AN GAODHAL.
717
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
SECOND IRISH BOOK.
(Continued from page 705.
[a] The prepositions air, on; de, of,
or off; do, to; faoi or fa, under ; id¬
ir, between; mar, like, as; ó, from;
tar, over; tre, through; um, about
cause aspiration of the initials of all
nouns following them, if aspirable.
The adjective accompanying a femin-
noun in such case is aspirated.
[b] When the article accompanies a
noun the preposition going before gen¬
erally causes eclipsis of the initial of
the noun in the singular number ex¬
cept de and do, which in such case
cause aspiration.
EXERCISE XXVII
Examples.
air mhullach, on top. at the summit.
de bhárr, from top or head.
de bhrigh, because.
do chorp, to a body.
do Dhia, to God.
faoi mheas, under esteem.
fa thuairim, in the direction of.
idir fhearaibh, among men.
mar gheall, as a promise, because.
mar mhagadh like, or as mocking,
ó chrann, from a tree.
ó fhear, from a man.
tar phus, over a lip.
tre theine, through, or on, fire.
EXERCISE XXVIII.
béidh, will be.
bocht, poor
crainn, of a tree.
labhrann, speaks.
mnáibh, d. p. women.
seamróg, shamrock
sláinte, health.
tighe, of a house.
1 Ó chrann go crann. 2 idir fhearaibh
agus mhnáibh. 3 air mhaidin bhreágh. 4
ó fhear bocht. 5 de bhrigh go labhrann sé
6 cuir seamróg ann do bhaireud. 7 fa
thuairim do shláinte. 8 béidh an Ghaedh¬
ilge faoi mheas fós. 9 de bhárr an
chrainn. 10 air mhullach an tighe.
1 From tree to tree 2 Between
men and women. 3 On a fine morn¬
ing. 4 From a poor man. 5 Because
that he speaks. 6 Put a shamrock in
your hat. 7 Towards your health.
8 The Gaelic will be yet in esteem.
9 From the top of the tree. 10. On
the top of the house.
EXERCISE XXIX
On de, do, gan, and idir-
marb, dead, mnaoi dat, of bean, a
woman.
1 Do'n chorp marbh. 2 do'n bhaile
mór. 3 do'n doras. 4 do'n Tighear¬
na- 5 gan an teine. 6 gan an fear.
7 idir an crann agus an teine. 8 do'n
mhullach árd. 9 de'n bhárr. 10 idir an
fear agus an bhean.
1 To the dead body. 3 To the large
town. 8 To the door. 4 To the Lord
5 Without the fire. 6 Without the
man 7 Between the tree and the fire.
8 To the lofty summit. 9 Off the top
10 Between the man and the woman.
We have received a long letter from Mr. P. C.
Yorke (author of the Lectures on Irish Grammar,
which are being continued in the GAEL) criticising
the Very Rev. Canon Bourke's letter in the last
issue. It will appear in the next GAEL. We have
not a sufficiency of mixed type to print it in this
issue.
We shall pass no judgment on the letter, but
merely hint that it will be apt to generate a dis¬
cussion which will be of immense interest to Gael¬
ic students. — coming as it does from eminent Gael¬
ic scholars. These Gaels will be read by the
Gaelic scholars of Germany, Austria and France.
So that we would advise our readers to be careful
in preserving their copies lest the issues should run
out, as has been the case with a large number of
the preceding issues.
Since the above notice was put in type, we have
received another letter from Mr. William Russell,
of Oil City, Pa., the veteran Gaelic scholar of
America, upon the same subject, which will also
appear.
