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S.G. droch, deagh, sar, *seann (scan), etc.
droch dhuine, a bad man.
seann mhaighdean, an old maid,
deagh charaid, a good friend,
s&r dhuin’-uasal, a thorough gentleman.
In this group there is, as it were, special emphasis laid
on the quality denoted by the adjective.
E.G. Duine ole (or dona), a bad man.
but, droch dhuine, a (very) bad man.
Duine fior, a true man, a faithful man.
but, flor dhuine, ‘ a true man ’ in every sense ; every inch
a man.
With ‘ droch dhuine, ’ compare " An Droch Fhear,”
the devil.
A convenient vocabulary for a ‘ Reading ’ on this section
can be formed by grouping common adjectives in “ pairs
of opposites,” names of common colours, etc.
VOCABULARY.
reamhar, fat.
trom, heavy.
fada, long.
Ian, full.
scan, seann, old,
glan, clean.
caol, tana, thin.
aotrom, light.
gearr, goirid, short.
falamh, empty.
6g, young.
salach, dirty.
* Sean (old) is used after a noun, and in the Predicative position
in a sentence. When used before a noun it usually takes the form
Seann, and in such a position does not aspirate nouns beginning
with d, t, s.
e.g. Seann duine, seann saighdear, etc. In colloquial speech
one hears another form (Seana) which always aspirates its noun
seana ghille, a bachelor, seana chailleach, an old wife.