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The Kelt or Gael. 41
by changing the termination yn to en, as asyn,
he ass; asen, she ass. Others acquire gender
by prefixing the Welsh equivalents of he and
she to words not otherwise distinguishable.
The plural of Welsh nouns is formed from the
singular, much as in Irish, by internal and by
external modifications, or by both ; internal, as
iarll, an earl ; ieirll, earls ; bardd, a bard ; beirdd,
bards ; post, a post ; pyst, posts. External, by the
addition of a syllable, as dyn, a man, dynion, men.
In both ways, as mab, a son ; meibion, sons.
Some adjectives have three genders, masculine, Adjective,
feminine, and common. The rule is that all
primitive adjectives have gender. The masculine
is in such cases changed to feminine by change
of the radical vowel, as 7n. clws, trim, f. clos ;
m. gwyn, white, f. gwen. Compounds and
derivatives, and adjectives in a state of com-
parison, as a rule have no gender.
The numbers of adjectives are likewise defec-
tive. No adjectives have case terminations ;
consequently adjectives agree with their nouns
in number and gender only sometimes, while
neither noun nor adjective has a case termination.
Adjectives have four degrees of comparison, the
positive, the equal, the comparative, and the
superlative. The equal is formed by adding ed
to the positive, the comparative by adding ach,
and the superlative by adding af. There are
.also irregular comparisons.
Pronouns are personal, possessive, relative, Pronoun.
by changing the termination yn to en, as asyn,
he ass; asen, she ass. Others acquire gender
by prefixing the Welsh equivalents of he and
she to words not otherwise distinguishable.
The plural of Welsh nouns is formed from the
singular, much as in Irish, by internal and by
external modifications, or by both ; internal, as
iarll, an earl ; ieirll, earls ; bardd, a bard ; beirdd,
bards ; post, a post ; pyst, posts. External, by the
addition of a syllable, as dyn, a man, dynion, men.
In both ways, as mab, a son ; meibion, sons.
Some adjectives have three genders, masculine, Adjective,
feminine, and common. The rule is that all
primitive adjectives have gender. The masculine
is in such cases changed to feminine by change
of the radical vowel, as 7n. clws, trim, f. clos ;
m. gwyn, white, f. gwen. Compounds and
derivatives, and adjectives in a state of com-
parison, as a rule have no gender.
The numbers of adjectives are likewise defec-
tive. No adjectives have case terminations ;
consequently adjectives agree with their nouns
in number and gender only sometimes, while
neither noun nor adjective has a case termination.
Adjectives have four degrees of comparison, the
positive, the equal, the comparative, and the
superlative. The equal is formed by adding ed
to the positive, the comparative by adding ach,
and the superlative by adding af. There are
.also irregular comparisons.
Pronouns are personal, possessive, relative, Pronoun.
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Description | His ethnography, geography and philology. |
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Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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