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ard, high, os ard, isiol, low, os isiol,

loudly, publicly
softly, privately

From ti, to.

go dti, until

go dti so, hitherto

ADVERBIAL PARTICLES. (91)

The following particles are used only in compo

ain,

an,

do,

di,

ea,

eas,

mi, neamh,

oir,

uir,

an,

iom,

ais,

ais,

at,

intensive.

negatives.

sition.

deoin, willing, ainideoin, unwilling trat, time, antrat, untimely

mùinte, taught, domùinte, hard to be taught

creidte, believed, dicreidte, incredible - slan, healthful, caslan, sick

- cairdeas, friendship, eascairdeas, enmity

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ciall, sense. miċiall, folly

claon, partial, neamclaon, impartial

isioll, low, uirisioll, very humble

mòr, great, anmòr, very great

làn, full, iomlan, very full

sealba, possession, aisealba, restitution gabail, taking, atgabail, retaking

com, equal, trom, weight, comtrom, equal weight in, fit, deanta, done, indeanta, fit to be done so, apt, faicsin, seeing, sofaicsin, fit, or easy to be done

The following particles are used with verbs.

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do, sign of the preter, do buaileas, I struck iar, sign of the preter participle, iar mbualad, having struck

le, signs of the future participle, le bualad, or ar ti, ar ti bualad, about to strike

To these may be added, ma, if; muna, mur, if not; da, if; go, that, &c. but these are more properly classed with conjunctions. (92)

PREPOSITION.

The following is a list of the most usual, and simple prepositions. (93)

Ag, at

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liar, after

idir, between
ionnsuid, unto
le, leis, with
mar, like to, as

o, ua, from
os, above

re, ris, to

reir, according to

roime, before

seaca, by, in comparison

tar,

with

tairis, S

over

timċioll, about

tre, trid, through

um, uime, about (94)

Many relations are predicated, by the union of nouns with the foregoing prepositions; as,

ad tùs,

From ag, at.

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ad tosac, } in front

S

cuinne,

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CONJUNCTION.

The following is a list of the most usual con

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acd, but

DISJUNCTIVE.

na, than

no, or, nor, else, other- ni, neither (102)

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INTERJECTION.

In Irish, as in all other languages, there are various exclamations, many of them inarticulate, used to express sudden emotions of the mind, The following are a few of the most usual.

a, o

as truag! wo! faraor! alas! uč! oh!

mairg! wo to!
monuar! alas!
ceinmear! o happy!
eist! hush! (104)

SYNTAX.

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