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ma, aji re hennna — these ; oinma = here. I n
composition hemina and oimna are con-
tracted into 'ma ; as am blyve7t-ma, this
pen ; an leavar-ma, this book. Or the
suffix 'ma may be added without the
hyphen ; as am byzma, this world ; an
tdazma, this country. So also hen, henna
= that and thei^e, appearing- with the noun
as the suffix 'na. Thus an 7nann-na, that
boy ; a gnaz-na, that fellow ; en kuz-7ta,
that wood ; en u7'-na, then, at that hour.
In Breton the identity of adverbs of
place with the demonstrative pronouns is
almost as clearly obvious as in Gaelic.
Thus ainan = here (ici) ; aze = there (la-
rres) ; and <i'//^;^^' = yonder (la-loin). Cor-
responding to this we find ar bugel ma, or
;?;/^;^ = this boy; ann den-ze = thsit man; ar
moeVi-hont = yonder cow.
Instances of a similar usao^e in the non-
Celtic tongues must for the present be
regarded as lying outside the plan of these
chapters.
Now, from the linguistic point of view,
what have we here ? I figure to myself
B
ma, aji re hennna — these ; oinma = here. I n
composition hemina and oimna are con-
tracted into 'ma ; as am blyve7t-ma, this
pen ; an leavar-ma, this book. Or the
suffix 'ma may be added without the
hyphen ; as am byzma, this world ; an
tdazma, this country. So also hen, henna
= that and thei^e, appearing- with the noun
as the suffix 'na. Thus an 7nann-na, that
boy ; a gnaz-na, that fellow ; en kuz-7ta,
that wood ; en u7'-na, then, at that hour.
In Breton the identity of adverbs of
place with the demonstrative pronouns is
almost as clearly obvious as in Gaelic.
Thus ainan = here (ici) ; aze = there (la-
rres) ; and <i'//^;^^' = yonder (la-loin). Cor-
responding to this we find ar bugel ma, or
;?;/^;^ = this boy; ann den-ze = thsit man; ar
moeVi-hont = yonder cow.
Instances of a similar usao^e in the non-
Celtic tongues must for the present be
regarded as lying outside the plan of these
chapters.
Now, from the linguistic point of view,
what have we here ? I figure to myself
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Blair Collection > Vestigia celtica > (29) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/75800734 |
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Description | Celtic footprints in philology ethics and religion. |
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Shelfmark | Blair.1 |
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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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