Imatges de pàgina
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AN

INTRODUCTION

TO THE

IRISH LANGUAGE.

PART FIRST.

AN ORIGINAL AND COMPREHENSIVE GRAMMAR.

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English, (3)

Example bán, white

tar, come thou

liomsa, with me

bean, a woman

ciall, sense

cat, a battle

dán, a poem

2 liquid, before e or i, as d dearmud,, forget

in guardian,

E 1 long, as ea in great,

2 short, as e in let,

F1 as f in fan,

Sfulness

se, sir

soillse, light

fáilte, welcome

G 1 before e or i, as g in get, gean, love

2 before a, o or u, as g in

gun,

gorm, blue

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I

1 long, as ie in field,

2 short, as i in fit,

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Example mil, honey

mall, slow

buille, a blow mo, my

duine, a man

ceann, a head
bainne, milk
mór, great
pór, seed,
gob, a beak
poll, a pit

crìon, withered

barr, the top

sonas, happiness

sin, that

this sound is not found tart, thirst

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2 liquid, before e or i, as t

in bastion,

U 1 long, as u in true,

2 short, as u in but,

}teine, fire

tu, thou

cumus, power

N. B. H; as no Irish word begins radically with this letter, it is considered only as a mark of aspiration; and when affixed to a consonant, it is denoted by a point placed over it; thus,

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b, c, d, f, g, m, p, s, t, denote bh, ch, dh, fh, gh, mh, ph, sh, th, (9) The letters are classed as follows:

o broad vowels, (10)

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u

small vowels, (10)

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