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The Present State of Celtic Studies.
preserved vi of the first singular, the nn of the first sing, subjunc-
tive, and the s of the third person sing, relative form. Otherwise the
personal endings and the whole cast of the verb answer to the Latin
verb, even to having the ;' of the passive voice.
The work of lexical etymology, the derivation of words, is
proceeding rapidly. Ebel, over a generation ago, began examin-
ing the Gaelic and Welsh vocabulary to see its Indo-European
relations; Windisch supplied Curtius' great work a dozen years
ago with the Celtic comparisons, and his work was supplemented
by Stokes, who has been unremitting in this field. An Irish
etymological dictionary is promised from two sides — Drs. Atkin-
son and Zimmer. Hitherto we must say that too little attention,
especially for phonetics, has been paid to the living dialects; but,
as this is a strong point with the " New School " of philology, we
may expect to see this matter soon remedied.
UNPUBLISHED GAELIC PROVERBS.
Is laidir bichag fo cruakh fhcoir.
A mouse is bold under a stack of hay.
Thig dail gii dorus.
Credit will come to the door.
(That is to say, the creditor must be paid some day soon).
Riaghal, thiisa a' phailtcas, is riaghlaidh an aire i fhein.
Rule thou the plenty, and want will rule itself.
Deireadh a' chrochadair, a chrochadh.
The hangman's fate, to be hanged.