Adverbs, formed thus from adjectives, are compared as the adjectives themselves; as, From majt, good, Pos. 30 mait, well; Comp. nios feam, better; Sup. no mait, very good, as fearr, best. From lajon, strong; Pos. 30 laior, strongly; Comp. mor Laidre, more strongly; Sup. po laidir, very strongly, as laidre, most strongly. There are many adverbial expressions, formed by the combination of two or more words; as (90.) FROM 43, AT. So, this (place,) ag so, here. Sin, that (place) 45 rin, there. Suo, yon (place), 43 suo, yonder. Cjunar, quietness, ag cjunas, quietly. FROM Aй, IN. Thall, farther side, an all, over. Fad, long, an fad, whilst. So, this (place,) an so, here. Noce, night, anoċʊ, at, or in night. FROM An, upon. Cúl, back, ar gcúl, backwards. lejt, side, air lejt, by turns. 72 Uaire, hours, ar uaire } Sometimes. Bit, being, air biʊ, at all. ar uairib. Eigin, necessity, air eigin, hardly. FROM An, the, aon, one. Uair, hour, aon uair, once. When. Chead at, first place, &c., an ċead ait, first, &c. FROM 341, WITHOUT. Fjor, knowledge, gan fjor, secretly. Eifeaċt, effect, gan eifeaċt, ineffectually. FROM mar, as. So, this, mar so, so, as this. Sin, that, mar rin, thus, as that. Ceadna, same, mar an gceadna, likewise. From ós, ABOVE. Cean, head, ós ceañ, above. Ard, high, ós árd, loudly, publicly. Irjol, low, or irijol, softly, privately. Go dt, until FROM TI, TO. Godt so, hitherto. ADVERBIAL PARTICLES. (91.) The following particles are used only in composition :--Am,---deoin, willing, aimdeojn, unwilling. ---ʊrat, time, antrat, untimely. An, До, D1, ይል, ear, 21, z-munte, taught, comúinte, hard to be taught. -crete, believed, djċrejte. incredible. -rlán, healthful, easlán, sick. -cadear, friendship, earcairdeas, enmity. ---cjall, sense, miċjall folly. Neam, claon, partial, neamclaon, impartial. Oir, An, Jom, Air, iriol, low, uiririoll, very humble -realba, possession, aisealba, restitution. Ait, -Gabail, taking, aʊżabail, retaking. Com, equal, trom, weight, comirom, equal weight. So, apt, faicsin, seeing, sofaicsin, fit or easy to be seen. The following particles are used with verbs :-- Do, signs of the infinitive, A, } do buailead, To strike. A buailead, } A3, 4, or 34, signs of the present participle, 45, a, or ga, bualad beating. Do, sign of the preter, do buailear, I struck. jar sign of the preter participle, jar mbualad, having struck. le, signs of the future participle, le bualad, or An 1,) and bualád, about to strik To these may be added, má, if; muna mur, if not; da, if; 30, that, &c.; but these are more properly classed with conjunctions.. (92) PREPOSITIONS. The following is a list of the most usual and simple preposi tions. (93) Jan, after. Idir, between, Re, rir, to. Rein, according to. Rojme, before. Seaca, by, in comparison with F401, or Fujo, under, beneath Thar, Fuo, among. Go, gur, to. Thairir, Over. Timċjoll, about. Tre, trid, through. (94) CONJUNCTION. The following is a list of the most usual conjunctions:-- No, or, mor, else, otherwise. N), either. (102) 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 truaż! wo! Uċ! oh! Maing! wo to! |