AN GAODHAL.
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GRAIMEUR GAEDHILGE.
AN CHEUD ROINN.
CEART-SGRÍOBH
DORCHADAS.
Is eigin do dheagh-fhoghar, an áitibh áir¬
ighthe fuaim an cheud leitir de 'n chomh-
fhoghar a múchadh, agus leitir eile a chur
ann a h-áit a m-beidheadh a fuaim níos
taithnamhaighthe do 'n chluais. Cuirtear
ceangal go coitchíona eidir an leitir
dhorchuighthe agus an leitir a dhorchuigheas.
Ní athruigheann deagh-fhoghar ceart-
sgríobh an fhocail, agus chum é labhairt
go ceart, meash nach bh-fuil an cheud leit-
tir an air bith, agus cuir fuaim an leit-
tir a dhorchuigheas ann a h-áit.
Tá deagh-fhoghor an réith má thuigfear
é go ceart. — Cuir a g-cás bád, tá b dor-
chuighthe le m ann ar m-bád; athruigheann
fuaim an fhocail anois go d-ti ar mád;
dubhairt muid fuaim an fhocaill, acht ní
athruigheann an leitriughadh. Ní 'l aon
nidh níos reitheadh 'ná deagh-fhoghar má
breathnuighfear air go beachd. Is féidir
b, c, d, f, g, gh, s, t a dhorchughadh. Tá a
leitir-dhorchughadh féin aig gach uile
leitir dhorchuighthe, i. —
Tá b
dorchuighthe le m,
mar ar m-bád;
" c
" g
" " g-cinn;
"d "
n "
" n-dán; "
f "
bh "
" bh fuil;
" g
" n
" " n-gort:
" p
" b
" " b-pian;
" s
" t
" " t-slat;
" t
" d
" " d-tír'
RIAGHLADH CHUM DEAGH-FHOGHARAIBH.
Dorchuigheann an t-airtiogal 'san
g-cás dúbalta geinte; mar, cathair na
bh-lath: dorchuigheann an cás dúbalta seil-
bhighthe fhór-ainmighthe, ar, bur, a, an cheud
chomh-fhoghar de 'n fhocail a thigeas na
n-diaigh, marar g-cos ; bhur d-talamh; a
b-pian.
IRISH GRAMMAR.
FIRST PART.
ORTHOGRAPHY.
ECLIPSIS.
Euphony requires the suppression
of the sound of certain initial conson-
ants and the substitution of other con-
sonants whose sound are more agreea-
ble to the ear. A hyphen is generally
placed between the eclipsing letter
and the eclipsed one Eclipsis does no,
change the orthography of the worde
and, to sound it correctly, assume the
eclipsing letter to be the initial letter
of the eclipsed word for the time being
and omit the consideration of the pro-
per one.
Eclipsis is quite simple if fully con-
sidered, Bád, a boat, is pronounced
bawdh; ar m-bád is pronounced ar
mawdh; the sound of b is suppressed
altogether. We find from experience
that eclipsis frighten beginners consid-
erably. It is the simplest thing in the
world. Take “that” for instance;
now, if we, in our mind, substitute w
for the t, we have the sound “what”
Eclipsis is just as simple.
b, c, d, f, g, p, s and t may be eclip-
sed. Every eclipsed consonant has its
eclipsing letter, thus.—
b is eclipsed by
m, as
ar m-bbhd, our boat;
c " "
g, "
" g-cinn, " head;
d " "
n, "
" n-dán, " poem;
f " "
bh "
" bh-fuil, " blood;
g " "
d, "
" n-gorg, " field;
p " "
b, "
" b-peann, " pen;
s " "
t, "
an t-slat, the rod;
t "
d, as,
ar d-tír, our country
Rules for Eclipsis.
The article causes eclipsis of the.
noun in the genitive plural; as cathair
na bh-flath, the city of the princes.
The plural possessive pronouns ar,
our; bhur, your; a, their, eclipse the in-
itial consonant of the word which fol-
lows them if it be eclipsible; as ar g-cos
our foot; bhur d-talamh, your ground;
a b-pian, their pain.
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