaíodh an focal as Gaeilge Chianach mar *darek-s. Fréamhaithe ón bPróit-Ind-Eorpais *deru-, 'dair', atá sé.

Is iad a leanas na nathanna meafaracha (kennings) d'ainm na litreach le fáil sa Bhriatharogham:[3]

  • ardam dosae (dosanna/toim/toir is airde) i mBriatharogham Morann mic Moín
  • grés soír (gréas/maisiú saoir(s)e/ceirdne) i mBriatharogham Mac ind Óc
  • slechtam[4] soíre (sleachta saoir(s)e/ceirdne) i mBriatharogham Culainn.
  1. 1 dair ar eDIL
  2. McManus, Damian (1991). "A Guide to Ogam" 4. Co. Chill Dara, Éire: An Sagart. ISSN 0790-8806. 
  3. Auraicept na n-Éces Calder, George, Edinburgh, John Grant (1917), athchló Four Courts Press (1995), ISBN 1-85182-181-3
  4. ? slechtae ar eDIL


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