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SELF-INSTRUCTION

IRISH.

299

2lni

AT)

rbéjb;

of the

highest (kind) bV

mé^b; as,

b-iiU]l

5]ii^6 &'a

rbtiib,

uac

b-r.A5Ai)i) ^uac

most !

b'A

Tl&llt.

(4.)

There

is no love

it ever

so ardent, that is not

succeeded

proportionate hate.

[_2lr)

|iub

be.

2li|i

feAbAi*

; b'A

feAbA|*

b]A6

i]*

^eiv|i]t

c^aII,

though

food is good sense is

better

—

Infinite

x_ .

Wisdom

replied to the

tempter

: not by

bread

*''

a/one doth man live. 'Civ ]-e

aiji

frSAbAf,

itisin

the best state.

peA]t]i

Tr)A]tcui5eAcc

A]t

5AbA]t

'r)ic

co]f|6eACc

b'A

freAbAf.

(6.)

The

same,

alike, c&Abi^A,

at)

ttl^

ceAbijA;

^oi^rjAi;,

identical;

from

^oi^r),

for at;i;, in, and aoi),

one

—i.e., in

one.

Bj&eAT)!)

be]|ic AT)i) AOt) b]iO]i)r)

b-jOwW

^<^^•

Two

persons

are in the one

womb

and they

are not

alike

(Jacob

and Esau).

pt)i}Ai)

coi)r)]i^6

a'|* e]|*ceAcc.

They

are

the same

—a compact and

silence

(e]|*ceACc

J".

from

eifc,

hear,

listen, listening, consenting).

•'

Silence

gives

consent."

Qui

tacet

conseniire videtur.

]ot)r)ATy'

AOjf,

uAT|*le

A3111*

ciirbAcc

bojb

A-i|i

act).

Identical is age,

dignity,

power, to

them alike.

jl*

]oi)UAr)

^ce

0I 5 civ bu^i^e

ai|i

at?

5-ceAi)T)U|-

SeACc.

is the same—to eat

to drink since a

person

is for

buying.

(7.)

Too much,

iorr)A|icA.

jon)A|icA b'

Aor)

i;i6

ior)r)Ai)

a'i*

5A1;

Aorj

rjjó.

Too much of

one

thing

is the same as without

anything.

(8.)

Over and

above

—

-peAit^t

a|* bivjtix

t^l

p]Ai},

\)\

p]Ai)Ab,

1)]

'I jaIa]]! CO

cjtuAió

c|tívi6ce.

eu5

Uv\

j-CAjiAb a5u|^

|'5Ap|tA6

i)a

5-corr)pAi)<.\c.

Carolan's

lament over the

grave of

MacCabe:

Irish Min-

strelsy,

94.

300

Sl-.LF-INSTRUCTIOIÍ

IRISH.

FORTY-EIGHTH LESSON.

Idioms arising from

Adjectives

—

continued.

Obs.—

This form of phrase

;

you are the better

;

you

are

the

worse

this

;

he is the easier

that

;

is trans-

lated into

Gaelic

annexing

the prepositional pronoun b6

(of

it, for be

é)

to the

comparative degree of

the

adjective;

as,

lii5Ab& Ai;

c]ióCv\iiie

jiopjr),

mercy

not the less-of-it

(the fact

being) distributed. The sentence is thus

analized

cftocAifte,

sul)ject or nominative;

bi5A,

less—irr.

comparative

of beA3,

little; be, of it, prepositional pronoun

subjoined to

lu5A

;

110]

t;i),

a verbal

noun, in opposition

the pronoun

é,

understood

be.

VOCABULARY.

Curt;Ann, m.

(from

and

ti)Aoi),

session.

(Coii)AO|i)

spelled also

wealth, substance

;

from

cuhjaoif).

is derived, like

its

and

n)éin,

mind),

according

the first derivation (not

unlike

that of the

Latin communis i.e.,

conmunus), it means

fellowship,

company,

joint share in

stock

and

profits, therefore community

interests

—

hence

means

what is

common

;

according to

the

latter,

mutual

affection,

hav-

ing

the

same

views,

of one

mind,

mutual

friendship.

Con;AO)ij,/. communion,

common

pos-

Latin

equivalent, from

and

n;AO|n,

although

com,

together,

and

Aon, one, is

very natural and

striking.)

