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614 GAELIC IRREGULAR VERBS.
The past tense, Assertive — dependent, is the same as the inde-
pendent tense : Gum hu mhor — That it was great. The Existential
Past, independent, is bha (was). Old Irish hoi, hdi, hui, from a
Celtic perfect huhove, root hhu (be) ; its dependent form is rohh
for ro-ha, 0. Jr. robe. The future independent hithidh or hidh is
the 0. Ir. present hiid or blth, standing for a pre-Celtic bhv-ije-ii,.
bleti, from the root bhn, Lat. fio, from Aryan bhv-ijo, Eng. he.
The dependent future is simple hi, 0. Ir. hii, hi. There is no
change for assertive or existential statements. The infinitive hhiy
Irish beith, is confused with bith (existence), from the root gei, gi,
Lat. vita, Gaelic beo, Gr. bios.

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Reliquiae Celticae
DescriptionTexts, papers and studies in Gaelic literature and philology left by the late Rev. Alexander Cameron, LL.D., edited by Alexander Macbain, M.A., and Rev. John Kennedy. 2 volumes.
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DescriptionItems from a collection of 170 volumes relating to Gaelic matters. Mainly philological works in the Celtic and some non-Celtic languages. Some books extensively annotated by Angus Matheson, the first Professor of Celtic at Glasgow University.
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