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xviii Preface.
digm of the declension of ainm (It), probably originally an ant-siQm, but ivhich
was in Old Irish a neuter ann-stem, is also given at p. 116.
Masculine r-stem : nom. sing, athir, stem athar, p. 39.
C-stems : nom. sing, cathir. According to Dr. Ebel (see p. 94), cathir is an r-
stem, taking the determinative suflix c, but Mr. Stokes considers it to be a c-stem,
p. 38.
Anomalous nouns : nom. sing. 6en, all the singular and plural forms of which
are given, p. 121.
At p. 45 a paradigm of tlie declension of the article is also
given. Wliat renders these paradigms the more vahiable is,
that in almost every case the forms of the dual number are also
given. As several of the words declined by Zeuss and Dr. Ebel
are also declined by Mr. Stokes, the corresponding paradigms of
each writer may be instructively compared.
Dr. Ebel's papers are frequently referred to in Mr. Stokes's
book; and as each may be said to, in a measure, supplement
the other, the almost simultaneous appearance of the following
translation of the Celtic Studies, and of the admirably edited
book in question, may be deemed a fortunate coincidence. I
hope, also, that the introduction which I was obliged to prefix
to the papers of Dr. Ebel may likewise enable a larger circle of
readers to appreciate the importance of Mr. Stokes's contribution
towards our more perfect knowledge of the language of Ancient
Erinn.