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AN GAOḊAL.
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 follow¬
ed or preceded by a o u, and like v, if
preceded or followed by e and i; ḋ and
ġ, like y; ṡ and ṫ like h: ċ like ch; ṗ
like f; ḟ is mute and all the aspirated
letters at the end of words are nearly
silent.
SEVENTH LESSON.
ADOPTED FROM BOURKE'S.
Pronounced.
beul, mouth,
bay-ul.
creud, what,
cray-udh.
feur, grass,
fare.
geug, branch,
gay-ug.
geur, sharp,
gay-or.
meur, finger, or toe,
mayor.
neul, cloud,
nhay-ulh.
reult, star,
rayulth,
seun, happiness,
shayun,
sgeul, story
skayul,
spéir, sky,
spayirh.
treud, herd,
thray-udh.
ciall, sense,
kee-ulh.
dias, a blade of corn,
dhee-us.
fial, generous,
fee-ul,
giall, jaw,
ghee-ul.
grian, sun,
ghree-un.
iasg, fish,
ee-usk.
mian, desire
me-un.
péist, worm,
payisth.
sgian, knife,
skee-un.
siar, westward
sheer,
slias, the thigh or lion,
shlee-us.
srian, bridle,
shree-un.
buan, lasting,
boo-un.
cluas, ear,
cloo-us.
cruas, hardness,
kroo-us.
cuan, harbor,
coo-un.
dual, work; duty.
dhoo-ul.
fuar, cold,
foo-ur.
gruag, hair,
groo-ug.
scuab, broom,
skoo-ub,
suan, slumber,
soo-un.
suas, up, erect,
soo-us.
uan, lamb,
oo-un
leiṫe, with her,
leh-heh.
liom, with me; leat, with thee; leis,
with him ; gan, without; lón, a store;
nó, or; is, (it) is ; pronounced iss.
1. ní feur geug. 2. ḃ-fuil seun ort?
3. tá seun orm. 4. ḃ-fuil treud agad?
5. tá treud agam. 6. an reult an neul?
7. ní reult an neul. 8. an reult an
spéir? 9. ní reult an spéir. 10. creud
an sgeul? 11. tá an spéir suas. 12. tá
ciall aige. 13. ḃ-fuil ciall aige? 14,
agus tá mian aige. 15, tá iasg aige.
16. tá srian air. 17. ḃ-fuil pian ort?
18. tá pian orm. 19. tá giall agam.
20. tá giall air. 21. ní ḃ-fuil slias
air. 52. tá sgian geur. 23. is mian
liom srian. 24. ḃ-fuil gruag ort? 25.
tá gruag orm. 26. tá gruag air. 27.
ḃ-fuil an cuan suas nó siar? 28, tá
an cuan siar. 29. ḃ-fuil suan air?
30. tá suan air. 31. is dual bás. 32.
ní dual bás. 33. tá scuab agam. 34.
tá cluas air. 35. tá uan óg aige. 36.
tá an lá fuar. 37. tá an t-im úr.
1. A branch is not grass. 2. Are you prosperous?
3. I am prosperous. 4. Have you a flock? 5. I
have a flock. 6. Is a cloud a star? 7. A cloud
is not a star. 8. Is the sky a star? 9. The sky is
not a star. 10. What is the story? 11. The sky is
upward. 12. He has sense. 13. Has he sense?
14. And he has a wish. 15. He has a fish. 16.
There is a bridle on him. 17. Is there a pain on
you? 18. There is a pain on me. 19. I have a
jaw. 20. There is a jaw on him. 21. There is
no thigh on him. 22. A knife is sharp. 23. I
wish a bridle, 24. Is there hair on you? 25.
There is hair on me. 26. There is hair on him.
27. Is the harbor upward or westward? 28. The
harbor is westward. 29, Is there a slumber on
him? 30. There is a slumber on him. 31. Death
is natural. 32. Death is not natural. 34. I have
a broom. 34. There is an ear on him, 44. He has
a young lamb. 36. The day is cold. 37. The but-
ter is fresh.
SEAN RÁṪ.
Ceaṫar sagart gan a ḃeiṫ santaċ, ceaṫ-
ar Francaċ gan a ḃeiṫ buiḋe; ceaṫar
gréasaiḋeaḋ gan a ḃeiṫ breugaċ: 'sin
ḋá ḟear ḋeug naċ ḃ-fuiġṫeá a d-tír."
