place, spot
, used only adverbially, but cf.
ní ḟail [leg.
fail ?] aslaig ar it is no place for an attempt upon (?)
LL 161a2
(
Metr. Dinds. iii 104.3
).
(a) with art. folld. by rel. clause,
(the place) where
(cf. c):
don uile doman ó tá in f.¤ i turcaibh
grian cosin inad i fuinenn from the spot where the sun rises
CCath. 290
.
in f.¤ i fagbad in días carat wherever he found two
friends
2445
.
(b) more commonly in phr.: i f.¤
(with gen.)
near, beside, along with
(sometimes in sense of Lat. apud):
na hóga batar i ḟail Brigte,
Lat. Lives 81
.
foracaib a
claideb i f.¤ mBrigte,
70
.
co ndessid cach díb i f.¤ araile,
TBC-LL¹
4579
.
oc legund i f.¤ Mo Lasse studying with M.,
KMMisc. 208.9
=
LL 285b45
.
bui Cana ... tremsi i fail
Guaire,
Anecd. i 7.20
.
Dīa mór im ḟail great God (be)with
me
ZCP viii 198z
.
in mac fil in t'ḟail,
LB 138b43
=
Todd Lect. vi 68
.
is fair rosuidiged M. ┐ dí óig ina ḟail,
FA 15
LB (ina farrad LU).
laxe hi fail trōcoiri laxness accompanying mercifulness (i.e. as a defect of the quality)
ZCP iii
450.5
. Of cohabitation:
ata i f.¤ Noísen ... ben dingbala
ríg,
LL 260b17
(
IT i 74
).
ni rabi rigan hi fail ind
rig,
LU 10719
.
i f.¤ Airt robói in Medb M. had been A's.
wife
RC xxv 24.15
.
boí Mugain hi f.¤ Díarmata ┐ sí
aimrit,
LU 4235
(
SG 83.13
). Of place:
i ḟail na Róma near
Rome
LB 5a2
(
PH 333
).
a ḟail na fairrgi,
ZCP v 21z
.
dobertsat
amus for dereadh an tsluaigh i ffail na Seaghaisi,
AFM t
1038.2
.
Beside, seen in comparison with:
nícon grádaigfer
i f.¤ na óinmná no woman will be loved in comparison with
this one
Ériu v 209.23
.
nach bí acht cluiche in gach olc
oile ... i bhfail an bháis,
TSh. 4020
.
(c) i f.¤
, folld. by clause,
in the place where; where (cf. a):
a bith i f.¤ i rraba that it
should be where it was
TBC-LL¹ 1235
.
dochóid i ḟail i raba Ísu
LB 160a41
(
PH 2602
).
co ndeachaid co Temraid i f.¤ i
roibi ri Eireand where the king ... was
Ériu ii 176.16
(in
bail v.l.).
im taeb ndess, i fail na raibi in sciath orum where
my shield did not cover me
Acall. 4005
.
condus ficcdis i
ffail i mbatar claidh,
Hugh Roe 170.15 (f. 45b)
. fail i f.¤
side by side (?):
eilti a cupa ... in ḟir | muca ... f.¤ a f.¤
(of an
ornamented goblet),
23 L 17, 135b
(
Studies 1927, 288
).
Cf. 1 bail.