Conj-^oioeAc,

the holy communion,

the body

and

blood of our Lord

;

b-|:uA]n cu comAoipeAc, have

you

received

holy communion

5f)ló]Tti

thou

doest,

2nd

pers.

sing,

from

the verb

soióin;,

—

hence

5T)iom,

act

;

fcÓADAó

also signifies to

do,

act.

SHORT EXERCISE, LXXXIL

2lr)

Ai]t

b-cojOeAi^u

c'-s]\ i;a

rnoc-e]it|5e

Art;AC t;|

"rr)]fbe"

be]C

't^ua

coblAÓ (pr. colloo)

rtjeíxóoij lAe,

whom

has spread the fame for early

rising is not the

worse

(the iiict

ol) his sleeping

till

mid-day.

|-3eul

Aifi

bic

tjAC

peAfi|t-bé"

cuib

a5A|1

5AI)

TUf

in,

there

is no

story

at all of wliich

it is not the

better-of-it (the

íáct

of)

leaving

some

it untold

beAt? curt)Ai?r) le ^eA|i

3AUbA,

2í)a

3i)]&||i

1)]

ireAftjt-bé"

biqc

Bt'l^

co|bce

*Ni|i

z] bo rijeAllcA

2I5

rp;

co\r)M)\) Ai?

-pifi

5AllbA

;!i'.r.

SELF-INSTRUCTION

IRISH.

301

—See "Minstrelsy,"

vol. i.,

pp.

188,

189—

the tragic story

relative

to Fitzgerald

and O'Reilly

—how the peAji 5AII&A

robbed

and

murdered the

confiding

peAji 5AeU\c,

or native

Irishman.

Perchance,"

probably,"

likely,"

are translated

n)obé

(compounded

of rpó, greater [from n)0|t,

great],

and

be,

of it

—

i.e.,

greater probability

it).

Very likely

has

not come,

njóbe

5ii|i

ca]1)]c

fé

;

very likely

he will

not come,

11]

rrjófce

b-ciocpAio

;

perhaps

you are not

quite

well,

wobe

b-pu]l

cii

fl<vi;.

2t)ó&e

is commonly

spelled n)ó]be

those who

adhere strictly to the

rule

co^ol

CAol.

Kote.

—That í?é

such sentences as those

in the foregoing examples,

prepositional

pronoun,

plain to

any one who

analizes

its

meaning.

The

opinion of those

(Stewart,

Halidav,) who consider

it a form

of the com-

parative degree,

opposed to the truth

deduced

from analysis

; to

th©

authority

the

two most

distinguished writers

on Irish and Celtic philo-

logy

—

O'Donovan

and

Zeiiss

and

supported

conjecture

and not by

reason.

An adjective

repeated has the same meaning

as the absolute

superlative, expressed in English

very"

exceedingly."

This is true

likewise

adverbs

fUAjt,

^uA^t,

very cold, cejc

cc]r,

very warm,

z]\on)

cnonj,

very heavy;

t]xon),

z]tOin,

/ery

heavily, excessively

;

iDÓfi

ri}ó|t,

very

great,

iT)0|t-

TT^oft,

exceedingly,

especially,

above

all.

This

form of super-

lative is indeed

seldom at present employed.

Note.—It is

worth

the learner's attention

to observe

a feature in

some

measure pecuhar

the character

the native

Irish

people as reflected in

the mirror

their language.

The

positive

worth

or merit of an object is ex-

pressed,

not

unusually,

asserting

that it does

not possess qualities of

opposite character.

is true that many

examples

this style are found in

the inspired writings;

and

that

act

uncommon;

yet amongst tiie ixish

—

this peculiarity is very striking.

h]] t)vVTT)A&Ac b'

]oi)ii|-iii5

TTAb

cejle.

Is^ot as

foes did

they

encounter each other.

Tfju-be

bu|r)e

lot) bul

«.iptj

Aifcitie.

A person is

not

the worse

of getting

viatic on going

3ourney.

^ll

z]]i 't)a

5t)i\r-

Ko country (Ija)

greater

(in

number)

than a peculiaE

usage

—

i.e.,

every country

has

each

its own

peculiar

customs

quot

ocnies,

tot consuciudines.

