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AN GAODHAL
Town and conntry.
Baile agus tuaith.
Night and day.
Oidhche agus ló, dat-
ive case, lá
Sun and moon
Grian agus gealach.
Stars and planets.
Reulta & pláineuid.
Lightning and
rain.
Teintreach agus fear-
thuin.
Cloud and bright¬
ness.
Neul agus lonra.
Morning and
evening.
Maidin agus tráthnó-
na.
Storm and rain-
bow.
Stoirm agus tuar
ceatha.
Frost and snow.
Sioc agus sneacht.
Dew and dawn,
Drúcht agus fáineadh
an lae.
Mist and twilight.
Smúid, or ceo, agus
feascor.
EXPLANATION of the IRISH TERMS,
(Being, owing to Mr. O'Donnell’s letter, limitted
in Roman type of a size to 'justify” with our Gael¬
ic type, and not wishing to abridge the philologic¬
al explanations of the learned and Very Rev. au¬
thor, we shall defer the extended explanation un-
till our next issue, and give instead the pronuncia-
tion of the words above noted, which will material¬
ly help the learner, Ed.)
Pronunciation.
Triínóid, three-no-uidh,
Críost, kree-usth.
Naomh, nhayuv.
Muire, muir-eh
Óigh, oh--y.
Aingeal, ahnyul.
Creideamh, kray-dhuv.
Eaglais, agluish.
Tuarastal, thoorasdhal
Pianús, pin-oos,
Moladh, mul-ah.
Urnuighe. ur-nhay eh.
Cré, kir-ay.
Talamh, tholuv.
Speur, spayur.
Uisge, ish-keh.
Muir, muir.
Loch, lho-ugh [short.
Abhain, of-in.
Cnoc, knuck.
Gleann, gla-unnh.
Baile, ba-ileh.
Tuaith, thoo-eh
Oidhche, eech-eh.
Ló, lhow.
Grian, gree-un
Gealach, gealugh.
Reulta, rayultha.
Pláineuid, plawn-eyidh.
Teintreach, thenthrauch.
Fearthuin, farhen.
Neul, nhayul.
Lonra, lhunrah.
Maidin, maidhin.
Tráthnóna, thraw-no-nah,
Stoirm, sdoirim.
Tuar, thoo-ur.
Ceatha, ka-hah.
Sioc, shook.
Sneacht, shnaucht.
Drúcht, dhroo-ucht.
Fáineadh, fawneh.
Lae, gen. of lá, day. lhay,
Smúid, smoo-idh.
Ceo, keo.
Feascor, faskur.
If the student pays attention to the
sound of the letters as indicated in the
Alphabet and tables annexed he will
have no difficulty in commanding a fair
pronunciation.
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.
It is the bounden duty of every man
and woman calling themselves "Irish"
to learn these one hundred words,
