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AN GAOḊAL.
GRAIMEUR GAEḊILGE.
AN ĊEUD ROINN.
CEART-SGRÍOḂ.
DORĊADAS — Leanuiġṫe.
Tá 'n ċeud ċoṁ-ḟoġar de 'n ḃriaṫair
dorċuiġṫe a n-diaiġ na g-ceist-ḋaid a,
an, cá, naċ; agus mar an g-ceudna, n-
diaiḋ muna, iar, dá. 'Nuair a ṫosuiġeas
ofcal leis an ḃ-foġar, tá n curṫaḋ
roiṁe anns gaċ h-uile ṁoḋ a m-beiḋeaḋ
an coṁ-ḟoġar dorċuiġṫe-
CAOLUĠAḊ.
Má ṫiġeann coṁ-ḟoġar no coṁ-ḟoġair
eidir ḋá ḟoġara, caiṫfiḋ na foġair a
ḃeiṫ de 'n ċineál ceudna, se sin, leaṫan
no caol. Anns an bh-focal, pobul, tá 'n
t-o agus an u leaṫan ; tá poibliġe bain-
te ar an bh-focal seo, no tá se a ċás
geinte, agus mar ṫoigeas se foġar caol
an a ḋeireaḋ, caiṫfiġeas foġar caol a
ċuir a n-ḋiaiḋ an o, ionnus go m-beiḋ-
eaḋ an leithriuġaḋ do réir an riaġlaḋ,
leaṫan le leaṫan agus caol le caol.
Air an áḋḃar sin, 'nuair a meuduiġ-
ṫear fréim-ḟocal le coiṁ-ċeangal no le
díoċlaonaḋ, caiṫfiḋ a ḟoġar deireaḋ a
ḃeiṫ de 'n cineál ceudna agus do ḃeiḋ-
eas an ċeud ḟoġar de 'n dad a ṁeud-
uiġeas. Má ḃiḋeann an foġar deire
de n ḟréiṁ-ḟocail leaṫan agus an ċeud
ḟoġar de 'n dad a cuirtear leis caol,
caiṫfiġear foġar caol a ċuir leis an
ḟréiṁ-ḟocal no caiṫfiġear an fóġar
caol de 'n dad a ċlaonas a ḋealḃaḋ.
Mar ṡampla; buail, bualaḋ. Tá an
ċeud ḟoġar de 'n dad a curtar le buail
leaṫan, agus caiṫfiġear an foġar deir-
e de buail a ḋealḃaḋ leis an ḃ-focal a
taḃairt faoi 'n riaġal. Buailfead; an
seo, tá e curṫaḋ roimh an g-ceud ḟoġar
de'n dad, aḋ, air an áḋḃar go ḃ-fuil
sé foileaṁnaċ do ṁoḋ an ḟocail.
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IRISH GRAMMAR.
FIRST PART.
ORTHOGRAPHY.
ECLIPSIS, (Continued).
The initial consonant of a verb is ec-
lipsed after the interrogative particles,
a, an, cá, naċ; also, after go, muna, iar
and dá ; when a word begins with a
vowel n is prefixed in all cases where
initial consonauts would be aspirated.
ATTENUATION.
When a consonant or consonants
come between two vowels, such vow-
els must be of the same class, namely,
broad or slender: thus, in pobul. peo-
ple, populace, o and u are broad vow-
els; poibliġe, public, is derived from
this word, or is its genitve form, and
as it takes a slender vowel in its ter-
mination, a slender vowel is also plac-
ed after the o, to conform to the rule. —
caol le caol agus leaṫan le leaṫan: —
slender to slender and broad to broad.
Hence, when a root word is increased
by conjugation or declension, its last
or final vowel must be of the same
class as that of the initial vowel of the
added suffix. If the last vowel of the
root be broad and the first vowel of the
particle slender, a slender vowel must
be added to the root word or that of
the added particle dropt; thus, buail, to
strike; bualaḋ, striking; the added par-
ticle's initial vowel is broad and the
final slender vowel of buail is dropt to
conform to the rule; buailfead; here,
e is prefixed to the added particle, be-
cause the retention of the final slender
vowel i, of the root, is necessary.
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