AN GAOḊAL
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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
Sound of the Vowels — long. —
á sounds like
a in war, as
bárr, top.
é " "
e " ere, "
céir, wax.
í " "
ee " eel, "
mín' fine.
ó " "
o " old, "
ór, gold.
ú " "
u " rule, "
úr, fresh.
Short. —
a " "
a in what,
as, gar, near.
e " "
e " bet,
" beḃ, died.
i " "
i " ill;
" mil, honey
o " "
o " got,
" lot, wound.
u " "
u " put,
" rud, thing.
SECOND BOOK (Continued from p. 489)
RULE VI.
The following numeral adjectives
cause aspiration, viz. — The cardinal
numbers aon (one), ḋá (two), and their
compounds, and the ordinal numbers
ċeud, treas.
EXERCISE XIV.
1. An ċeud ḟear. 2. Ḋá ḟáinne. 3
Aon ṗáisde deug. 4. An ċeud ḃliaḋ¬
ain. 5. Ḋá ḟear deug. 6 Aon ċapall
deug. 7. An treas ṁí deug. 8. Ḋá
ḟear agus deiċ mná. 9 Aon ṁac deug.
10. An ċeud ḟear agus an treas ḃean.
1. The first man. 2 Two rings, 3
Eleven children. 4 The first year. 5
Twelve men. 6. Eleven horses. 7. The
thirteenth month. 8 Two men and ten
women. 9. Eleven sons. 10. The first
man and the third woman.
The learner will refer to Exercise XII
(Section I.), on the numbers. Aon does
not aspirate before d or t.
RULE VII.
PRONOUNS
The possessive pronouns mo my, do
thy, a his, cause aspiration of the ini-
tial consonant, if aspirable, of nouns
before which they are placed.
Exercise XV.
Examples.
a ḃráṫair, his brother.
a ḋorn, his fist
a ḟearann, his field.
a ḟuil, his blood
mo ċuisle, my pulse,
mo ṁáṫair, my mother.
a ṁuintir, his people.
do ṗáisde, thy child.
do ṡrón, thy nose.
mo ṫeanga, my tongue.
mo ṫír, my country.
Exercise XVI.
When do and mo are followed by a
vowel the o is omitted, and an apostro¬
phe inserted to mark its absence, also
before the letter ḟ, as m' aṫair, my fa¬
ther; m' ḟuil. my blood;
dúnta, shut; ionṁuin, dear; óg, young
slán, well, healthy.
1 Mo ḃráṫair ionmuin. 2 Tá m' a¬
ṫair slán. 3 Ḃí m' ḟuil dearg. 4 Tá
a ḋorn dúnta. 5 Do ṗáisde óg. 6 Ḃí
a ṁuintir saiḋḃir. 7 Mo ṫír agus mo
ṁuintir. 8 A aṫair agus a ṁáṫair.
9. Ḃí mo ṗáisde astig aċ ḃí do ḃráṫ¬
air amuiġ. 10 Mo ċuisle agus mo ġráḋ
1 My dear brother. 2 My father is
well. 3 My blood was red. 4 His fist
is shut. 5 Thy young child. 6 His
people were rich. 7 My country and
my people. 8 His father and his mo-
ther, 9 My child was in, but your
brother was outside. 10 My pulse and
my love.
(To be continued.)
By some slight pushing all our Gae¬
lic friends could double the Gael's cir¬
culation in two months — Do it.
