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140 OF THE PARTS [Part II.
Denoting the instrument : *mharbh e Eoin leis a' chlaidh-
* eamh' he killed John with the sword.
■ the agent : *thomhaiseadh le Diarmid an tore' the boar
was measured by Diarmid.
. . possession : *is le Donull an leabhar' the book is Do-
nald's ,• *cha leis e' it is not his.
• opinion or feeling : 'is fada learn an la gu h-oidhche'
/ thi?ik the day long., or tedious^ till ?iight come ; 'is
* cruaidh leam do chor' / think your case a hard one ;
'is dòcha learn' 1 think it probable ; 'is doilich leam'
/ am sorry ; *is aithreach leis' he repents.
Along: 'leis an t-sruth' along the stream ; 'leis an leathad'
down the declivity.
'Leig leam' let ?ne alone y 'leig leis' let him alone.
Mu.
About: 'ag iadhadh mu a cheann' winding about his head;
'labhair e mu ludas' he spoke about Judas ; 'nuair
* smachduichear duine leat mu 'lochd' when thou cor-
rectest a man for his sin, Psal. xxxix. 11. metr. ;
*sud am fàth mu 'n goir a' chorr' that is the reason of
the heron's cry. Seann dàna. 'Sud fàth mu 'n
* guidheann ort na naoimh' for this reason will the
saints make supplication to thee.
O.
From : 'o bhaile gu baile' y>-o;;z town to town ; 'o mhadainn.
' gu feasgar'^o/« morning to evening ; *o 'n la thain-
' ig mi dhachaidh' from the day that I came home ;
*o 'n la, is often abridged into 'la', as 'la thainig mi
* dhachaidh' since I came home.
Since, because : 'thugamaid uil' oirnn a' bhanais, o f huair
* sinn cuireadh dhol ann' let us all to the wedding,
since we have been bidden to it.
Denoting want, in opposition to possesion denoted by aig :
*na tha uainn 's a b' f heairrd sinn againn, what ive
ivant and should be the better for having.