AN GAOḊAL.
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SECOND BOOK.
(Continued)
EXERCISE 3. Ḋ.
Ḋ broad sounds somewhat like gh
soft, or y broad and guttural, as saor-
ḋuine, a freeman, pronounced nearly
"saerghuine."
Ḋ slender sounds exactly like y in
year, as fíor-ḋílis, sincere, pronounced
"feer-yeelish.
Ḋ final is silent.
Ḋ in the body of a word (not a com¬
pound) is silent.
Ḋ in the first syllable of a word, if
preceded by a, sounds like i in vie or
ey in eye. aḋarc, a horn, pronounced
"eyark. The exceptions to this rule
are marked with an accent thus, áḋ,
luck, pronounced 'aw."
NOTE — In this connection we think
the definition properly belongs to the
letter a, and should read, “When the
unaccented a is immediately followed
by the aspirated ḋ, except when final,
it has the sound of ey in "eye." ED.)
VOCABULARY.
Pronounced.
áḋ, luck,
aw.
aḋarc, a horn,
eyark.
áḋmud, timber
amudh.
buíḋe, yellow
bwee
croíḋe, a heart,
cree.
fiaḋ, a deer,
fee-eh.
gaeḋilig Irish
gaoilick.
gaeḋilge Gaelic
gaoilgeh.
gráḋ, love,
graw.
madaḋ, madraḋ, a dog,
mawdhah,
ruaḋ, red,
roo-eh
saor-ḋuine, freeman,
saerghuind.
beo, living, alive,
beyo.
duine, a person,
dhuin-neh.
geur, sharp.
gayur.
í, she, her, it,
ee.
orraiḃ, on you,
uriv,
saor, free, cheap,
see-ur.
so, this,
sho.
treun, brave,
thrayun.
NOTE. We have indicated the pro-
nunciation of so as above because it
is the more general pronunciation, and
because we think it the proper pronun-
ciation : the word being originally, is
still frequently, spelled seo, and ad-
hering to the rule for giving s the
sound of sh when immediately preced¬
ed or followed, in the same word, by a
slender vowel.
1. fiaḋ & aḋarc. 2. madaḋ ruaḋ
& eaċ buíḋe. 3. fiaċ duḃ & fiaḋ buíḋe
4. áḋmud buíḋe. 5. áḋ & gráḋ. 6. ta
an fiaḋ beo. 7. is leaḃar Gaeḋilge é
so. 8. tá raḋarc geur agaiḃ. 9. ḃí
áḋ orraiḃ. 10. tá croíḋe treun aig
saor-ḋuine.
1. A deer and a horn. 2. A red dog
and a yellow steed. 3. A black raven
and a yellow deer. 4. Yellow timber
5. Luck and love. 6. The deer is a-
live. 7. This is a Gaelic book. 8. Ye
have sharp sight. 9. Ye had luck.
10. A freeman has a brave heart.
EXERCISE 4. Ḟ.
ḟ is not sounded, but the vowel fol-
lowing it is very forcibly pronounced.
ḟ is never final, and never occurs in
the middle of words excepting com-
pounds.
Pronunciation.
caoir-ḟeoil, mutton, kayroil,
gearr ḟiaḋ, a hare, garreah.
mairt-ḟeoil, beef, mairth-oil
muic-ḟeoil, swine's flesh, muick-oil.
sean-ḟear, an old man, shanar.
treun-ḟear, a brave man, thrayunar
ag, at or with; caora, a sheep ; fear,
a man ; feoil, flesh-meat, mart, beef;
muc, a pig; sean, old.
1. fiaḋ agus gearr-ḟiaḋ- 2. sean-
ḟear agus tre in-ḟear, 3. caora duḃ
agus gearr-ḟiaḋ ruaḋ. 4. caora agus
caoir-ḟeoil. 5. muc agus muic-ḟeoil. 6.
mart agus mairt-ḟeoil. 7. gaḃar buíḋe
agus gearr-ḟiaḋ. 8. ḃí gearr-ṡiaḋ aig
an sean-ḟear. 9. luċ agus gearr-ḟiaḋ.
10. mairt'ḟeoil agus muic-ḟeoil.
1. A deer and a hare. 2. An old
man and a brave man. 3. A black
sheep and a red hare- 4. A sheep
and mutton. 5. A pig and pork. 6. A
beef and beef. 7 A yellow goat and a
hare. 8. The old man had a hare. 9.
A mouse and a hare. 10. Beef and
pork
