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AN GAOḊAL
Town and conntry.
Baile agus tuaiṫ.
Night and day.
Oiḋċe agus ló, dat-
ive case, lá
Sun and moon
Grian agus gealaċ.
Stars and planets.
Reulta & pláineuid.
Lightning and
rain.
Teintreaċ agus fear-
ṫuin.
Cloud and bright¬
ness.
Neul agus lonra.
Morning and
evening.
Maidin agus tráṫnó-
na.
Storm and rain-
bow.
Stoirm agus tuar
ceaṫa.
Frost and snow.
Sioc agus sneaċt.
Dew and dawn,
Drúċt agus fáineaḋ
an lae.
Mist and twilight.
Smúid, or ceo, agus
feascor.
EXPLANATION of the IRISH TERMS,
(Being, owing to Mr. O'Donnell’s letter, limitted
in Roman type of a size to 'justify” with our Gael¬
ic type, and not wishing to abridge the philologic¬
al explanations of the learned and Very Rev. au¬
thor, we shall defer the extended explanation un-
till our next issue, and give instead the pronuncia-
tion of the words above noted, which will material¬
ly help the learner, Ed.)
Pronunciation.
Triínóid, three-no-uidh,
Críost, kree-usth.
Naoṁ, nhayuv.
Muire, muir-eh
Óiġ, oh--y.
Aingeal, ahnyul.
Creideaṁ, kray-dhuv.
Eaglais, agluish.
Tuarastal, thoorasdhal
Pianús, pin-oos,
Molaḋ, mul-ah.
Urnuiġe. ur-nhay eh.
Cré, kir-ay.
Talaṁ, tholuv.
Speur, spayur.
Uisge, ish-keh.
Muir, muir.
Loċ, lho-ugh [short.
Aḃain, of-in.
Cnoc, knuck.
Gleann, gla-unnh.
Baile, ba-ileh.
Tuaiṫ, thoo-eh
Oiḋċe, eech-eh.
Ló, lhow.
Grian, gree-un
Gealaċ, gealugh.
Reulta, rayultha.
Pláineuid, plawn-eyidh.
Teintreaċ, thenthrauch.
Fearṫuin, farhen.
Neul, nhayul.
Lonra, lhunrah.
Maidin, maidhin.
Tráṫnóna, thraw-no-nah,
Stoirm, sdoirim.
Tuar, thoo-ur.
Ceaṫa, ka-hah.
Sioc, shook.
Sneaċt, shnaucht.
Drúċt, dhroo-ucht.
Fáineaḋ, fawneh.
Lae, gen. of lá, day. lhay,
Smúid, smoo-idh.
Ceo, keo.
Feascor, faskur.
If the student pays attention to the
sound of the letters as indicated in the
Alphabet and tables annexed he will
have no difficulty in commanding a fair
pronunciation.
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 followed
or preceded by a, o, u, as, a ḃárd, his
bard, pronounced a wardh; a ṁart,
his beef or ox, pronounced, a warth;
and like v when preceded by e, i, as,
a ḃean, his wife, pronounced, a van, a
ṁian, his desire, pronounced, a vee-un
Ḋ and ġ sound like y at the beginning
of a word; they are almost silent in
the middle, and perfectly so at the end
of words. Ċ sounds like ch; ṗ, like f;
ṡ and ṫ like h ; and ḟ is silent.
It is the bounden duty of every man
and woman calling themselves "Irish"
to learn these one hundred words,
