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AN GAODHAL.
GRAIMEUR GAEDHILGE.
AN CHEUD ROINN.
CEART-SGRÍOBH.
DORCHADAS — Leanuighthe.
Tá 'n cheud chomh-fhoghar de 'n bhriathair
dorchuighthe a n-diaigh na g-ceist-dhaid a,
an, cá, nach; agus mar an g-ceudna, n-
diaidh muna, iar, dá. 'Nuair a thosuigheas
ofcal leis an bh-foghar, tá n curthadh
roimhe anns gach h-uile mhodh a m-beidheadh
an comh-fhoghar dorchuighthe-
CAOLUGHADH.
Má thigheann comh-fhoghar no comh-fhoghair
eidir dhá fhoghara, caithfidh na foghair a
bheith de 'n chineál ceudna, se sin, leathan
no caol. Anns an bh-focal, pobul, tá 'n
t-o agus an u leathan ; tá poiblighe bain-
te ar an bh-focal seo, no tá se a chás
geinte, agus mar thoigeas se foghar caol
an a dheireadh, caithfigheas foghar caol a
chuir a n-dhiaidh an o, ionnus go m-beidh-
eadh an leithriughadh do réir an riaghladh,
leathan le leathan agus caol le caol.
Air an ádhbhar sin, 'nuair a meuduigh-
thear fréim-fhocal le coimh-cheangal no le
díochlaonadh, caithfidh a fhoghar deireadh a
bheith de 'n cineál ceudna agus do bheidh-
eas an cheud fhoghar de 'n dad a mheud-
uigheas. Má bhidheann an foghar deire
de n fhréimh-fhocail leathan agus an cheud
fhoghar de 'n dad a cuirtear leis caol,
caithfighear foghar caol a chuir leis an
fhréimh-fhocal no caithfighear an fóghar
caol de 'n dad a chlaonas a dhealbhadh.
Mar shampla; buail, bualadh. Tá an
cheud fhoghar de 'n dad a curtar le buail
leathan, agus caithfighear an foghar deir-
e de buail a dhealbhadh leis an bh-focal a
tabhairt faoi 'n riaghal. Buailfead; an
seo, tá e curthadh roimh an g-ceud fhoghar
de'n dad, adh, air an ádhbhar go bh-fuil
sé foileamhnach do mhodh an fhocail.
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IRISH GRAMMAR.
FIRST PART.
ORTHOGRAPHY.
ECLIPSIS, (Continued).
The initial consonant of a verb is ec-
lipsed after the interrogative particles,
a, an, cá, nach; also, after go, muna, iar
and dá ; when a word begins with a
vowel n is prefixed in all cases where
initial consonauts would be aspirated.
ATTENUATION.
When a consonant or consonants
come between two vowels, such vow-
els must be of the same class, namely,
broad or slender: thus, in pobul. peo-
ple, populace, o and u are broad vow-
els; poiblighe, public, is derived from
this word, or is its genitve form, and
as it takes a slender vowel in its ter-
mination, a slender vowel is also plac-
ed after the o, to conform to the rule. —
caol le caol agus leathan le leathan: —
slender to slender and broad to broad.
Hence, when a root word is increased
by conjugation or declension, its last
or final vowel must be of the same
class as that of the initial vowel of the
added suffix. If the last vowel of the
root be broad and the first vowel of the
particle slender, a slender vowel must
be added to the root word or that of
the added particle dropt; thus, buail, to
strike; bualadh, striking; the added par-
ticle's initial vowel is broad and the
final slender vowel of buail is dropt to
conform to the rule; buailfead; here,
e is prefixed to the added particle, be-
cause the retention of the final slender
vowel i, of the root, is necessary.
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