302

SELF-INSTRUCTION

IN IRISH.

Tt)5 At)

|A]lUcC

'tM A

])-]^]X]tC<CZ.

The earldom is not

greater

than

the

calls upon it

—

i.e.,

the

highest

position

has its

own proportionate share of calls

and

demands.

EXERCISE

LXXXIII.

"1]a"

av foi)A]*

'í;a

ai)

boijAf

ai)I)

U|tl<vib

t]\'p,

"li<\"

meu]i'\

A]]i coj^A^b 't)a v]\é]-^te

(traits, turns of

mind) fee i;<x

hAO|i)ib,

buAl) CO5A6

1)A.

3-CA|t<\b.

b-10i)<M)iy'

5eAlU6

a'i*

cojrblíotjAÓ (fulfilling).

b-^ujl co]ll

(wood)

A]]i b]c,

5A1;

Ioí*5aÓ (burning)

|:&Ii)

c|tiouA]5

(of

brushwood) ai)i;.

feAjiji

tt)aU (late)

'i)a ^to-rbAll

cu^le

(tide,

flood)

&'a

Tijéjb"

tJAC

z]i<s.-^M)r)

(ebbs),

^eA]t]t

11)

aU 'i)a

bjiivc,

peiijtii

I'l'ijl

(eye,

expectation) le ir)u]]i 'i)a

ciU.

-peAitjt

clú 'i)A coi)Ac (wealth, affluence).

Ar)<\rb

(seldom) C15 cojaó

5^1;

5oncA6

Jt*

Ai^ATt) c]5

o|M)A

5A1)

boil5ío|*

n)ó]i

ai)

5-c|toi6e,

AT)Arb

c]5

c]i<v]5

5A1)

livi)

cgacc

roAjiA

'i;t)

6)^15,

2lu

Ti*

|:A]be

cuaiÓ,

fé

5]0ii|tA

bo ^i)

uAij.

He who has advanced furthest (in

age)

is nighest the

grave.

An Idiom that should be remembered.

Obs

—A noun

the

predicate, accompanied

an ad-

jective

expressive

of praise or dispraise, is

nominative case

and not

genitive. In English, the noun

corresponding to it,

is governed by the

preposition

of.

BeAi)

bii8 be]|*e c|tuc,

woman ojTthe

fairest

form.

peA-|i

ii*

rx)ó c]aII,

man

o/the

greatest sense.

CAl^puill

bu6

biijije

y:ow,

Carrul

o/the sweetest

song.

VOCABULARY.

lilnjplAc,

adj

greedy,

voracious, cove-

tous

;

from

AnjpAl, famine,

hun-

ger.

t)«^lr)eAr,

«.

appertains;

from

bAitJiti),

appertain :

leir.

with,

usually

follows

;

CAS

rin,

&o'n

i^o

|-]t),

ijAc

nj-bAioeAtjrj

fjo

bo,

what is that

the

person

whom

it does

not

appertain,

beiftinj,

Irr.

I give;

6115,

gave:

be;tiiti),

bear or

carry,

which

the

perfect tense is

11U5

;

iui5Af

Aifi,

I seized him,

overtook

him.

SELF-INSTRUCTION

IN IRISH.

303

CuaIai6,

v. per. tense,

heard;

from

irr. V.

cluii),

to hear.

PoalAn),

learning ; from io^lA

(roBlA, learned, which

comes

from

P05,

acquisition,

booty,

acquire-

ments, physical or

intellectual

;

hence

signifies knowledge,

therefore learning.

leorj, a lion

;

spelled

also

leoirjAo.

Rao,

speaking,

discourse

; coii)-ttAó,

a conversation

;

feAn-tiAó,

old

saying,

proverb.

S^nwioI'iJi

surpass,

excel

;

from

r^n,

very excessive;

r-M^uioi

act

with

excess, to

oppress,

overcome.

SAttU3iAó, oppression, conquest, de-

vastation,

continual

annoyance.

5iMiUToeAc, a

jest,

a bote.

SCvi^uijCAcr,

contention

;

a trial

for

superiority.

SAOjljnj,

think

;

sometimes

spelled,

and commonly

pronoun-

ced

ríMn)

[sheel-im).

