AN GAOḊAL.
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GRAIMEUR GAEḊILGE.
AN ĊEUD ROINN.
CEART-SGRÍOḂ
DORĊADAS.
Is eigin do ḋeaġ-ḟoġar, an áitiḃ áir¬
iġṫe fuaim an ċeud leitir de 'n ċoṁ-
ḟoġar a múċaḋ, agus leitir eile a ċur
ann a h-áit a m-beiḋeaḋ a fuaim níos
taiṫnaṁaiġṫe do 'n ċluais. Cuirtear
ceangal go coitċíona eidir an leitir
ḋorċuiġṫe agus an leitir a ḋorċuiġeas.
Ní aṫruiġeann deaġ-ḟoġar ceart-
sgríoḃ an ḟocail, agus ċum é laḃairt
go ceart, meaṡ naċ ḃ-fuil an ċeud leit-
tir an air biṫ, agus cuir fuaim an leit-
tir a ḋorċuiġeas ann a h-áit.
Tá deaġ-ḟoġor an réiṫ má ṫuigfear
é go ceart. — Cuir a g-cás bád, tá b dor-
ċuiġṫe le m ann ar m-bád; aṫruiġeann
fuaim an ḟocail anois go d-ti ar mád;
duḃairt muid fuaim an ḟocaill, aċt ní
aṫruiġeann an leitriuġaḋ. Ní 'l aon
niḋ níos reiṫeaḋ 'ná deaġ-ḟoġar má
breaṫnuiġfear air go beaċd. Is féidir
b, c, d, f, g, ġ, s, t a ḋorċuġaḋ. Tá a
leitir-ḋorċuġaḋ féin aig gaċ uile
leitir ḋorċuiġṫe, i. —
Tá b
dorċuiġṫe le m,
mar ar m-bád;
" c
" g
" " g-cinn;
"d "
n "
" n-dán; "
f "
ḃ "
" ḃ fuil;
" g
" n
" " n-gort:
" p
" b
" " b-pian;
" s
" t
" " t-slat;
" t
" d
" " d-tír'
RIAĠLAḊ ĊUM DEAĠ-ḞOĠARAIḂ.
Dorċuiġeann an t-airtiogal 'san
g-cás dúbalta geinte; mar, caṫair na
ḃ-laṫ: dorċuiġeann an cás dúbalta seil-
ḃiġṫe ḟór-ainmiġṫe, ar, bur, a, an ċeud
ċoṁ-ḟoġar de 'n ḟocail a ṫigeas na
n-diaiġ, marar g-cos ; ḃur d-talaṁ; a
b-pian.
IRISH GRAMMAR.
FIRST PART.
ORTHOGRAPHY.
ECLIPSIS.
Euphony requires the suppression
of the sound of certain initial conson-
ants and the substitution of other con-
sonants whose sound are more agreea-
ble to the ear. A hyphen is generally
placed between the eclipsing letter
and the eclipsed one Eclipsis does no,
change the orthography of the worde
and, to sound it correctly, assume the
eclipsing letter to be the initial letter
of the eclipsed word for the time being
and omit the consideration of the pro-
per one.
Eclipsis is quite simple if fully con-
sidered, Bád, a boat, is pronounced
bawdh; ar m-bád is pronounced ar
mawdh; the sound of b is suppressed
altogether. We find from experience
that eclipsis frighten beginners consid-
erably. It is the simplest thing in the
world. Take “that” for instance;
now, if we, in our mind, substitute w
for the t, we have the sound “what”
Eclipsis is just as simple.
b, c, d, f, g, p, s and t may be eclip-
sed. Every eclipsed consonant has its
eclipsing letter, thus.—
b is eclipsed by
m, as
ar m-bḃd, our boat;
c " "
g, "
" g-cinn, " head;
d " "
n, "
" n-dán, " poem;
f " "
ḃ "
" ḃ-fuil, " blood;
g " "
d, "
" n-gorg, " field;
p " "
b, "
" b-peann, " pen;
s " "
t, "
an t-slat, the rod;
t "
d, as,
ar d-tír, our country
Rules for Eclipsis.
The article causes eclipsis of the.
noun in the genitive plural; as caṫair
na ḃ-flaṫ, the city of the princes.
The plural possessive pronouns ar,
our; ḃur, your; a, their, eclipse the in-
itial consonant of the word which fol-
lows them if it be eclipsible; as ar g-cos
our foot; ḃur d-talaṁ, your ground;
a b-pian, their pain.
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