AN GAODHAL.
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Was it a tumble befel your discretion,
Or the weakly pout of a mongrel
That a mass without tidiness without
the effect of joy,
Without appearance, without effort is
become your happy form.
No luxury in the world would I be¬
grudge you
If I could obtain ease from the devour¬
ing
That upset my directing power, des¬
troyed my mind
And spoiled the guidance God gave me
It is what beats me to remedy
This cramp that pierces the liver of me
That scant is the voice I shall get from
your pen
Over the wave though long thou art
far away.
NOTES.
bhuain do, befel him.
clagarnach, noise of falling rain, etc.
faghairt, temper of steel weapons.
faobhar, temper of tools, arms, etc.
bhfeidhil, about
féirm, power of discretion.
fogha, a sudden spring or attack.
fraochda, fierce,
iosbairt, a devouring
magamhuil, funny.
maordha, leader-like.
meidhireach, pleasant.
méirlig, a robber.
mustar, a pout, pettishness.
plaosg, a shell, skull.
sancum, pleasant or effective result of
labor.
sprioc, a spurt for work.
theib orm, beat me.
treighid, colic.
tuiric, a fall.
LESSONS IN GAELIC.
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
XXVII. LESSON. .—
In the two preceding Lessons we
have shown how a verb active in Irish
is conjugated. In addition to those
tenses already given, which from the
employment of a twofold conjugation,
the synthetic and analytic, present to
every Irish speaker for selection more
than an ordinary variety of terms by
which every modification of time can
be expressed ; there are yet others,
formed by the aid of the substantive
verb, do bheith, “to be," and of the pres¬
ent participle.
Present Tense, tá mé ag moladh, I am
(a) praising, &c.
Imperfect, bhí mé ag moladh, I was (a)
praising, &c.
Future, béidh mé ag moladh, I will be
(a') praising, &c
Second Future, béidh mé iar (after)
moladh, I shall have praised, I
shall be after praising, &c.
These compound tenses are quite a¬
nalogous to the compound tense in
French; J'ai parle — or the continua¬
ted form in English verbs; I was lov¬
ing.
OPTATIVE MOOD.
Singular.
1 go mol-ad, moladh, may I praise.
2 go mol-air, molirh, mayest thou
praise,
3 go mol-aidh sé, molee shay, may he
praise,
Plural.
1 go mol-muid, molmuidh, may we
praise.
2 go mol-taidh, molthee, may you
praise.
3 go mol-aid, molidh, may they praise
Infinitive Mood.
(Verbal noun — moladh, praise.
do mholadh, to praise.
le moladh, in order to praise.
air ti moladh, (on the point of
praising) about to praise,
Participles.
aig moladh (at) praising; air moladh
on praising; iar moladh, (after) having