SeAl,

m. a while,

a space

of time

;

reAl

óeAjifi,

short

while.

Cu]5iiT), V. I understand.

Cul5ro,

5th

dec. understanding,

genius.

Cuiofinc,/.

2nd dec. the

same.

CuiórioeAc,

adj.,

intelligent,

knowing.

'C\x]-^r'\r)zc,part.

understood.

5o-cui5nnce, intelligible,

compre-

hensible.

t)o-cui5rii)re, incomprehensible.

EXERCISE

LXXXIV.

IDIOMS

OF THE

ADJECTIVE.

ACAT|i,

^AbA 5

A3A]r)t} le ^ce^le coti)]tAÓ

A|]t

rjeicib

bAn^eAf

]i05lArr)? 2.

pAbA

beiri)]i)

le]i)b.

3. Cs\b

fA,

—

a acai|i?

4. 2l)v\|t ijac jtA^b

cu-

péjr),

1)0

6eA|ibi*]U|i

)|*Abel

loi)

(fit),

i^eice

irojlArt^cA

cit]|*-

5Tt}c;

b'A

b]t]5

xv^

^f]0]^

lAbA^i

1176

lib,

óiji

bei|tceA]i

5u|i

10i;i;au

cA^A^t^c (barking)

5AÓAiJt

(a beagle)

At)T)

sleAtjt)

5leAf,

A'f

be|c

ca]T)c

ceAí;i;

3AT) eoliif."

SAOiljrr)

^uji ]-eAi)-jx;\6

T)A -poclA

lib bo UbA^jt

at)0]|*?

feAThjtAÓ

|Ab. 7.

y:\OX

A3Art)

XV^-

CjAWOf

|lA|b

X\OX

A3Ab?

TT)|1)]C

bo CIIaIa|6

Tr)e

n}'ACA1|t-TT)Ófl

|iAÓ. 10. 2l|t

cuaIa]]* feAt;-]tA]ce

A]it

b]é

ejle

uA]6e?

II.

cuaIa^.

12.

Ca meub?

13.

jort^OA"

fjr).

i)o cuaIat6 n)e-fré]r) é,

^t^Ó leAC,

3ii]t

jtAbAjf

co'

c]iior)A

le" beAC

co 3l]C

le"

f]or)r)AC,

A3Uf

Aii^p-

Iac le" leoT), 15.

"]orT)6A" ^ocaI

3tteAT)ArbAil

bióeAÓ

A3A]T)T).

c^uce

leoji eolu]]» A]3e

A^ji V)e-\t\h

^3"r

^11^

bAO^riib.

16. b-pujl A3Ab

uAi6e

cort)Ai|ile

ai?

c-|*eAt)bii]i)e? 17.

T,'^,

Ní^

CATr)ceAc

b-r]3 at) o^l,

MiV

CUltl

AUflOf

Al|l feA1)Ól|l,

tlíV

b-AbAjjl

T)AC

l)-b&AT)CAJl

CÓIJI,

Mív b-ob

A3uf

i)A

b-1<^]tT^

oi)ói|t,

304

SELF-INSTRUCTION

IN IRISH.

Niv

bj cjtUA^Ó

A^ui*

T)iv

boTj,

MiV C|té|5 bo

CAjlvXlb

A]]t

ciijb,

^ía

rr)|-rbo6Ari)Ail,

t)^

bó<M)

c|iO|b,

21Y

T)iv

b-ob

TtjA'f

&15]U

biiic.

Sit)

bu[c

corbAijile

ai) c-SeAi}bii]r)e

; i)Ac ii7A]C ai) coit)-

Aiytle

18.

b-ptql cu

Atn) pi)

JfAbéjl?

19.

'C'^\]rr).

20.

"CAitji A

Iftjc

ADO TO

b-Tu|l

A]5

eiTceACc

le bo

6í^Aitb|i<NéAi|i

^At)

t^caI

A]n

bjc

|i<\.&

pe]r)?

21.

"Ml

n7U]i)ce

co|3citioc;"

]-e-fAt)

ye^l

while,

Fliort

time)

a b-'pftA|t)c

a5u]* ai)I)

2lllAtt7A]rj,

A3uf

CAb

At)

n)A]c

tt)ut;a

liA]b

djot

njo

eoluji* Ajje

'i)a civ

A5Ait)-TA,

f-Ai)

n)-h<S]le? 22.

