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Cite this: eDIL s.v. 1 a ordil.ie/2Last Revised: 2013
Forms: á, á, á, a, á, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a
voc.part. leniting. In O.Ir. frequ. á (seeCeltica ii 339 - 40 ). SeeGOI § 248 ,Ériu ix 92, 85 . á fir,Wb. 10a10 . á dǽ,Ml. 119a13 . a phop[ui]l,Wb. 10c20 . á huili duini .i. a cach duini `O all man i.e. O every man' 1c8 . achossa, 12a33 . a galatu burpu, 19b4 . a huili chenéla,Ml. 67b17 . a thvsv gl. o mea tu,Sg. 204b6 . a ch[l]éirchén chochlaich,AU i 224.1 (758) . a Chu Chulaind a cathbúadaig Breg,LU 8145 (FB 11 ). a Fhroích,TBFr. 379 . a chliar sa,BNnÉ 288.7 . a dhuine,TSh. 164 . a dhreach dhonn,Aithd. D. 54.5 .
With intervening poss. adj.: a mo aine a mó chland,Sg. 204b2 . a mo phopa Láig,TBC-LL¹ 652 . ammo phopa Ḟingin, 4311 . In a few early exx. a is apparently omitted before mo, seeZCP xix 365 . a mo is not found in classical verse and the few late exx. found in translation literature may be due to English influence (but seeCeltica xxiv 247 n. 42 ): a mo anoim,Desid. 2411 . a mo anuim, 2419 . a ar nAthair,Parrth. Anma 765 . a mo Ṡethracha,RSClára 47a .