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SECOND BOOK.
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EXERCISE 3. Dh.
Dh broad sounds somewhat like gh
soft, or y broad and guttural, as saor-
dhuine, a freeman, pronounced nearly
"saerghuine."
Dh slender sounds exactly like y in
year, as fíor-dhílis, sincere, pronounced
"feer-yeelish.
Dh final is silent.
Dh in the body of a word (not a com¬
pound) is silent.
Dh in the first syllable of a word, if
preceded by a, sounds like i in vie or
ey in eye. adharc, a horn, pronounced
"eyark. The exceptions to this rule
are marked with an accent thus, ádh,
luck, pronounced 'aw."
NOTE — In this connection we think
the definition properly belongs to the
letter a, and should read, “When the
unaccented a is immediately followed
by the aspirated dh, except when final,
it has the sound of ey in "eye." ED.)
VOCABULARY.
Pronounced.
ádh, luck,
aw.
adharc, a horn,
eyark.
ádhmud, timber
amudh.
buídhe, yellow
bwee
croídhe, a heart,
cree.
fiadh, a deer,
fee-eh.
gaedhilig Irish
gaoilick.
gaedhilge Gaelic
gaoilgeh.
grádh, love,
graw.
madadh, madradh, a dog,
mawdhah,
ruadh, red,
roo-eh
saor-dhuine, freeman,
saerghuind.
beo, living, alive,
beyo.
duine, a person,
dhuin-neh.
geur, sharp.
gayur.
í, she, her, it,
ee.
orraibh, on you,
uriv,
saor, free, cheap,
see-ur.
so, this,
sho.
treun, brave,
thrayun.
NOTE. We have indicated the pro-
nunciation of so as above because it
is the more general pronunciation, and
because we think it the proper pronun-
ciation : the word being originally, is
still frequently, spelled seo, and ad-
hering to the rule for giving s the
sound of sh when immediately preced¬
ed or followed, in the same word, by a
slender vowel.
1. fiadh & adharc. 2. madadh ruadh
& each buídhe. 3. fiach dubh & fiadh buídhe
4. ádhmud buídhe. 5. ádh & grádh. 6. ta
an fiadh beo. 7. is leabhar Gaedhilge é
so. 8. tá radharc geur agaibh. 9. bhí
ádh orraibh. 10. tá croídhe treun aig
saor-dhuine.
1. A deer and a horn. 2. A red dog
and a yellow steed. 3. A black raven
and a yellow deer. 4. Yellow timber
5. Luck and love. 6. The deer is a-
live. 7. This is a Gaelic book. 8. Ye
have sharp sight. 9. Ye had luck.
10. A freeman has a brave heart.
EXERCISE 4. Fh.
fh is not sounded, but the vowel fol-
lowing it is very forcibly pronounced.
fh is never final, and never occurs in
the middle of words excepting com-
pounds.
Pronunciation.
caoir-fheoil, mutton, kayroil,
gearr fhiadh, a hare, garreah.
mairt-fheoil, beef, mairth-oil
muic-fheoil, swine's flesh, muick-oil.
sean-fhear, an old man, shanar.
treun-fhear, a brave man, thrayunar
ag, at or with; caora, a sheep ; fear,
a man ; feoil, flesh-meat, mart, beef;
muc, a pig; sean, old.
1. fiadh agus gearr-fhiadh- 2. sean-
fhear agus tre in-fhear, 3. caora dubh
agus gearr-fhiadh ruadh. 4. caora agus
caoir-fheoil. 5. muc agus muic-fheoil. 6.
mart agus mairt-fheoil. 7. gabhar buídhe
agus gearr-fhiadh. 8. bhí gearr-shiadh aig
an sean-fhear. 9. luch agus gearr-fhiadh.
10. mairt'fheoil agus muic-fheoil.
1. A deer and a hare. 2. An old
man and a brave man. 3. A black
sheep and a red hare- 4. A sheep
and mutton. 5. A pig and pork. 6. A
beef and beef. 7 A yellow goat and a
hare. 8. The old man had a hare. 9.
A mouse and a hare. 10. Beef and
pork