"CAtnuib a^^ corhjiAÓ

Ar)0]y

Ai|t TeAD-jtAjce

A5Uf A^fi TeAt)-f5eulcA|b

;

b-fUjl

•'

oiiieAb

ÍVCA

AjAb-f

a't"

ca A]5

6eA]ibiiACA]it

23.

<De)|i

fe-TAU 50

b-p'-iil

piof*

A]5e

uiof

1170

'i)a civ

asattj-ta;

Acc

be]]iin7-Te

t)AC

b-f:iiil.

24.

(2lcAT]t)

cu]Tbi)]5

a]|i

ro,

li)5|i) ;

"da

n)ol

a^ut

cív]D

feiD-"

6i|*cf]6

rD||-o

lib

le c&]le,

ói]t

beiticeA|t

IjDD

"Ma cAbATji

bfieic

A]|t

5-ceub

]*5eul,

rD-bei|ti6

cAob

e^le

o]tc"

'DUAiit

eifcpi^

T5eiil

TA|t|tu|5eAccA A]|t

5AC

cAob,

add

fID

béAjvpAb

biteiceAti^DAT

CIA AjAib

|:eA]i|t."

25.

jf*

rnii'c

iDS^AD

A]it

A b-pujl A5Ab,

beiji

cu,

5iii\8

tbop,

A-^ny

civ A]5 b'

jDSeAD

ST^ao

Tiioft

o|tc,

A5UT

cuin;Dl5

"Jl*

rDAC

bu]c bo

rbAC

b-pofCA|t

^cc

jD^éAD

bu]c

b'iD56AD

b-ce|3

5-c|t6."

26.

CAb 6

be]ii

bo 6eA]tb]tACA]|i

leji*

ypy.

27.

«DeniitD

Suft

^Ant3

leiseAf

A C05A11

c^uD

Mo A jtiiD,

rDDAO]

bAOC

;

Co5A]iDAC

DAc

dsaIÍadd

rSjc

iiACAj*

Ó b]!*

50 ciiiuji."

28. Ó

fib

ADOif

bneirt)

cejle

b-citeif

ye^y^

(in a

trial

of knowledge),

be|8

A5A]dd

5DACU5A6 ejle.

Silcc

tjIac

uAiiT)-]*e

A15 ^tDceAcc

6uic,

ad coiijAiftle

bei|i

0'Í)ívIa

Piodd

t)'

iDSéAD:

^Aib

rDo

ceA5A|*5,

ID51D

V]^V,

b6AD

biv^i

bejlb.

SKLF-INSTRUCTION IN

IRISH.

305

ríío|t b'

Ajlue

il'olc i-DAfi

ó|t,

t)A U5t)A

lUoF^

't)siít3;

nío|i b'

Aili;e

ru a

5-c]iuc

fAO]ft,

'i;a

í)e]]ib|ie

caoit)

c]m]c.

T)io|i

8eA|in7Ab

at?

c-eu5

;

^jtixAÓ

(cheek,

brow),

SleseAl

'r)A

rWA&

r^S

,(s^^^g^)-

6)líot)óift

^A CAori)

beAÍb; a'^

CIa|x]Aija

beAji5 <D|ieAc

(features)

Súr'^iji?A

A 5eAl

5r)ti

;

bo cuAbAjt

yo b'0115

]*eAC.

^>1v\

T17eAllA6 CU

At) -pole

TT}A|l Ó|t

;

A1)

beul TT)A|l

ftÓf

T)A

5ftuA6

51ai)

t^Cv

'x)

COUP

^ ^^^

-[-elri^TOe

(slender)

feAi)3;

civ

Iat} be

jfieAi)

536

JeAi;."

29.

^^-^cAirt?

at) beA5-con)A]|tle

r)i

TtjeAUpAji

n)é.

VOCABULARY.

Coiti (pr. kor/i),

a crime ;

cÓ]ti,

koirh,

adj.

just

;

justice,

puireog, a

skylark.

nj.\oó.\n)

(pr.

wee-am'), from

Ttj.\ot,

soft,

affect,

to move,

to excite

tears.

2I)e.\lroc,

for

njeAlcocAio,

would

be-

guile.

