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this Conjunction; as, * nam bithinn' if 1 were : 'nan tuit-
' eadh a' chraobh' if the tree should fall.
* Ged' although, is used before the Present and Preterite
Affirmative, the Fut. Negative, and the Pret. Subjunctive ;
as, ' ged tha e' though he he ; * ged bha mi' though I was ;
* ge do bhuail thu mi' though you struck me ; ' ged bhuail
* thu mi' though you strike me ; ' ged bheireadh e dhomh'
though he should give me (r).
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(/•) I much doubt the propriety of joining the Conjunction
'ged' to the Fut. Affirm, as 'ge do gheibh na h-uile dhaoine
* oilbheum' though all men shall be of ended. Matt. xxvi. 3 3. It
should rather have been 'ged fhaigh na h uile dhaoine', &c.
The Fut. Subj. seems to be equally improper j as 'ge do ghlaodh-
* as iad rium' though they shall cry to me, Jer. xi. 21. Edit. 17S6.
Rather 'ged ghlaodh iad rium', as in Hosea, xi. 7. So also
*ged eirich dragh, 's ged bhagair has' though trouble shall arise,
and though death shall threaten. Gael. Paraph, xlvii. 7. Edin.
17S7. See pag. 144. Note (.r).