AN GAOḊAL
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LESSONS IN GAELIC.
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
.' XXI. LESSON. — Continued
Translation Irish of last exercise.
1. Bail ó Ḋia air d' obair. 2. Cian¬
nos ḃ-fuil do ċur? 3. Tá mo ċur sár-
ṁaiṫ. 4. Ḃ-fuil an ḟeilm saor agad?
5. Tá an ḟeilm saor agam; ḃí sí (ref¬
erring to feilm, which is feminine),
saor aig m' aṫair; agus ḃí sí saor aig
m' aṫair ṁóir, & nár raiḃ sí daor go
deo. 6 Ḃ fuil an ċré saiḋḃir? 7. Tá sí
saiḋḃir; óir tá sí fliuċta le uisge an
loiċ, noċ atá aig an teorain, no air
ḃruaċ an léain. 8. Ḃ-fuil agad gaine
ó'n tráiġ le cur air an talaṁ riasgaċ?
6. Ní ḃ-fuil, óir a tá agam clais ġaine
ann mo ḟeilm, & is mór an feiḋm ḋam
í air an áḋḃar sin. 10. Ar fuair (per¬
fect tense of the verb fáġ, get) an ceaċ¬
ta buaiḋ air cloċaiḃ agus carraigiḃ na
sceilpe, a tá air ṫeorain d' ḟeilme?
11. Fuair & fós an cliaṫ-fursta: Ní
ḃ-fuil carraic no cloċ nár ċuir mé ann
aon ċarn aṁáin; agus do ċuireas tim¬
ċioll an iomláin cliaḋ árd & fail doiṁ¬
in. 12. Cad é an t-aolaċ ċuireann tú
air an talaṁ ann aimsir an earraiġ ?
13. Cuirim luaiṫre cnáṁ. 14. Naċ ḃ-
fuil luaiṫre-cnáṁ tirim & gan suġ do'n
talaṁ? 15. Ní ḃ-fuil; tá briġ airiġe
ann a ḋéanann an ċré, nó an úir, saiḋ¬
ḃir. 16. Naċ ḃ-fuil crann mór daire
ann d'ḟeilm? 17. Ní ḃ-fuil, nó fós
sgeaċ: do ġeárr mé gaċ uile sgeaċ ó
ḃunn. 18. Feuċ an maġ sin naċ glas
é? 19. Naċ raiḃ sé a g-coṁnuiġe glas?
20. Is maiṫ a ḃeiṫ ann so. 21. Ḃ-fuil
agad d' arḃar uile a g-cruaċ & anns an
manraċ? 22. Ní ḃ-fuil, ḃí an ráiṫe so
an-ḟliuċ. 23. Deir saoiṫe go m-biḋ¬
eann aimsir teiṫ le reultan iarballaċ:
aċt go fírinneaċ ḃuḋ tuar faṫrainne
& aimsir fliuiċe an reultan lonraċ ḃí
againn go deiġionaċ. 24. Cia an t-am
ḃeiḋ sé air ais ċugainn airís? 25. Ní
forus a ráḋ.
LESSON XXII
Adjectives have their first letter, if
aspirable, affected by aspiration, in the
same manner as the nouns with which
they agree, and arising from the same
causes; Ex. Mo Róis ġeal, ḋuḃ, my
fair black (haired) Rose; a leinḃ ḋil mo
ċléiḃ, fond child of my bosom; Mo ċa¬
ra ḃuan, ċóir, daingean, díls tú, my
constant, true firm, fond friend thou
[art]; A ċeinn ḋuiḃ, ḋílis, O der head
of dark (hair)
The initial in each adjective in these
sentences is aspirated on account of the
possessive pronoun mo, which, as has
been shown, aspirates the initial aspir¬
able of nouns.
The same letters, d, t, s, which in
nouns are exempted from aspiration,
when they come immediately after the
dentals, d, l, n, s, t, are exempted also
in adjectives.
Every adjective in Irish becomes an
adverb by placing the particle go before
it. To this rule there is no exception.
Adjective.
beaċt, trim, neat, perfect, complete.
binn, melodious.
caoċ, blind.
crom, crooked, bent.
dian, vehement.
nuaḋ, new.
Adverb.
go beaċt, perfectly, completely.
go binn, melodiously.
go crom, in a bent manner.
go dian, vehemently.
go nuaḋ, newly.
OBS. — Adjectives beginning with a
take, on becoming adverbs, h before
them, not only after go, but also after
is, it is; ba, or buḋ, it was; ní, not; as
ba h- árd do laḃair sé, it was loudly