SeAciT^\U,

from reAc, aside,

apart,

digression,

an oversight,

wander-

ing,

error.

có]f\,

; A]j\

cojit,

in search.

EXERCISE LXXXV.

BY THAT

LAKE ^YHOSE GLOOMY

SHORE.

From

the

Irish

Melodies" by his

Grace the

Archbishop

of Tuam.

VoTjT)

—

" 2lo

CAilfi)

boTjT}

GimonnAc."

21 i5-5leAiin

Oub-locA

lé

tj-a

tAoB,

i^jr

v^n

feini)

r«ireo3

rór

mAii),

2l)tt

bXATi

X\|t&

A^Ue,

01*

c-]ovn

at)

cuaih,

CuAió

tjAoii)

CAo]it)3eitj

Ó5

cunj

ruA]n.

"'dn

beAn,

"í^

A]n

njo

tó]|x,

of b-pujaió

:^ln

i\ic

ro>

nj.béióió

npe

]:eArt>

'njo

lu|óe."

pAftAorv

beA5

CU15

cti^

Sé

cluAin

cleAtA

ti^eAUroc'

TijrjX

II.

Ci\p

Ó5,

»)A

i)-5ottTn-r>il,

cuin A]f\

ceiceAó,

é,

cunj

nu^Al;

buó

buAn A

5ttí\ó.

'r nfofi

com

léj

é,

ho]t

'ijOA céjle

ajs

sjoUa

Cé.

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SELF-INSTRUCTION

IIIISH.

CjA

A]}\

b)Ó

i\)C

Alt

5lUAir

AI)

IJAOTÍ),

Clu]i)

co]Xcé]n)

lé

tj-A

cAob;

CéióeAó

roirt

t)o

rjAti,

IÓ,

t)ó

t>'o|óce

CAfpAiD

rúil

le]r

x\t)r)rA

c-rlise.

Ill-

iillfi

h'A\i

r)A

cfteise

Aijojr

'ni

lujoe,

Céió

cunj

rw*'^l'Wir

a'i*

cunj

tsfc.

21)5

TnjuAineAó

A|tt

tjeAtij, 5A1)

cixf, 5A0

cp.ii\t>

pi\

he]c Ó

CACU5A0 ii)DC\

i:AO]

T5'\c.

2lCC

nfl

AOI) cU't|&,

00 ClAJI*,

pAjtAOfl

5Aec)b

TijTjiv,

ci\ ceAr)ATÍ)A]l,

tAoft:

pAb

ci\

'vn

coblAó,

i:euc 'fA

cftiv

CX\]c

A|5

fjlc

i)A

D-beott

lé

5tiíNó.

iu.

3ai) eA5lA

55\óA,

cTtf

crteA5A

30115,

cuAf

»)A

h-A)Ue

leAo

101^5,

'puAiri

*50

ÓeAltlUIo

bíM)

lAé,

tl'vojlfio

TSepu

A bt^cAc

5oé.

CTtwAIó

At)

ctioióe,

A cí^

AJ5

0Aoiri;i

0111

b'éir

f)-A|tiiU5A6

lé

ij-A

cAob,

C)o

léiti)

seipneAc

i)-a

fivrij.

éejlo

lé

i:;m)Aó

c-rnC\tij.

?l 1^)1

lione,

A 5leAno-&^-loc,*

Cu]c

CC\|c

té

5lArAó

Af)

njoc.

t^o

ii)Aoó«\rt)

njAll é

rtiUAfoe

iÍ)I)Aoí,

&'eu5

crié

5H-^6

cne

reAcii)AU

ctioióe

—

CfiA

5U1Ó

b'A

1)-Ai)^n) beAcA

tucAjn,

t>0

ClOireAÓ

Ceol

A]|t ^Ab

At) CUA^t),

lé

TtAib

ct}0]c

tjA 5leAi)cA

binn,

'NuAin

b*é)|t]5

cAire

jeAl

ó'tj

cuirjn.

•

Glen of

the

two

lakes.

END OF

PART

IV.

SELF-INSTEUCTION

IN IKISH.

307

PART

FORTT-NINTH

LESSON.

CONJUGATION OF

DERXVATR-E

ACTRTE

VERB.

