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CELTIC LANGUAGE. 4/
causelessly traduce it. First, their language is native. It was
one of those which departed from Babel ; and herein is re-
lated to God, as the more immediate author thereof ; whereas
most tongues in Europe owe their beginning to humane De-
parison from the pen of our friend Mr James Munro, author of
the ^'Gaelic Primer,'^ and " Gaelic Grammar,''' demonstrate.
British, or Welsh, and English.
Aber, confluence
Aberth, sacrifice
Achar, affectionate
Achwyn, a complaint
Ad, re. again
Adef, belief
Aer, slaughter
Afal, an apple
Afon, a river
Aich, a scream
Aill, other
Ais, a want
Al, a brood
Alaf, expert
Ailiw, saliva
Alp, a cliff
AUda, a foreigner
Allt, a cliff
Amryson, contention
Amser, time
Anaf, a blemish
Anal, breath
Annedd, a dwelling
Anrhaith, distress
Arddrews, lintel
Asen, a rib
Au, the liver
Aur, gold, firmament
Awr, an hour
Bach, a hook, grapple
Bdd, ?«. a boat
Bagud, m. a cluster
Bale, m. a balk
Ballasg, tn. a husk
Banc, m. a table
Bar, m. top, tupt
Bawdd, ?>i. a drowning
Bedw, m. birch
Benw,/. a woman
Benywawl, a. female
Ber,/. a pike, spit
Gaelic and English.
abar, confluence
Jobairt, sacrifice
acarra, affectionate
achain, a beseeching
ath, re, again
aidich, confess
ar, slaughter
abhal, apple tree
abhoinn, river
oich, a roar
eile, other
ais, want, hindtrance
41, a brood
ealabh, active
seill, saliva
ailp, cliff
allda, foreign, wild
elite, a precipice
iorareason, contention
aimser, time, weather
ainneamh, a fault
anail, breath
ionad, a locality
anrath, distress
ardorus, door-lintel
aisinn, a rib
a, Sth, the liver
or, gold, aur, firmament
uair, an hour
bachd, a notch, crook
bata, tn. a boat
bagaid, m. a cluster
bailc,/. a balk
plaosg, m. a husk
being,/, a bench
barr, m. top, crop
bSthadb, tn. a drowning
beitbe, m. birch
bean,/, a wife
banail, a. feminine
bior, m. a spit, stal