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adhbo adjective adverbs agam agat agus aidh aighe aireach airgead aspirated ataim athair beag bean bh-fuil bheith bhidheadh bith breagh broad and slender broad vowel budh cailin ceann ceathair ceithre comp Conditional Mood conj consonant cuig cuma daingean daor dative deich Dia dhuit diphthong duit eclipsed English Examples expressed in Irish fear fearr feminine fhichid fhuil fiche gach genitive Idiom initial consonant inter interrog intr Irish language irreg iughadh laidir lamh leabhar leat leis liom long sounds maidin maiseadh maith naire noun nounced oidhche Plural Nom possessive adjective prefix prep preposition pronounced raibh reir roimhe seacht short sounds siad sibh Singular Nom sinn siubhal slan socair sugh suil tense thee thou tigim tinneas to-morrow tri fichid Triphthongs uair uasal ucht verb vowel word
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Page 46 - There are three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative.
Page 8 - The Celtic Tongue ! the Celtic Tongue ! why should its voice be still, When all its magic tones with old and golden glories thrill — When, like an aged bard, it sings departed warriors' might — When it was heard in kingly halls where throng'd the brave and bright — When oft its glowing tales of war made dauntless hearts beat high — When oft its tales of hapless love drew tears from beauty's eye ? Grand tongue of heroes ! how its tones upon the gale uprose, When great...
Page 59 - Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. I am, 1. We are, 2. Thou art, 2. You are, 3. He is ; 3. They are.
Page 28 - ... buaileap the person who strikes. (See also pp. 58 and 60.) 8. The simple prepositions, with some exceptions, aspirate the initial consonants of nouns : as dip bdpp, on top; t>o riiullac, to a summit; paoi gean, under affection.
Page 50 - AH cr-iiiL, without the eye. In the Northern dialect aspiration takes place after the preposition and the article. 607. When a simple preposition ending in a vowel comes before the possessive adjective A (his, her, or their...
Page 59 - the particle a is often prefixed to the present tense of this «verb, for the sake of euphony, or emphasis, as atr'tim.
Page 56 - ... 27 cows. 169. Whenever any numeral less than twenty is used by itself (ie, not followed immediately by a noun), the particle A* must be used before it. This A prefixes h- to vowels : — A ti-Aon, one ; A -oo, two ; A h-o6c, eight.
Page 28 - ... his horse. (b) The article aspirates a noun in the nominative and accusative feminine singular, and also in the genitive masculine singular...
Page 13 - Every consonant, whether in its primary or aspirated state, has a broad or a slender sound, according to the / nature of the vowel which it precedes or follows. When it precedes or follows a broad vowel it has always a certain fixed broad sound, and when it precedes or follows a slender vowel it has a fixed small or slender sound, which will presently be described. This influence of the vowels over the consonants...
Bibliographic information
| Title | An Chéad Leabhar Gaedhilge: First Irish Book, for Beginners in the Study of Modern Irish |
| Author | Charles Henry Stanley Davis |
| Publisher | Educational publishing Company, 1912 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Jan 22, 2008 |
| Length | 133 pages |
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