AN GAOḊAL.
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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
NINTH LESSON.
ADOPTED FROM BOURKE'S.
Pronounced.
ái, and ai.
áil, pleasure, agreeableness, aw-ill.
aill, a cliff, a rock, aill.
áit, a place, an abode, aith.
báil, blessing, success, bawill.
baill, members, baill.
cáil, fame, renown, kawill.
caill, loss, kaill.
cáin, tax, reproach, kawin.
cain, chaste, undefilled, kain.
éa, and ea.
bean, a woman, ban.
breac, speckled; a trout, brack.
céad, a hundred, kayudh.
cead, leave, kadh.
fear, a man, far.
feárr, better, fawr.
gean, affection, gan.
éi, and ei.
béim, a stroke, a stain, bame.
ceist, a question, kisth.
geir, suet, ghir.
géis, a swan, gayish.
léim, a leap, lhayim.
réim, power, rame.
ío and io.
cionn, esteem, regard, keyun.
críon, withered, kree un.
cris, a girdle, kriss,
fíon, wine, fee-un.
fionn, fair, feyunh.
fíor, true; slanting, fee-ur.
fios, knowledge, fiss.
iú, and iu.
diúl, suck, dhule.
fiú, worthy, few.
iúl, knowledge, ool.
siúr, sister, a kinswoman, shure.
stiúr, a rudder; an affected appear-
ance of the countenance; an angry
look, stewr.
fliuċ, wet (flugh); tiuġ, thick, thuvh,
fiuċ, boil, fugh.
cóir, just, kohirh.
coir, a crime, kuirh.
fóill, while, fohilh.
fóir, help, fohirh,
moill, delay, muillh.
scoil, school, squilh.
cruit, a harp, cruith,
cúig, five, coo-ig.
druim, back, druim.
muir, sea muir.
me, I; tú, thou; aig, at; le, with; air,
on; do, to. Compound Pronouns, agam,
at me; agad, at thee; aige, to him :
aici, at her; liom, with me; leat, thee;
leis, with him ; leiṫe, with her; orm,
on me; ort, on thee; air, on him; air-
ri or airṫi, on her; dam, to me; duit
to thee ; ḋo, to him; ḋi, to her
Possessive Pronouns, — mo, my; do
thy; a, his, its; a, her, its.
1. ḃ-fuil meas mór ort? 12. tá meas
mór orm. 3. ḃ-fuil an lá fliuċ? 4. tá
an lá fliuċ. 5. ḃ-fuil fuil ann do ṡúil ḋeis?
6. tá fuil ann mo ṡúil ḋeis. 7. ann áil
leat a ṫéaċt liom? 8. ní áil liom a
ḋul leat. 9. ḃ-fuil an crann críon?
10. tá an crann críon. 11. ḃ-fuil fíon
fionn agus fíon dearg agad? 12. tá
fíon fionn agus fíon dearg agam. 13
ḃ-fuil an ḃó fionn, an ġé bán, an ġeis
geal, an eaċ ruaḋ, an cú sean, an fear
treun agus an ḃean dílis? 14. tá; is
fíor go ḃ-fuilid. 15. ḃ-fuil fios mór
agad? 16. is fíor naċ ḃ-fuilim gan
fios. 17. ḃ-fuil fios agad gur fiú fear
maiṫ cion agus cáil agus meas?
1. Is there great esteem on you? 2. There is
great esteem on me. 3. Is the day wet? 4 The
day is wet. 5. Is there blood in your right eye?
6. There is blood in my right eye. 7 Is it pleas-
ing with you to come with me? 8. I am not
pleased to go with you. 9. Is the tree withered?
10. The tree is withered. 11. Have you white
wine and red wine? 12. I have white wine and
red. 13. Is the cow fair, the goose white, the swan
bright, the steed red, the hound old, the man
brave and, the wife fond? 14. They are; it is
true that they are. 15. Have you much know-
ledge? 16. It is true that I am not without
knowledge. 17. Do you know that a good man
is worthy of esteem, fame and respect?
