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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.
SECOND BOOK — Continued.
RULE III, Exercise V.
clog-theach, bell-house, klog-haugh.
deagh-dhuine, a good person, dhaw-yuine
faol-chú, the wolf-dog, fee-ul-choo.
fíor-bhuan, steadfast, fee-ur-woon,
fíor-dhílis, sincere, feer-yelish.
laoigh-fheoil, calf's flesh, lhee-o-il.
sean-bhean, an old woman, shan-van.
árd-rígh, a monarch, awrdh-ree.
bain-ríoghan, a woman-king ban-ree-un
bain-tighearna, a lady, ban-teer-na
buan-saoghalach, long-lived, bun-seelagh
buan-seasmhach, persevering, bun-shass-
waugh.
EXERCISE VI.
ársa, ancient, awrsah.
Éireann, genitive of Éire, air-un.
uasal, noble; oosul.
1. an rígh agus an bhain-ríoghan. 2. árd-
rígh agus bain-tighearna. 3. bain-ríoghan
Éireann. 4 an faol-chú agus an gearr¬
fhiadh. 5. deagh-dhuine naomhtha. 6. tír-
ghrádh buan-seasmhach- 7. bhí an flaith
buan-saoghalach. 8. chlog-theach arsa. 9.
tá an bhain-ríoghan uasal. 10. tá an
deagh-dhuine saidhbhir.
1. The king and the queen. 2. A
monarch and a lady. 3. Queen of Ire¬
land. 4. The wolf and the hare. 5.
A holy good man. 6. Persevering pa¬
triotism. 7. The prince was long-liv¬
ed. 8. An ancient bell-house. 9. The
lady is noble. 10. The good man is
rich.
EXERCISE VII
aill, a cliff ahill.
árd, high, loud awrdh.
ceol, music, keoghul.
cogadh, war, kugah.
donn, brown, dhonn.
fios, knowledge, fiss.
gail, vapor, ga-ill.
glic, wise, glick.
iaran, iron, eerun.
muir, the sea or ocean. muir.
teine, fire, thin-eh.
uisge, water, isg-eh.
cú-mara, a sea-dog, coo-morrah.
fear-ceoil, a musician; far-keoghil.
fear-feasa, a seer, &c. far-fassah.
laogh-mara, a seal, lhee-morah.
long-cogaidh, a war-ship, lhung-choga.
long-gaile, a steamboat, lhung-gul-eh.
obair-teine, fire-work, ubir-thin-eh.
bóthar-iarain, a rail-road, bohar-eerin.
mac-alla, an echo, mock-ahlah.
obair-uisge, a water-work, obir-isgeh.
1. ta an bóthar iarainn ann so anois
2. bhí an long-gaile lán. 3. ta an long-
cogaidh folamh. 4. bhí an fear-feasa
glich. 5. An fear-ceoil agus an fear-
feasa. 6. obair-teine agus obair-uis¬
ge. 7. bhí an laogh-mara donn. 8. An
long-cogaidh agus an long-gaile. 9. bhí
an mac-alla árd. 10. cú-mara dubh.
1. The rail-road is here now 2. The
steam-boat was full. 3. The man-of-
war is empty. 4. The seer was wise.
5. The musician and the seer. 6. A
fire-work and a water-work. 7. The
seal was brown. 8. The man-of-war
and the steamboat. 9. The echo was
loud. 10. A black sea-dog.
