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n name of a plant: gab cugat an s.¤ , Ir. Texts v 6.14 . gabh sanasaegh ┐ cumann gall ┐ buathfallan liath, 18.33 = radicem ireos, 21.15 ?
n ā,f. (cf. W. chwant). Later sa(i)nnt. sainnt f., IGT Decl. § 14 (69.12) .
(a) strong desire, eagerness : ar accubur ┐ saint immin domun, Ml. 69a6 . co tabrad a shaint do shétaib ┐ máinib as much as he desired, LL 114b41 ( RC viii 50.6 ). ciar bo saint lium though I desired it, PH 3861 . dínsem na n-erchraide ┐ sáint na suthaine, 6864 . saint imon mbiad todochaide, 6784 . la sainnt sluinti `through covetousness of the name', Laws iv 376.25 . saint [.i.?] acobuir na set, v 284.20 Comm . ro lín a shainnt do thodail fhola na Tróianda fulfilled his desire by shedding, TTr.² 163 . ro bói . . . sant mór ┐ duthracht calmai do denam occu, TFerbe 306 . ro lin a menmain . . . saint fogbala cuirp Poimp, CCath. 4016 . co tainic saint a n-aideda doib so that they were ready to die (in battle), 2735 . noch do thogaib a shaind ┐ noch da metaig a menma `by which his ardour was excited', Cog. 184.3 . do ghabhadar . . . sainnt siúbhail chuca desire to re- treat, ML 142.9 . do shainnt ré fuascladh d'fhagháil, Keat. iii 3236 . dibech graece difa .i. sitis, ar is it (sic MS.) fa sainti in dibech, O'Mulc. 310 , leg. itfa sainti `a covetous glutton', Ériu xii 239 .
(b) greed, avarice, covetousness (the usual meaning in relig. texts): do irgairiu na sainte, Wb. 12d32 . s.¤ gl. idolorum seruitus (intended for the preceding wd. luxoria?), 20b19 . buith oc airbiathad sainte, 29b18 . sechitir goa ar saint `from covetous- ness', 31b20 . bith flaithem intí solam for saint `will be king over cupidity', Ml. 90a9 . trí hairig na ndúalche .i. s.¤, cráes, étrad `avarice', Triads 115 . descaid sainti imcaisin, RC xlv 74 § 15 . co llinfa ro-sh.¤ cach ṅduine `greed', xxvi 44.4 . sainnt i mbaccaib óe the liver is the seat of greed, Arch. iii 223.9 . in tsháint . . . .i. in fhrém ó fhás in uli olc, PH 7602 . sáint máine do chomarsan, 7603 . i peccad na sáinnte, 7746 . tuigthir nach caithionn do chrodh | méad bhar sainnte ar an saoghal, DDána 53.22 . clerigh deridh aimsiri | ar chuis shainnti ag fúr chrabaid, Ir. Texts iv 38.20 . saint na sūl = concupiscentia oculorum, Desid. 889 . grádh sainnte love inspired by greed, 5467 . séideadh . . . na sainnte, TSh. 2072 . fiabhras spioratdha . . . dá ngairthear sainnt, 7921 . an té fhúathuighios saint `covetousness', Prov. xxviii 16 . éigceart a shainte, Isa. lvii 17 . Of sexual desire: gabais . . . saint an rí[g] impi, IT i 120.13 . cindus no gebadh dil a shainnti don rigain, St. Ercuil 17 .
Compd. ¤chailte: avaritia . . . .i. santchailti, Ériu vii 152 § 1 a .
adj o, ā (sant). Later also sanntach.
(a) desirous, greedy, covetous : sanntach gl. avarus, Ir. Gl. 667 . nís sanntaighi gl. avarior, 1120 . ní s.¤ gl. non cupidum, Wb. 28b26 . ní sanntach hí in dearc, PH 5918 . a fhir shaoghalta shanntaigh, DDána 53.1 . ro b'iat . . . ba santaigi saigid most eager in attack, MR 216.22 . Adv. eist riu so . . . co sanntach diligenter, Smaointe B. Chr. 132 v.l.
With object of desire governed by prep.: o ta [se] fen co sanntach cuige he is desirous of it, Fier. 19 . ni sanntaighe misi chum an geráin so do chur arna drochsherbísechaib so . . . ná gach aenduine dot daoinibhsi, Ir. Texts iv 28.17 . nī pu for sēotu s.¤ , Hy. v 7 , glossed nirbo s.¤ fri seutu, Thes. ii 328.20 . nirbat s.¤ forsin bith | nach for innem cloen, LB 261a8 = nírbat santa[ch] immun mbith, Arch. iii 312 § 6 . nírbó s.¤ immon ríge, TTr.² 1235 .
With objective gen.: fine cuindgheda | santaigh senmheda greedy of old mead, IT iii 91 § 128 = Bruchst. i § 36 . nirsat sanntaich siubhail, Ir. Texts iv 38.19 . ar chlanna Gall ba shanntach sáithte eager to attack, Hackett xl 167 .
(b) of things: tug Sir Gyi sathudh sanntach sleghi ar Sir Gailiard an eager thrust, ZCP vi 69.z . cath sanntach, ML 84.x . is ann-sin fa sanntaigi in sarcomlunn, ZCP vi 43.8 . tucc sidhe sanntach solamhaigh dia shaighidh, FM vi 2114.21 . sruth sanntach síradhbul sleibhi a swift-rushing stream, St. Ercuil 891 .
(c) as subst.: adcota s.¤ seota a covetous person acquires treasures, RC xlv 63 § 18 . imchisneach cach s.¤ , Arch. iii 230. 136 = ZCP xvii 66 § 58 . ni raga . . . sánntach . . . isin flaith némdai, PH 6907 . a sh.¤ na set saegullai oh thou who art greedy for worldly treasures, 8179 .
(d) of object of desire desirable, desired : asbert C. . . . nárbu s.¤ fair cauradmir do chosnam etir, LU 9173 ( FB 90 ). cemad sanntach lais `though he should covet it', Laws iv 376.26 . in tan bad santachu leis cotlud when he most desired to sleep, ZCP xiii 27.19 . niba sanntach sidamail . . . mo betha co tuca Dia dam inní shirim, LB 231b6 .
n o,m. (santach) covetous person . As n.pr. Santachan mac Sneidhriaghla, Anecd. ii 49.16 .

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