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
SECOND BOOK (Continued from p. 465)
EXERCISE X.
Examples of First Instance.
aill ġeal, a white cliff
bó ḃán, a white cow.
bróg ḟairsaing, a wide shoe.
cos ḟada, a long foot,
cuisle ḋearg, a red vein.
dair ġarḃ, a rugged oak
driseog ġlas, a green brier.
feoil ṁaiṫ, good meat.
fuinneog ḟosgailte, an open window.
léim ṁór, a great leap.
maidin ḃreáġ, a nine morning
sgian ġeur, a sharp knife.
tír ṡeunṁar, a prosperous country.
EXERCISE XI.
1 An ḟeoil ṁaiṫ. 2 An ċos ḟada
ṁór. 5. An ḃróg ḟairsing. 3 An dair
ġarḃ. 5 An sgian ġeur. 6 An ḃó ḋuḃ
7. is maidin ḃreáġ áluinn í. 8. Tír
ṡaiḋḃir ṡeunṁar. 9 Aill ġeal ṁór. 10
Tá fuinneog ḟosgailte ann.
1 The good meat. 2 The long big
foot. 3 The wide shoe. 4 The rough
oak. 5 The sharp knife. 6. The black
cow. 7 It is a beautiful fine morning
8 A rich prosperous country. 9 A
great white cliff. 10 There is an op-
en window there.
EXERCISE XII.
bán, white. beo, living. breac, speck¬
led. cat, a cat; ceol, music; fuar, cold
mór, large.
Example of Second Instance.
baile mór, a large town.
cait ḃric, of a speckled cat.
capaill ḃáin, of a white horse.
ceoil ḃinn, of harmonious music.
duille ṁóir, of a large leaf.
duine ḋona, of an unfortunate man.
duine ṡona, of a fortunate man.
fáinne ḃuiḋe, of a yellow ring,
fíona ḋeirg, of red wine,
fir ḃí, of a living man.
fir ṁóir, of a big man,
scoláire cliste, of an expert scholar.
tíġearna ċróḋa, of a valiant chieftain,
tobair ḟuair, of a cold well,
uisge ṁilis. or sweet water.
Exercise XIII.
blas, taste; ceann, a head; cluas, an
ear ; eolas, knowledge; sráid, a street
srian, a bridle.
1 Sraid an ḃaile ṁóir. 2 Cluas
capaill ḃáin. 5 Leanḃ an ḟir ṁóir. 4
Eolas an scoláire ċliste. 9 Fuaim an
ċeoil ḃinn. 6 Blas uisge ṁilis. 7
Ceann an ḋuine ṁóir. 8 Uisge tobair
ḟuair 9 Áḋ an ḋuine ḋona. 10 Sóġ
an ḋuine ṡona,
1 The street of the large town. 2
The ear of a white horse, 3 The child
of the big man. 4 The knowledge of
the expert scholar. 5 The sound of
the harmonious music. 6 The taste
of sweet water. 7 The head of a big
man. 8 Water of a cold well. 9 The
luck of the unfortunate man. 10 The
pleasure of the fortunate man.
Exercises on the "third" instance of
this Rule, nouns and adjectives aspira¬
ted in the 'dative" are held over till
we come to treat of the influence of
prepositions, which are always used
with that case. Exercises on nouns
and adjectives aspirated in the vocat¬
ive are held over till we treat of the
sign of that case under interjections.
NOTE, — The nominative plural mas¬
culine of adjectives is often aspirated
when the preceding noun ends in a
consonant.
Examples.
Fir ṁóra, big men
Focail ċaoṁa, gentle words.
Leinḃ ṡlána, healthy children.
Urláir ṫiorma, dry floors.
