AN GAOḊAL.
717
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
SECOND IRISH BOOK.
(Continued from page 705.
[a] The prepositions air, on; de, of,
or off; do, to; faoi or fa, under ; id¬
ir, between; mar, like, as; ó, from;
tar, over; tre, through; um, about
cause aspiration of the initials of all
nouns following them, if aspirable.
The adjective accompanying a femin-
noun in such case is aspirated.
[b] When the article accompanies a
noun the preposition going before gen¬
erally causes eclipsis of the initial of
the noun in the singular number ex¬
cept de and do, which in such case
cause aspiration.
EXERCISE XXVII
Examples.
air ṁullaċ, on top. at the summit.
de ḃárr, from top or head.
de ḃriġ, because.
do ċorp, to a body.
do Ḋia, to God.
faoi ṁeas, under esteem.
fa ṫuairim, in the direction of.
idir ḟearaiḃ, among men.
mar ġeall, as a promise, because.
mar ṁagaḋ like, or as mocking,
ó ċrann, from a tree.
ó ḟear, from a man.
tar ṗus, over a lip.
tre ṫeine, through, or on, fire.
EXERCISE XXVIII.
béiḋ, will be.
boċt, poor
crainn, of a tree.
laḃrann, speaks.
mnáiḃ, d. p. women.
seamróg, shamrock
sláinte, health.
tiġe, of a house.
1 Ó ċrann go crann. 2 idir ḟearaiḃ
agus ṁnáiḃ. 3 air ṁaidin ḃreáġ. 4
ó ḟear boċt. 5 de ḃriġ go laḃrann sé
6 cuir seamróg ann do ḃaireud. 7 fa
ṫuairim do ṡláinte. 8 béiḋ an Ġaeḋ¬
ilge faoi ṁeas fós. 9 de ḃárr an
ċrainn. 10 air ṁullaċ an tiġe.
1 From tree to tree 2 Between
men and women. 3 On a fine morn¬
ing. 4 From a poor man. 5 Because
that he speaks. 6 Put a shamrock in
your hat. 7 Towards your health.
8 The Gaelic will be yet in esteem.
9 From the top of the tree. 10. On
the top of the house.
EXERCISE XXIX
On de, do, gan, and idir-
marb, dead, mnaoi dat, of bean, a
woman.
1 Do'n ċorp marḃ. 2 do'n ḃaile
mór. 3 do'n doras. 4 do'n Tiġear¬
na- 5 gan an teine. 6 gan an fear.
7 idir an crann agus an teine. 8 do'n
ṁullaċ árd. 9 de'n ḃárr. 10 idir an
fear agus an ḃean.
1 To the dead body. 3 To the large
town. 8 To the door. 4 To the Lord
5 Without the fire. 6 Without the
man 7 Between the tree and the fire.
8 To the lofty summit. 9 Off the top
10 Between the man and the woman.
We have received a long letter from Mr. P. C.
Yorke (author of the Lectures on Irish Grammar,
which are being continued in the GAEL) criticising
the Very Rev. Canon Bourke's letter in the last
issue. It will appear in the next GAEL. We have
not a sufficiency of mixed type to print it in this
issue.
We shall pass no judgment on the letter, but
merely hint that it will be apt to generate a dis¬
cussion which will be of immense interest to Gael¬
ic students. — coming as it does from eminent Gael¬
ic scholars. These Gaels will be read by the
Gaelic scholars of Germany, Austria and France.
So that we would advise our readers to be careful
in preserving their copies lest the issues should run
out, as has been the case with a large number of
the preceding issues.
Since the above notice was put in type, we have
received another letter from Mr. William Russell,
of Oil City, Pa., the veteran Gaelic scholar of
America, upon the same subject, which will also
appear.
