AN GAOḊAL
105
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
TWELFTH LESSON.
ADOPTED FROM BOURKE'S.
Pronounced.
arán, bread, rawn.
bán, white, bawn.
borb, haughty, proud, burb.
bláṫ, blossom, flower, blaw.
dóiġ, opinion, expectation, dhoughey.
feoil, meat, feo-il.
flaiṫ, a prince, flagh.
fós, yet, fo-us.
gealeċ, the moon, gealough.
leiġ, read (thou), lhay.
liaġ, a physician. lhee-ah.
luċ, a mouse, lugh.
lonraċ, bright, shining, lunraugh.
luaiṫ, ashes, lhoo-igh.
luas, swiftness, lhua-iss.
lus, an herb, lhuss.
maoṫ, soft, mild, tender. mu-ee (short.
moḋ, manner, form, respect, muh.
neaṁ, heaven, nhuv.
roṫa, wheel ro-hah,
riaṁ, ever, up to this time. rhee-uv.
saiṫ, plenty, enough, sawigh.
sgiaṁ, beauty, skee-uv.
suiġ, sit (thou), segh.
teiṫ, hot; flee thou, theh.
tiuġ, thick, plenty, thuy.
traiġ, the shore at low water, thra-igh.
treaḃ, a tribe, thray-uv.
treiṫ, feeble, ignorant, threh.
triaṫ, a Lord, a high wave, a hill, thir-
[ee
troiḋ, a foot, thro-igh.
uaċt, a will or testament, oo-acthth.
uair, hour: an uair, when ooa-irh.
uisge, water, ush-ke.
Recent returns show the population of France
be 37.672.048.
1. Tá an lá breáġ. 2. Biḋeann an
ṁí seo breáġ. 3. Tá mo ṁoc óg. 4.
Ḃ-fuil mo ṁoc óg? 5. Ní ḃ-fuil sé óg
6. Bíḋeann sé suas moċ. 7. Ní ḃiḋ-
eann sé suas moċ. 8. Ḃ-fuil gaċ fear
maiṫ? 9. Ní ḃ-fuil gaċ cat liaṫ no
duḃ. 10. Tá Dia maiṫ. 11. Cia ṡé
Dia? 12. Cia an niḋ neaṁ? 13. Tá
soġ air neaṁ. Ḃ-fuil an t-áḋ ort?
Ní ḃ-fuil an t-áḋ orm. Tá an mi-áḋ
orm. Ḃ-fuil gráḋ agad orm? Ni ḃ-fuil
gráḋ agam ort. Tá gráḋ agam air
Ḋia, agus tá gráḋ aig Dia orm. 20.
Tá gráḋ aig Dia air gaċ duine. Is riġ
Dia air neaṁ agus air trlaṁ. Tá an
gort buiḋe agus bán. Tá an oiġ óg
agus maoṫ. Biḋeann áḋ air an muin-
tir ṁaiṫ. 25. Ḃ-fuilir maiṫ 'nuair a
tá an t-áḋ ort? Níor raḃ an t-áḋ orm
a riaṁ, agus is doiġ liom go ḃ-fuilim
maiṫ. Ḃ-fuil an ġrian lonraċ? ḃ-fuil
agad arán geal? 30. Tá; mo ṡaiṫ ;
agus bainne. Ḃ-fuil agad do ṡaiṫ de
gaċ niḋ? Tá, tá tú ċo fial le flaiṫ.
1. The day is fine. 2. This month is wont to
be fine. 3. My son is young. 4. Is my son young
5. He is not young. 6. He is wont te be up early
7. He is not wont to be up early. 8. Is every man
good? 9. Every cat is not grey nor black. 10.
God is good. 11. Who is God? 12. Wnat is hea-
ven ? 13. There is happiness in heaven. Are you
lucky ( is there luck on you) ? No, I
am unlucky. Do you love me? I do not love
you. I love God, and God loves me. 20. God loves
every person. God is king in heaven and on
earth. The field is yellow and white. The virgin
is young and mild. Luck attends those that are
good. 25. Are you good when you are lucky?
I was never lucky, yet I am of opinion that I am
good. Is the sun bright? The sun is bright.
Have you got white bread? 29; I have plenty,
and milk. have enough of every thing ? I have ;
you are as generous as a prince.
The late Archbishop McHale writing from his
native home in 1834 thus compares its stream
with those of Rome and Greece —
"Air ṡruṫaiḃ na Róiṁe 'gus na n-greug,
Ḃeir Tobar na ḃ-Fian síorḃarr go heug:
D' Ḟian 's d' ḟíoruisge g-coṁnuiḋe lán,
'S tá maġ súġ caora-fíona slán,
Do ṫug do 'n ḃaile ainm 's cáil,
Ó d' ól as Fiana Innis Fáil."
Send Sixty Cents for the GAEL for
a year; it will teach you something of
the language which tyranny compelled
your forefathers to neglect.
