An Irish-English dictionary with a compendious Irish grammar; containing upwards of twenty thousand words that never appeared in any former Irish ... and modern writers: to which is annexed a com - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1821 Excerpt: ...thusa a mhic? who art thou my son? da thusa a inghean? who art thou my daughter? but when a question is particular, the personal pionoun, following the interrogative, distinguishes the gender and number of the object; as, cia he, or cc, an fear sin? who is that man? cia hi, or ci an bhenn sin? who is that woman? сгя hiad, or cid na dream ûd? who are those people? 11. Interrogatives always precede the object to which they refer, or the verb by which they are governed. 12. An interrogative combined with a personal pronoun asks a question, without the aid of the substantive verb; as, an e an Jèar? h he the maní VERBS. 1. A verb agrees with its nominative in number and person; as, do bhuail sc, he struck; do bhualadar, or do bhuail siad, they struck. 2. Verbs active govern the accusative case; as, buai lim thu, I beatjou; do bhuail lu an Jear, you beat the man. 3. The nominative generally follows the verb; as, Ar ttus do chruthaidh Dia neamh agus titlamh, In the beginning God created heaven and earth. But in poetry and in old MSS. particularly the Annals, the nominative frequently precedes the verb; as, Dçtnhnall mac Ciolla Josa ruaidh ui Raghallaigh do ég, Donald, Son of red GiollaJosa, (the servant of Jesus,) O'Reilly died. O'Neill da thabhairt tuarasttail do Thighearna Tuadhmhumhan i. e. do Thaidhcc mac Tkoirdhealbhaigh ui Bhriain O'Neill gave hire, or wages, to the Lord of Thomond, (North Munster,) i. e. to Teig, son of Torlogh O'Brian. 4 Mast. 1463. 4. When two or more nouns are joined together in a sentence, if the first noun be of the singular number, the verb must be singular also, whether the following nouns be singular or plural; as, do ghabh iarsin tuirse agus Jearg mdr Jir Eireand, after that great grief an...

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