AN GAOḊAL.
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The New York Philo-Celtic Society held their
annual musical festival on May 28, and was, in all
respects, the best they ever had; there was not
standing room in the large hall. We congratulate
President O'Donnell and his brother officers on the
marked success of their efforts. It is evident that
the Gaelic sentiment has rooted deeply in N Y.
All Gaels are committed to the Gaelic movement
and its success or failure will be laid at their door.
Up to this they can point to better results than a¬
ny other movement ever undertaken. Let them
push it and before twenty years every child in Ire¬
land will know the native language.
Owing to an accident we are late this month
LESSONS IN GÆLIC.
XIII. LESSON. — Continued
Translation of Exercise 1.
1. cia an niḋ bád? 2. ḃ-fuil bád
maiṫ agad? 3. is maiṫ liom snáṁ. 4.
an maiṫ leat snáṁ? 5. ḃ-fuil teaċ
boċt agad? 6. ni'l teaċ boċt agam?
7. oċ, is truaġ é do ṫeaċ, aċt tá soġ
ann. 8. go raḃ soġ agus seun agad go
bráṫ. 9. cia leis an leanḃ boċt? 10
le fear an tiġ. 11. cad fáṫ ḃ-fuil tú
ann so ċo moċ? 12. mar atá an t-áḋ
air an te tá moċ. 13. gaḃ mo láṁ ann
do láiṁ. 14. is truaġ agus geárr
beaṫa an duine agus lán de anṡoġ. 15
is caṫ beaṫa an duine ċo fada a's tá
sé air talaṁ. 16. as uċt Dé caiṫ bea¬
ṫa naoṁṫa. 17. cia ṡé Dia? 18. ḃ-
fuil Dia ann gaċ áit? 19. Tá Dia ann
gaċ áit. 20. Tá Dia maiṫ do gaċ dui¬
ne; árd-riġ neiṁe a tá, a ḃí, agus a
ḃeiḋeas go bráṫ.
LESSON XIV.
VOCABULARY.
áiṫ, a kiln, aw-ih.
áṫ, a ford, aw.
balḃ, dumb, balluv.
beaċ, a bee, bauch.
buiḋe, yellow, bwee.
caoiḋ, crying, wailing, ko-ee.
cliaṫ, a hurdle of wattles, har¬
row, a shield. klee-eh.
daiṫ, colour, dhaih.
dáṁ, an ox; dáṁ-allta, a buffalo (all¬
ta means living among cliffs,
wild); dáṁ-ḟiaḋ, a stag, dhawv
deoċ, a drink, dheo-uch
iṫ, eat, ich.
laoġ, a calf ; laoġ-liġeaċ, a cow after
calfing, a milch cow, from laoġ,
a calf, and liġeaċ, licking, lhay
liaṫ, gray, lhee-eh.
loċ, a lake, lhuch.
maġ, a plain, a field, maw.
marḃ, dead, mawruv.
ruaḋ, red, roo-eh.
dearg, a bright red, dhear-ug.
sáṁ, pleasant, agreeable; saw-uv.
sleaġ, a spear, shlah.
sleáġan, a turf-spade, shlawun.
sliaḃ, mountain, shlee-uv.
sruṫ, a stream, sruh.
tarḃ, a bull, thoruv.
tuaiṫ, the country, as opposed to the
word 'city' or 'town', thoo-ay.
From áṫ, ford, and cliaṫ, a hurdle,
of wattles, is formed the compound
word, áṫcliaṫ, the ford of hurdles, Dub¬
lin; from áṫ, and buiḋe, yellow, áṫ-
buiḋe, Athboy, the yellow ford; áṫ and
cinn, the plural of ceann, head, áṫċinn,
Headford; áṫ, and dara, the possess¬
ive case of dair, oak — Adare; from áṫ
and na riġ, possessive plural, of kings,
áṫ-na-riġ. — Athenry; from áṫ, and coi¬
le, of a wood, — Woodford; from áṫ,
and luan, of warriors, — Athlone; from
beul, mouth, and, áṫ, and leaṫan, wide,
Ballylahon; from áṫ, and liag, a rock,
Ballyleague, on the Shannon
Exercice 1.
Translate —
1. Is the cow red and is the calf black? 22. The
cow is not red, but she is yellow ; and the calf is
not black, but gray and white. 3. Is the child
dumb? 4. The child is not dumb. 5. Is there a
ford at the mouth of the lake? 6. There is not
a ford in it. 7. Is that a plain or a lake? 8. It
is neither a plain nor a lake; it is a mountain. 9.
What color do you like (is pleasing with you),
yellow, bright, grey, or red? 10. I like the yel¬
low. 11. What use (feidhm) have we of (with)
the spear, or of the turf-spade? 12. We have
great use (of) with it. 13. Are you cold (is cold
on you)? 14. I am not cold (cold is not on me).
15. Do you like a drink (is drink good with thee),
( an maith leat deoch? ) 16. Is the grass wet with
dew? 17. The grass is wet with dew. 18. Have
you an ox and a bull? 19. I have not an ox and
a bull, nor a buffalo; but I have only a cow and a
grey calf. 20. What color is the cow (is on the
cow)? 21. Yellow. 22. Yellow is a good color.
23. What is a mountain? 24. A mountain is a
high hill. 25. You are lucky and happy.
[The conjugation of the verb, To be, will be
commenced in next lesson.]
