ionoll,--ionlat, wash seaċan,--seaċaint, shun leig,--leigin, or leigint,

teilg,--teilgin, or 'teilgint,

cast

rit,--ritint, run

permit

lean,--leanmuint, follow

muint, separate

feuc,--feucaint, behold

feic,--feicsint, see

sgar,--sgarmuin, or sgar- fan,--fanmuint, stay

The following cannot be reduced to any general

rule; viz.

ail, d'aileamuin, nourish | imtig,--imteaċt, go

geall, ---ġeallamuin, pro- seas,--seasam, stand

blig,--bliagan, milk

mise

gair,--gairm, call

sinn,--sinim, play music

gluas,---ġluasaċd, move.

(74)

PASSIVE VOICE.

Every regular verb has five principal parts, in the passive voice, viz.

1. The participle, formed by adding ta, or te to the imperative, active; as, buail, strike, buailte, struck; cas, twist, casta, twisted.

2. The imperative and the present, formed by adding tar, or tear to the imperative; as, buailtear, be struck, or I am struck; castar, I am twisted.

3. The preter, formed by adding ad or ead to the imperative active; as, do buailead, I was struck; do casad, I was twisted.

4. The future, formed by adding ar or ear, far or fear to the imperative active; as, buailfear, I shall be struck; casfar, I will be twisted.

5. The preter subjunctive, formed by adding faoidh, or fidh to the imperative active; as, da mbuaillid, if I had been struck; da gcasfaoid, if I had been twisted.

Regular

Regular verbs are therefore conjugated through the primary tenses passive, in this manner, Imperative active, Baist, baiste, baistear, do baistead, baistfear, da mbaistfid, baptized.

Blais, blaiste, blaistear, do blaisead, blaisfear, da mblaisfid, tasted.

Brugh, bruigte, bruġtar, do bruġad, bruġfar, da mbrugfaoid, bruised.

Crom, cromtaoid*, cromtar, do cromad, cromfar, da geromfaoid, bent. ( )

Diol, diolta, dioltar, do diolad, diolfar, da ndiolfaoid, sold.

Nigh, nigte, nigtar, do niġead, niġfear, da nighfaoid, washed.

Tiomain, tiomanta*, tiomantar, do tiomanad, tiomanfar, da dtiomanfaoid, driven. (`)

Ceil, ceilte, ceiltear, do ceilead, ceilfear, da gceilfaoid, concealed.

Can, canta, cantar, do canad, canfar, da gcanfaoid, sung or said.

Treig, treigte or treigtid, treigtear*, do treigead, treigfear, da dtreigfaoid, forsaken. ( )

Creid, creidte, creidtear, do creidead, creidfear, da gcreidfid, believed.

Tuig, tuigte or tuigtid, tuigtear, do tuigead, tuigfear, da dtuigfid, understood. (75)

IRREGULAR VERBS.

There are in Irish eight verbs, besides the auxiliary bi, which are called irregular; as they borrow various parts from other verbs, partly obsolete.

The following table exhibits the primary word. of each mood and tense, from which the other persons, &c. are formed, as in the regular verbs. (76)

Pres. Aff. Nim, I do.

Neg. Niel me deanam, I do not.

Int. A ndeanam? or a ndeann me? do I?

Pret. Aff. Rinneas, rinne me, I did.

Neg. Ni dearnas, I did not.

Int. A ndearna me? did I?

Fut. Aff. Dheanad, I will do.

Neg. Ni deanad, I will not do.
Int. A ndeanad? shall I do?

SUBJUNCTIVE.

Pres. & Fut. Ma nim, }

Aff. Ma deanam, } if I do.

Pres.

Pres. Neg. Muna nim,

Muna deanam, if I do not.

Pret. Aff. Da ndeanuinn, if I had done.

Neg. Muna be go ndeanuinn, if I had, &c.

OPTATIVE.

Pres. & Fut. Aff. Go ndeanam. I wish I may do. Neg. Nar deanam, may I not do.

Pret. Bfearr liom go ndeannuinn, I wish I had done.

PASSIVE VOICE.

IMPERATIVE.

Deantar, be made, or be done.

INFINITIVE.

Do, or a beit deanta, to be done, or made.

PARTICIPLE.

Deanta, done, or made.

INDICATIVE.

Pres. Aff. Deantar me, I am made.

Neg. Niel me ar mo deanam, I am, &c.
Int. Bhfuil me ga mo deanam? am I?

Pret. Aff. Do rinnead, I was made.

Neg. Niar dearnad, I was not made.
Int. Nar dearnad? was I made?

Fut. Aff. deantar, I will be made.

Neg. Ni deantar, I will not be made.
Int. A ndeantar? shall I be made?

SUBJUNCTIVE.

Pres. & Fut. Aff, Ma ndeantar, } if I be made.

Pres.

Pres. Neg. Muna ndeantar, if I be not made.

Muna nitear,

Pret. Aff. Da ndeantaoid,

Da ndeanfaid, if I were made.
Neg. Muna be go ndeantaoid,
Muna be go ndeanfaoid,

OPTATIVE.

if I were

not made.

Pres. & Fut. Aff. Go ndeantar, may I be made.
Neg. Nar deantar, may I not be made.

Pret. Bfearr liom go ndeantar, I wish I had, &c.

2. Abair, Say. (78)

ACTIVE VOICE.

IMPERATIVE.

Abair, say.

INFINITIVE.

Do, or a rad, to say.

PARTICIPLE.

Ag rad, saying.

INDICATIVE.

Pres. Aff. Deirim, I say.

Neg. Ni abraim, I do not say.
Int. An abraim? do I say?

Pret. Aff. Dubras,

Dubairt me,

}I said.

Neg. Niar dubras, I did not say.

Int. Nar dubras?

Nar dubairt me? }did I say?

Fut.