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AN GAOḊAL.
THE GAELIC ALPHABET
Irish.
Roman.
Sound.
Irish.
Roman.
Sound.
a
a
aw
m
m
emm
b
b
bay
n
n
enn
c
c
kay
o
o
oh
d
d
dhay
p
p
pay
e
e
ay
r
r
arr
f
f
eff
s
s
ess
g
g
gay
t
t
thay
i
i
ee
u
u
oo
l
l
ell
ḃ and ṁ sound like w when follow¬
ed or preceded by a o u, and like v, if
preceded or followed by e and i; ḋ and
ġ, like y; ṡ and ṫ like h; ċ like ch; ṗ
like f; ḟ is mute, and all the aspirated
letters at the end of words are nearly
silent.
SIXTH LESSON
ADOPTED FROM BOURKE'S
Pronounced.
aer, the air, air.
gae, poss. c. of ga, an arrow, gay.
lae, poss. of lá, a day, lhaw.
nae, yesterday, nhay.
rae, the moon, ray.
aol, lime, a-ul,
aon, one, any, a-un.
aos, age, ace.
blaosg, shell, blay-usk.
braon, a drop, bray-un.
caol, slender, cay-ul.
caor, a berry; a burning coal, cay-ur.
daor, dear, dhay-ur.
faon, weak, pining, whay-un.
maol, bald, mhay-ul.
maor, a steward, mhay-ur.
raob, to rend or tear, ray-ub.
saor, cheap, free; a workman, say-ur.
taom, a fit, rage, thayum.
taos, dough, thay-us
ḃ-fuil, is, are? will,
beo, alive be-o. (short)
ceo, fog' vapor, ke-o. "
ceol, music, keol.
deol or diúl, suck, dew-ul.
deor, a drop, a tear, deo-ur.
leor, enough, lhoe-ur.
seol, a sail, show-ul.
treoir, a guide, threo-irh.
aig, at, to; le, with; ó, from; agam, to
me; agad, to thee: aige, to him; ann,
in, in him, in it; an, the, whether; tú,
thou; siḃ, you, sec. per.plu.; mar, as,
like; ni, not.
NOTE. — The h employed in the combi-
nations, mh, dh, &., in trying to give
the pronunciation of the words by
means of the accepted English sound
of the letters, has no other effect than
that of thickening the sound of the
initial letter. It is only an approxi¬
mation to the true pronunciation that
can be rendered by means of the Eng-
lish sound of the letters.
Diúl, suck; we prefer this spelling
of the word because it is more in ac-
cordance with the pronunciation giv¬
en to it by those who speak the lan-
guage.
1. ḃ-fuil an t-aer árd, agus an lá
fada? 2. tá an t-aer árd, agus tá
an lá fada. 3. ḃ-suil an mac tinn ó
nae? 4. tá an mac tinn ó nae. 5
ḃ-fuil an rae bán? 6. tá an rae bán.
7, ḃ-fuil bárr an ġae garg? 8. tá
bárr an ġae garg. 9. ḃ-fuil aol agus
arán (bread) saor? 10. tá arán daor
aċt tá aol saor. 11. ḃ-fuil aon ḃlaosg
agad? 12. tá blaosg agus tá braon
agam. 13. ḃ-fuil taom ort, agus a ḃ-
fuil do ṁac faon? 14. tá taom orm,
agus tá mo ṁac faon. 15. ḃ-fuil an
ḃó beo agus an maor tinn? 16 tá an
ḃó beo, agus tá an maor tinn. 17 tá
an taos daor. 18. tá ceol aige, tá
braon aige 19 ḃ-fuil aon deor agad?
20. tá ceo an. 21. ḃ-fuil eoċair agad?
22. tá deoċ agam an seo.
The Translation.
1. Is the air high, and the day long? 2. The
air is high, and the day is long. 3. Is the son sick
since yesterday? 4 The son is sick since yester¬
day. 5. Is the moon white? 6. The moon is white
7. Is the top of the arrow rough? 8. The top of
the arrow is rough. 9. Are lime and bread cheap?
10 Bread is dear but lime is cheap. 11. Have you
any shell? 12. I have a shell and I have a drop. 13.
Are you in a rage, and is your son sick? 14. I am
in a rage, and my son is sick. 15. Is the cow alive
and the steward sick? 16. The cow is alive and
the steward is sick. 17. The dough is dear. 18
He has music, he has a drop. 19. Have you any
drop? 20 There is a fog. 21. Have you a key?
22. I have a drink here.
