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AN GAOḊAL.
Ḃáird (Waurd), descendant of the
bard, MacAward, Ward. Gobbán saor,
Gobban the architect, who, according
to tradition, built many churches and
round towers. Inis Fáil, the isle of
destiny. Léim an ṁadaiḋ, the leap of
the dog, Limavady; poll an ċapaill,
the pond of the horse.
90. Leave (the) sail of the boat
here. The music of the bard is (is)
sweet. Hugh Ward went to Tyrone
today. Did you see Hugh MacAteer?
This is Hugh's boat, bád Aoiḋ (ee)
From Inisfail to America. Were you
here yesterday, men? (a ḟeara). I
saw the lambs and they (iad) lying
on the road. The boats were lying on
the island. The floor is clean : do not
put the lime on the floor, as (the) co¬
lor of lime will be on it (air) The ship
will be on the sea tomorrow. Do you
know the song "mo ḃrón ar an ḃfarr¬
ge, is í atá mór, a's í ag dul idir mé
a's mo ṁíle stór?" The air (fonn)
is (is) sweet, I prefer it to the other
air. The music of (the) airs of the
songs. Do you understand the old
saying (seanḟocal) — a ṡolais mo
ċroiḋe agus mo ṡúil?" The door of
the barn was open, and the horse went
in, and the old man was angry. Did
you like (ar ṁaiṫ leat 739) (the)
sound of the music (h-yōl)
Suiḋ síos, i ngráḋ an tsalainn (ung
rau ăn thol-in), for sake of the salt,
for company's sake.
LESSON X.
91. Dative case. This is the case
used after all prepositions except gan,
without, (gon) and idir, eadar (id'-ir,
ed'-ir, adh'ar — all forms are used) be¬
tween, among (and prepositional phra¬
ses, including do ċum, ċum, which go¬
vern the genitive, as we will show la¬
ter). These two prepositions are fol¬
lowed by the accusative case. We
have therefore to see (1) the effect of
the preposition on the following noun,
and (2) the effect of the prepositions
when accompanied by the article an.
92. The preposition in, in, causes ec¬
lipsis (See Lessons 385) Two other pre¬
positions, iar (ee'-ăr), after; and ria
(ree'.a before, which cause eclipsis, are
are now almost obsolete. Atámuid i d¬
Tír Eoġain (deer), we are in Tyrone;
ria n-dul, before going; iar ndul (Nul),
after going; i mbád (ā maudh), in a
boat. Before words beginning with a
vowel, the n of the in is often transfer¬
red to the following word; as, dul i n-
aois; dul i n-olcas, getting older, get¬
ting worse (going into age, going into
badness).
93. There is another preposition
causing eclipsis, namely, go, with,
This go must be carefully distinguish¬
ed from go, to, spoken of next parag¬
raph. Go, with, is obselte except in
a few phrases, as, míle go leiṫ, a mile
and (=with) a half ; lá go n-oiḋċe, a
day and a night.
94. We have prepositions which
neither eclipse nor aspirate : these are
ag, at [S L. aig (eg) before conson¬
ants and slender vowels], go, to; le
with, a, from (obsolete). The prepo¬
sition ċum is very peculiar, and will
be noticed later,
95. Those ending in a vowel (go, le,
a) prefix to a following vowel : go
h-Éirinn le h-ais an ḃóṫair (hash ăn
wō'-her) by the side of the road.
96 All other prepositions aspirate
the first consonant of the following
noun; as, ar ċapall, on a horse, ar
on, upon ; fá (Conn. faoi, Munst, fé-
fau, fwee, fae-in poetry often fó), un¬
der; do, to, for; de, of, from; ó from;
roiṁ, before.
97. Prepositions FOLLOWED by the
ARTICLE an cause eclipsis ; as, is maiṫ
leis an gcapall (go) an feur úr, the
horse likes the fresh grass ; níl an seol
ins an an mbád, the sail is not in the
boat; do ḃí an tseanḃean 'na suiḋe
faoi 'n gcrann (fween groN), the old
woman was sitting under the tree.
98. Notice that after the preposit¬
ions in' in ; le, with; go, to the form
