AN GAODHAL.
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The New York Philo-Celtic Society held their
annual musical festival on May 28, and was, in all
respects, the best they ever had; there was not
standing room in the large hall. We congratulate
President O'Donnell and his brother officers on the
marked success of their efforts. It is evident that
the Gaelic sentiment has rooted deeply in N Y.
All Gaels are committed to the Gaelic movement
and its success or failure will be laid at their door.
Up to this they can point to better results than a¬
ny other movement ever undertaken. Let them
push it and before twenty years every child in Ire¬
land will know the native language.
Owing to an accident we are late this month
LESSONS IN GÆLIC.
XIII. LESSON. — Continued
Translation of Exercise 1.
1. cia an nidh bád? 2. bh-fuil bád
maith agad? 3. is maith liom snámh. 4.
an maith leat snámh? 5. bh-fuil teach
bocht agad? 6. ni'l teach bocht agam?
7. och, is truagh é do theach, acht tá sogh
ann. 8. go rabh sogh agus seun agad go
bráth. 9. cia leis an leanbh bocht? 10
le fear an tigh. 11. cad fáth bh-fuil tú
ann so cho moch? 12. mar atá an t-ádh
air an te tá moch. 13. gabh mo lámh ann
do láimh. 14. is truagh agus geárr
beatha an duine agus lán de anshogh. 15
is cath beatha an duine cho fada a's tá
sé air talamh. 16. as ucht Dé caith bea¬
tha naomhtha. 17. cia shé Dia? 18. bh-
fuil Dia ann gach áit? 19. Tá Dia ann
gach áit. 20. Tá Dia maith do gach dui¬
ne; árd-righ neimhe a tá, a bhí, agus a
bheidheas go bráth.
LESSON XIV.
VOCABULARY.
áith, a kiln, aw-ih.
áth, a ford, aw.
balbh, dumb, balluv.
beach, a bee, bauch.
buidhe, yellow, bwee.
caoidh, crying, wailing, ko-ee.
cliath, a hurdle of wattles, har¬
row, a shield. klee-eh.
daith, colour, dhaih.
dámh, an ox; dámh-allta, a buffalo (all¬
ta means living among cliffs,
wild); dámh-fhiadh, a stag, dhawv
deoch, a drink, dheo-uch
ith, eat, ich.
laogh, a calf ; laogh-ligheach, a cow after
calfing, a milch cow, from laogh,
a calf, and ligheach, licking, lhay
liath, gray, lhee-eh.
loch, a lake, lhuch.
magh, a plain, a field, maw.
marbh, dead, mawruv.
ruadh, red, roo-eh.
dearg, a bright red, dhear-ug.
sámh, pleasant, agreeable; saw-uv.
sleagh, a spear, shlah.
sleághan, a turf-spade, shlawun.
sliabh, mountain, shlee-uv.
sruth, a stream, sruh.
tarbh, a bull, thoruv.
tuaith, the country, as opposed to the
word 'city' or 'town', thoo-ay.
From áth, ford, and cliath, a hurdle,
of wattles, is formed the compound
word, áthcliath, the ford of hurdles, Dub¬
lin; from áth, and buidhe, yellow, áth-
buidhe, Athboy, the yellow ford; áth and
cinn, the plural of ceann, head, áthchinn,
Headford; áth, and dara, the possess¬
ive case of dair, oak — Adare; from áth
and na righ, possessive plural, of kings,
áth-na-righ. — Athenry; from áth, and coi¬
le, of a wood, — Woodford; from áth,
and luan, of warriors, — Athlone; from
beul, mouth, and, áth, and leathan, wide,
Ballylahon; from áth, and liag, a rock,
Ballyleague, on the Shannon
Exercice 1.
Translate —
1. Is the cow red and is the calf black? 22. The
cow is not red, but she is yellow ; and the calf is
not black, but gray and white. 3. Is the child
dumb? 4. The child is not dumb. 5. Is there a
ford at the mouth of the lake? 6. There is not
a ford in it. 7. Is that a plain or a lake? 8. It
is neither a plain nor a lake; it is a mountain. 9.
What color do you like (is pleasing with you),
yellow, bright, grey, or red? 10. I like the yel¬
low. 11. What use (feidhm) have we of (with)
the spear, or of the turf-spade? 12. We have
great use (of) with it. 13. Are you cold (is cold
on you)? 14. I am not cold (cold is not on me).
15. Do you like a drink (is drink good with thee),
( an maith leat deoch? ) 16. Is the grass wet with
dew? 17. The grass is wet with dew. 18. Have
you an ox and a bull? 19. I have not an ox and
a bull, nor a buffalo; but I have only a cow and a
grey calf. 20. What color is the cow (is on the
cow)? 21. Yellow. 22. Yellow is a good color.
23. What is a mountain? 24. A mountain is a
high hill. 25. You are lucky and happy.
[The conjugation of the verb, To be, will be
commenced in next lesson.]
