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
Bh and mh sound like w when followed
or preceded by a, o, u, as, a bhárd, his
bard, pronounced a wardh; a mhart,
his beef or ox, pronounced, a warth ;
and like v when preceded by e, i, as,
a bhean, his wife, pronounced, a van, a
mhian, his desire, pronounced, a vee-un
Dh and gh sound like y at the beginning
of a word; they are almost silent in
the middle and perfectly so at the end
of words. Ch sounds like ch; ph, like f;
sh and th like h ; and fh is silent.
Sound of the Vowels — long —
á sounds like
a in war,
as bárr, top.
é " "
e " ere,
" céir, wax.
í " "
ee " eel,
" mín' fine.
ó " "
o “ old,
" ór, gold.
ú " "
u " rule,
" úr, fresh.
Short —
a " "
a in what,
as, gar, near.
e " "
e " bet,
" bebh, died,
i " "
i “ ill;
" mil, honey
o " "
o " got,
" lot, wound.
u " "
u " put,
" rud, thing.
SECOND BOOK — Continued.
RULE II, Exercise III.
The article causes aspiration of the
initial consonant (if aspirable of mas¬
culine nouns in the genitive case sin¬
gular ; an baile, the town, an bhaile, of
the town.
Pronunciation.
bárd, a bard, baw-urdh.
buachaill, a boy, boo-hill.
capall, a horse, kop-uhl.
cath, a battle, kah.
clár, a table, klawr,
fear, a man far,
fíon, wine, fee-un.
focal, a word, fockul.
manach, a monk, mawnugh.
pobal, a people, pubul.
Examples of genitive case of Mascu¬
line Nouns as influenced by the Arti¬
cle.
an bhaile, of the town; an bháird, of the
bard; an bhuachalla, of the boy; an chap¬
aill, of the horse; an chatha, of the bat¬
tle; an chiste, of the chest; an chláir, of
the table; an fhíona, of the wine; an
fhir, of the man; an fhocail, of the word
an ghnó, of the work; an ghaduidhe, of
the thief; an mhála, of the bag; an
mhanaigh, of the monk; an phobail, of the
people.
EXERCISE IV.
cleas, craft, klass.
dorn, a fist, durn.
glas, a lock, guloss.
lán, the full, lawn.
log, a hollow, lhog.
mac, a son, mock.
ór, gold, ore,
sráid, a street, shrawidh.
teach, a house, thaugh.
1. sráid an bhaile. 2. mac an bháird
3. dorn an bhuachalla. 4. log an chatha.
5. glas an chisde. 6. cos an fhir. 7.
cleas an ghaduidhe. 8. lan an mhála. 9.
teach an mhanaigh. 10. ór an phobail.
1. The street of the town. 2. The
son of the bard. 3. The fist of the boy
4. The hollow of the battle. 5. The
lock of the chest. 6. The foot of the
man. 7. The craft of the thief. 8.
The full of the bag. 9. The house of
the monk. 10. The gold of the peo¬
ple.
OBS. Nouns beginning with d, t, or
s, are exceptions.
Ceithre muca dubha dul Cathair Í Bhrain,
Gad air do ghiall mar d-túisigh tú iad?
