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GAELIC AGUS BEURLA.
A, the first letter of the Gaelic Alphabet,
as it is of almost every other.
A', def. art./.
A, the sign of the Voc. ; used sometimes in
place of O, as A dbuiae dhiomhain, for
O dhuine dhiomhain.
A, possess, pron. A mhac.
A, relat. pron. gen. and dat. " Gach gaisg-
each a b' aosda dan."
A, prepos. at, to, into ; about, in the act of;
out of, a' tir na h-Eiphit.
A', pre]), for ann, in.
A, particle prefixed to (vords, as, a bhos, on
this side; a dhà, two.
Numerous illustrations of this use of a, as a
particle prefixed to words, will be presented
in the course of this work.
A B, ) -A, -ACHAN, s, m. A father, a title
ABA, S of respect ; a lord, an abbot.
AB, Ì Father; the original signification
ABA, J is now obsolete. An abbot,
AB, jn-et. def. v. Is, for Bu, q. vide.
AB, 7 Fy ! For shame! Abab ! ititer,
ABAB, 5 Fie! Oh! for shame! Pshaw!
ABA, s. m. A cause, matter, business.
ABACH, s. Entrails, a plucli ; a proclama-
tion.
ABACHADH, -aidh, s. m. etpres. part. v.
Abaich. Vide Abuchadh.
ABACHD, -an, s.f. Aba, an abbey. Vide
Abaid.
ABACHD, 5./. iiid. (Abuich, adj.) Vide
Abuicheachd.
ABACHD,*./. Exploits; gain, lucre.
ABACT, s.f. Taunting, ironical, joking.
ABADH, -AIDH, -EAN, s. m. A syllable; a
satirical poem.
A B A 1 C H, -iDH, -EADH, V. a. and n. To ripen,
vide Abuich ; biing or grow to maturity.
ABAICHEAD, s. m. and/, llipeness
maturity. }
ABH
ABAID, -E, -EAK, s.f. An abbey; a cowl,
or the hood of a monk.
ABAIDEACHD, s.f. ind. An abbacy.
ABAILT, -E. -EAN, s.f. Abbey,
ABAILT, s./. Death.
ABAIR, ti. a. and n. irreg. Say, utter, af-
firm, express.
ABAIREAM, first sing, imper. a. of
abair. Let me say, &c.
A B A I RE A R,fut. and imper. pass. Shall be
said, let be said. It is often contracted abrar.
■\-Abairt, s.f. Accoutrements, apparatus.
ABAIT, s.f. An abbey,
f Abaltachd, s.f. Ability,
f Abaci, i./. Descent, sun-setting.
+ Abab, -AIR, J. m. vide Abairt, Speech,
f Abar, -air, -ean, 5. m. A marsh, bog,
fen ; marshy ground. Vide Eabar.
ìAbar, To join together; a place where
two or more streams meet.
ABARACH, adj. Bold, courageous.
ABARACHD, s.f. Marshiness, bogginess.
ABARDAIR, s. m. (from abair) A dic-
tionary.
ABARDAIRICHE, s. m. (from abardair)
A lexicographer.
ABARRACH, Pertaining to a Lochaber
man, vide Abrach.
ABARTACH, a. Bold, daring, impudent,
talkative.
ABARTACHD, s.f. A mode of speech
loquacity.
ÀBH, s. m. A hand net ; skill, dexterity.
f Àbh, 5. m. Water.
ÀBH, -a, -an. vide Tàbh.
ABH, s. m. ind. The barking of a dog.
ABHAC, -Aic, -AN, s. VI. A terrier,
dwarf, vide Abhag.
ABHACAS, -Ais, s. m. Diversion, sport,
merriment; ridicule. Ball abhacais, a
laughing-stock.
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