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
Ḃ and ṁ sound like w when followed
or preceded by a, o, u, as, a ḃárd, his
bard, pronounced a wardh; a ṁart,
his beef or ox, pronounced, a warth ;
and like v when preceded by e, i, as,
a ḃean, his wife, pronounced, a van, a
ṁian, his desire, pronounced, a vee-un
Ḋ and ġ sound like y at the beginning
of a word; they are almost silent in
the middle and perfectly so at the end
of words. Ċ sounds like ch; ṗ, like f;
ṡ and ṫ like h ; and ḟ is silent.
Sound of the Vowels — long —
á sounds like
a in war,
as bárr, top.
é " "
e " ere,
" céir, wax.
í " "
ee " eel,
" mín' fine.
ó " "
o “ old,
" ór, gold.
ú " "
u " rule,
" úr, fresh.
Short —
a " "
a in what,
as, gar, near.
e " "
e " bet,
" beḃ, died,
i " "
i “ ill;
" mil, honey
o " "
o " got,
" lot, wound.
u " "
u " put,
" rud, thing.
SECOND BOOK — Continued.
RULE II, Exercise III.
The article causes aspiration of the
initial consonant (if aspirable of mas¬
culine nouns in the genitive case sin¬
gular ; an baile, the town, an ḃaile, of
the town.
Pronunciation.
bárd, a bard, baw-urdh.
buaċaill, a boy, boo-hill.
capall, a horse, kop-uhl.
caṫ, a battle, kah.
clár, a table, klawr,
fear, a man far,
fíon, wine, fee-un.
focal, a word, fockul.
manaċ, a monk, mawnugh.
pobal, a people, pubul.
Examples of genitive case of Mascu¬
line Nouns as influenced by the Arti¬
cle.
an ḃaile, of the town; an ḃáird, of the
bard; an ḃuaċalla, of the boy; an ċap¬
aill, of the horse; an ċaṫa, of the bat¬
tle; an ċiste, of the chest; an ċláir, of
the table; an ḟíona, of the wine; an
ḟir, of the man; an ḟocail, of the word
an ġnó, of the work; an ġaduiḋe, of
the thief; an ṁála, of the bag; an
ṁanaiġ, of the monk; an ṗobail, of the
people.
EXERCISE IV.
cleas, craft, klass.
dorn, a fist, durn.
glas, a lock, guloss.
lán, the full, lawn.
log, a hollow, lhog.
mac, a son, mock.
ór, gold, ore,
sráid, a street, shrawidh.
teaċ, a house, thaugh.
1. sráid an ḃaile. 2. mac an ḃáird
3. dorn an ḃuaċalla. 4. log an ċaṫa.
5. glas an ċisde. 6. cos an ḟir. 7.
cleas an ġaduiḋe. 8. lan an ṁála. 9.
teaċ an ṁanaiġ. 10. ór an ṗobail.
1. The street of the town. 2. The
son of the bard. 3. The fist of the boy
4. The hollow of the battle. 5. The
lock of the chest. 6. The foot of the
man. 7. The craft of the thief. 8.
The full of the bag. 9. The house of
the monk. 10. The gold of the peo¬
ple.
OBS. Nouns beginning with d, t, or
s, are exceptions.
Ceiṫre muca duḃa dul Caṫair Í Ḃrain,
Gad air do ġiall mar d-túisiġ tú iad?
