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
As we go to press the 115th Leaguer has been en¬
rolled. Mr Mee, of Auburn, NY, was first with his
translation. All the translations are excellent for
the first attempt. Rev. Father Hand of Green Isle,
Minn. writes the best Gaelic script, of the gentle¬
men Leaguers, and Miss Sullivan of Fall River,
Mass, of the ladies. Mr John Howley, Cairo, Ill
is the oldest Leaguer, being 71 years, and writes
an excellent hand.
We expect a lot of gaelic copybooks in a few
weeks.
The conditions for Membership in the Gaelic
League are fully explained in the last GAEL.
LESSON I. — Continued
Translation of Exercise I.
1 am agus ór. 2 ár agus bás. 3
bos agus cos. 4 bán agus gorm. 5
brat agus slat 6 mac agus rún. 7
más agus sál. 8 mil agus ór 9 úr
agus olc. 10 bos agus dorn.
SOUNDS OF THE VOWELS.
[From Bourke's Easy Lessons.]
á long, as in the word "wall" Ex¬
ample, árd, high, pronounced awrd,
answering to the broad sound of "a” in
English.
a short, as a in bat, as, anam, a soul
There is a third sound of a, very
common in the West and South of Ire¬
land — just the same as the short sound
of a in English, as a in what, quadrant,
etc. Example, gar, near; tart, thirst;
mart, a beef.
é, long, as e in where; as, cré, clay.
e, short, as e in when; as, baile, a town
í, long, ee, or i in pique; mín, fine.
i, short, i, in pick; min, meal
ó, long, o in told; ól, drinking
o, short, o in other; corp, a body
ú, long, u in rule; úr, fresh.
u, short, u in full; uċt, breast.
OBS. The accented vowels, as shown
above, are always long.
OBS. 2. — The vowels are divided in¬
to broad and slender. The “broad" are
a, o, u; the "slender" are e, i. The
reason and utility of this division will
be shown in a subsequent Lesson.
Ċ, an aspirated consonant, being in¬
troduced in the foregoing example, we
give here-under the nine consonants
subject to a change of sound by aspi¬
ration, together with their aspirated
sounds, —
Ḃ and ṁ sound like w when before
and after a, o, u, as, a ḃárd, his bard,
pronounced a wardh ; a ṁart, his beef
or ox, pronounced, a warth, and like v
before and after e, i, as, a ḃean, his
wife, pronounced, a van, a ṁian, his
desire, pronounced, a vee-un. Ḋ and
ġ at the beginning of a word sound
like y; 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.
A point [˙] placed over the letter
or an h after it is the sign of aspiration
VOCABULARY.
(The pronunciation is under each word.)
binn, harmonious.
binn (nn nasal).
brón, sorrow.
bro-un.
cab, mouth; the closed lips,
kob
clár, board, chapter, table.
klawr.
car, a friend.
kor.
dán, poem.
dawn (d as th in though)
gé, a goose.
gay.
gort, hunger a field
gorth.
im, butter.
im.
lá, a day.
lhaw (the l commingling
with h as t does in thaw, to melt.)
mí or míos month.
mee.
milis, sweet,
millish.
pus, lip ; that appearance of and about
puss, the lips which denotes illhumor.
rós, a rose.
ro-iss.
sal, filth.
sol.