Our

readers must have

seen

some

the Gaelic

exer-

cises

that the

future tense,

and the

conditional

mood

of cer-

tain verbs have been

presented in

form

quite

different

from

that

shown

the

paradigm of

the verb

rnol,

praise

thou, as

is shown in the Twelfth

and

Thirteenth

Lessons.

The fact is, there is a

class

of verbs

which

make the

future

tense terminate in

ocAb, and that

the conditional

ocApr),

and not in pAb

and

^^ait)!).

appears also

that

this class is

no means few,

nay, on

the

contrary, that

comprises

a vast number

of verbs.

They

can,

therefore, be

fitly

ranked under

special

conjugation.

THE SECOND

CONJUGATION.

Active voice.

Example:

BeAT)r)ui5

{beannee), bless thou; salute. In

Scotch

Gaelic, beATirjAjC

;

Fr.

benir

;

benison,

blessing.

IMPERATIVE MOOD

—PRESENT TENSE.

Singular.

Plural.

2. beAwu]5, beannee,

bless

thou.

beAr)T)u]5-A6

fé,

beannee-

she,

let him bless.

See

Lessons

8, 10, 12, 13,

which the meanings

of the tenses,

and

their

inflections are explained.

INDICATIVE

MOOD—

PRESENT TENSE.

Singular.

Plural.

beAT)nuj5-rr)uib">

let us

beAT)T)iii5-rr)uif

bless.

beAT;!)u)5|6,

bless

ye.

beAt^T)u]3-&]|*,

let

them

bless.

l.beAr)r)U]5-Tn7, 1

bless.

2. beAur)u]5-]|t,

thou

blessest.

beAt)ijui5-i6

x'e,

blesses.

beAT)r)U]5rt)u]&,

we bless.

beAT)T)U]5ci6, ye bless.

beAtjoiqjib,

they bless.

The personal

endings,

(1)

^n?,

(2) ift,

(3)

\6,

for

the sin-

gular;

(1)

rt?ui&,

(2)

Cjo,

(3)

for

the

plural,

are

the

same

308

SELF-INSTEUCTION

IRISH.

the inflections

of the verb

rnol, an example

the

first

conjugation.

See

^'-

Easy

Lessons"

page

54.

The relative

affirmative is

beArjouijeAf

; as,

At)

beAtjouiseAf*,

who blesses. The

habitual present, beAi>

i)ui5eAt)t);

as,

'n^e,

am in the habit

of blessing.

Cll,

re,

r'h

ri')'),

IMPERFECT.

Singular. Plural.

beAWU]5eAor)<

beAi)t)ui5-TT)r),

vanny-inn

used to bless.

beAr;t)ii]5-civ,

„

beAr)T)U]5-A6

fe,

„

PERFECT.

Singular.

1 .

beAt)r)ui5-A|*,

vanny-as,

blessed.

*2.

beAr)r)U]5-if,

vimny-ish.

beAt?t)ui5

]*e,

vanny

she.

1. beAT)r)U]5-TT)u]|*,

we used

bless.

beAi)t)ui5-ci,

„

beAWU]5-&i|-,

Plural.

l.beAi)Uui5-rr)A|i5

we blessed.

2. bcAi)uii|5-bA|t,

you blessed.

3. beAt;uu]5-bA|a,

they blessed.

FUTURE.

Singular.

l.beAi)i)6cA&,

bannochadh,

will bless.

beAt)i;ócA||t, bannochairh,

thou wilt bless.

3, beAt}r)ocA]6 ye,

bannochy

she, he will bless.

Singular.

1. beAt)r)0CAir)r),

vannochyn,

would

bless.

beAr)r)occik.,iJa;z/<oc^á, thou

wouldst

bless. .

beAi)i)0CA6

^e,

vannochoo

she,

would bless.

Plural.

1. beAWOCAn^iqb,

beannoch-

amudh, we

will bless.

2. beAi)i)0CAi6,

bannochy, you

will bless.

beAt)i)ocA]&,

bannochidh,

they

will bless.

CONDITIONAL.

Plural.

beAUUOCATTjuif,

vannocha-

mush, we

would bless.

2. beAT)r)ocA]6,?;aw/ioc/iy,

you

would bless.

beApoocAibir,

vannocha-

deesh,

they

would bless.