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BRIATHRADAIR
GAIDHLIG AGUS BEURLA.
A, a
A, a, the first letter of the alphabet, called
by the Irish anfhalm, the elm tree.
A', the gen. and dat. naas. and the nom. and
dat. fem. of the article, the ; used before
three of the labials, b, m, p, and the tivo
palatals, e, g, when aspirated ; a.s, a' ehoin,
of the dog; a' mhathair, the mother ; a'
phàisde, of the child ; a' ghruagach, the
damsel : the fourth labial, f, takes an ;
as, an fhir, of the man ; anfhaobruinn,
of the large anide ; a« fhradhairc, qft/ie
eye.^ight; an fheantagach, the nettle;
an f hiolair, the eagle.
The aspiration of the f, in these and simi-
lar instances, is the cause of many cor-
ruptions : henfe, àile instead of fiile,
smell; radharc instead of fradharc, eye-
sight ; àradh in place of faradh, a ladder ;
aile nan tairnean, instead of fail nan
taimean, the print of the nails, &c. ; but
Dr. N. M'Leod has very properly restor-
ed fradharc, and many other words, to
their correct orthography, paying no re-
gard to the corrupt manner in which they
were written formerly. In some places
of Argyie, faile, the gen, is used in place
of the nom. fail : 2. a', the sign of the pre-
sent paitjciple (for ag) ; used before con-
sonants ; as, a' fas, growing ; a' dùnadh,
shutting; a' dol, going: 3. a', contrac-
tion for arm ; as, a'd' cheann, in thy head.
A, a, pos. pro. his, her, hers, its : a mhae,
his son ; a nighean, Jiis daughter; a mac,
her son; a nighean, her daughter; el-
lipsed before fh, and a vowel in the
mas.; as, 'fhalt, his hair; 'aghaidli, his
countenance : in the feminine an h is in-
terposed between the pronoun and noun ;
as, a h-each, her horse; a h-eun, her
bird. When a consonant comes after the
f h, the pronoun is retained in the mas. ;
as, a f hluiche, his, or its wetness ; pro-
nounced, ul-lùèch-à : 2. a, sign of the
infinitive; as, a bhualadh, to strihe; a
cheangal an duine, to bind the man ; 5. a.
ABARRACH
è, prep, out, out of; a tigh na daorsa,
out of the house of bondage ; a baile,
out of town, from home : 4. a, sign of the
vocative; as, èirich, a \a.o\ch, rise hero:
5. a, relative pro. who, which, that, and
what ; as, a' bhean a bha, the woman
who ivas ; an eù a bha, the dog thai was.
Ab, Xb, n. m. an abbot ; an ni ni an dara
h-aba subhach, ni e dubhacli an t-aba
eile, what makes the one abbot glad,
makes the other abbot sad : abair tii
uairean Mac an Aba, gun do chab a dhun-
adh, repeat thrice the surname, MacNabb
u'jthout shutting your gab. Cond.
Abab, ab-ab', int. fie ! pshaw ! shame •
n. m. filth, dirt.
Ababach, ab-alZ-ach, a. filthy, dirty.
Ababachd, ab-ab'-aehg, n.f. filthiness, dirt.
Ababardaich, ab'-aiy-ardd-ech, n.f. a dis-
gusting repetition of abab.
Abachd, ab'-achg, contraction of abiudh-
eachd, ripeness ; pertness.
Abaid, ab'-àj, n.f. an abbey; a' triall thun
na h-abaid, strolling to the abbey. St.
Abaideachd, alZ-aj-achg, n.f. abbacy.
Abaideal, ab'-ej-all, n.f. the cohc. Lw.
Abaidealach, ab'-ej-all-ach, a. griping.
Abaidealachd, ab'.èj-al-achg, n.f. grip.
ing.
Abair, ab'-èr, r. say, afErm, express; na
h-abair ach beag, is abair gu maith, say
but little, and say that little well.
Abairt, ab'-art3, n.f. babbling, recrimina-
tion, scolding. Is. Politeness, an idiom,
Sh. Ir.
Abalt, ab'-aUt, a. expert, proficient, mas-
terly, very able. Isd.
Abaltacud, àb'-allt-àchg, n.f. proficiency
dexterity, uncommon skill ; strength.
Abaltariie, àb'-allt-èch-à, n. ?«. a profi-
cient, an adept, duine sgileij.
Abardaih, àb'-ar-ddar2, n. m. a dictionary
Sh.
Abarrach, ab'-arr-ach, a. indelicate, a; »
female; n.f a bold masculine female.
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