AN GAODHAL
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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
TWELFTH LESSON.
ADOPTED FROM BOURKE'S.
Pronounced.
arán, bread, rawn.
bán, white, bawn.
borb, haughty, proud, burb.
bláth, blossom, flower, blaw.
dóigh, opinion, expectation, dhoughey.
feoil, meat, feo-il.
flaith, a prince, flagh.
fós, yet, fo-us.
gealech, the moon, gealough.
leigh, read (thou), lhay.
liagh, a physician. lhee-ah.
luch, a mouse, lugh.
lonrach, bright, shining, lunraugh.
luaith, ashes, lhoo-igh.
luas, swiftness, lhua-iss.
lus, an herb, lhuss.
maoth, soft, mild, tender. mu-ee (short.
modh, manner, form, respect, muh.
neamh, heaven, nhuv.
rotha, wheel ro-hah,
riamh, ever, up to this time. rhee-uv.
saith, plenty, enough, sawigh.
sgiamh, beauty, skee-uv.
suigh, sit (thou), segh.
teith, hot; flee thou, theh.
tiugh, thick, plenty, thuy.
traigh, the shore at low water, thra-igh.
treabh, a tribe, thray-uv.
treith, feeble, ignorant, threh.
triath, a Lord, a high wave, a hill, thir-
[ee
troidh, a foot, thro-igh.
uacht, a will or testament, oo-acthth.
uair, hour: an uair, when ooa-irh.
uisge, water, ush-ke.
Recent returns show the population of France
be 37.672.048.
1. Tá an lá breágh. 2. Bidheann an
mhí seo breágh. 3. Tá mo mhoc óg. 4.
Bh-fuil mo mhoc óg? 5. Ní bh-fuil sé óg
6. Bídheann sé suas moch. 7. Ní bhidh-
eann sé suas moch. 8. Bh-fuil gach fear
maith? 9. Ní bh-fuil gach cat liath no
dubh. 10. Tá Dia maith. 11. Cia shé
Dia? 12. Cia an nidh neamh? 13. Tá
sogh air neamh. Bh-fuil an t-ádh ort?
Ní bh-fuil an t-ádh orm. Tá an mi-ádh
orm. Bh-fuil grádh agad orm? Ni bh-fuil
grádh agam ort. Tá grádh agam air
Dhia, agus tá grádh aig Dia orm. 20.
Tá grádh aig Dia air gach duine. Is righ
Dia air neamh agus air trlamh. Tá an
gort buidhe agus bán. Tá an oigh óg
agus maoth. Bidheann ádh air an muin-
tir mhaith. 25. Bh-fuilir maith 'nuair a
tá an t-ádh ort? Níor rabh an t-ádh orm
a riamh, agus is doigh liom go bh-fuilim
maith. Bh-fuil an ghrian lonrach? bh-fuil
agad arán geal? 30. Tá; mo shaith ;
agus bainne. Bh-fuil agad do shaith de
gach nidh? Tá, tá tú cho fial le flaith.
1. The day is fine. 2. This month is wont to
be fine. 3. My son is young. 4. Is my son young
5. He is not young. 6. He is wont te be up early
7. He is not wont to be up early. 8. Is every man
good? 9. Every cat is not grey nor black. 10.
God is good. 11. Who is God? 12. Wnat is hea-
ven ? 13. There is happiness in heaven. Are you
lucky ( is there luck on you) ? No, I
am unlucky. Do you love me? I do not love
you. I love God, and God loves me. 20. God loves
every person. God is king in heaven and on
earth. The field is yellow and white. The virgin
is young and mild. Luck attends those that are
good. 25. Are you good when you are lucky?
I was never lucky, yet I am of opinion that I am
good. Is the sun bright? The sun is bright.
Have you got white bread? 29; I have plenty,
and milk. have enough of every thing ? I have ;
you are as generous as a prince.
The late Archbishop McHale writing from his
native home in 1834 thus compares its stream
with those of Rome and Greece —
"Air shruthaibh na Róimhe 'gus na n-greug,
Bheir Tobar na bh-Fian síorbharr go heug:
D' Fhian 's d' fhíoruisge g-comhnuidhe lán,
'S tá magh súgh caora-fíona slán,
Do thug do 'n bhaile ainm 's cáil,
Ó d' ól as Fiana Innis Fáil."
Send Sixty Cents for the GAEL for
a year; it will teach you something of
the language which tyranny compelled
your forefathers to neglect.
