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616 GLOSSARY.
agair, agradh, pleading, 0. Ir. acre ; ad and yar, speak, allied to
Greek ijerns, Lat. r/arrulus, &c.
ai, controvers}-, Lat. aio, finj, adagium, adage,
aibhistear, see abharsair.
aibidil, alphabet, 0. G. aihgitir, from Lat. ahecedarium, from the
letters a, h, e, d.
aichear, sharp, 0. Ir. acher, W. egr, Lat. acer, root ah, sharp.
aighear, mirth, from aith-ghear, latter allied to Gr. chara, joy [D.]
ail, will, cognate with Lat. volo [D. No ; W. ewi/ll points to avUlo-,
root av as in Lat. avidus, avidity.]
aim-, am-, negative prefix, Gr. hemi, Lat. semi-, half (Stokes).
[The negatives am-, avih-, are referred by Zimmer to the Old
Gaelic an-, not, Lat. -in-, Eng. un- ; am- is a labialised form of
it, which also gets aspirated.]
aimbeart, want, am-hert, root ber, Lat. fero.
aimh-, privative particle ; see aim above,
aimheal, vexation, aith-mlieal, from meala, grief, ancient mela,
reproach.
aimhfheoil, proud flesh, aimk-, raw (see amli), ■Awàùòil, flesh [D.]
ain-, })rivative particle ; see an-,
aingidh, wicked, anc. angid, andgid, from an and deg, as in deagli,
good ; ancient decli also. See deagh.
ainnir, maid, anc. ainder, W. anner, heifer. [This is connected
by Stokes and Windisch with Gr. antherox, blooming; anthov,
flower.]
aire, a chest = [from] Lat. area.
aird, point, airt, Gr. ardù, a point.
aire, heed ; see faire.
aireamb, number, 0. Ir. dram, W. eirif, "^'ad-rim-, root form rim,
Eng. and Ang. S. rim, Gr. aritkmos.
airneis, furniture, seems borrowed from French hnmoix, whence
Eng. harneKS [D.]
aith-, ath-, back, re-, from ati, Gr. eti, Lat. et. [This derivation
was the usual one ten years ago, but the vowels forbid it.
Allied really to Lat at.]
aitheamh, fathom, allied to Eng. fathom, root pat, extend.
al, brood, Lat. alo, nourish. Got. alaii [D. No ; W. ael points to a
lost letter ; Prof. Strachan gives base as ^Ja^/i, Lat. propago,
Stokes as pasel, O. H. G. fasel, proles.]
alt, joint, Lat. artus. [Usual derivation ten years ago ; but
/ and r do not interchange except for dissimilation, when
two or more liquids come together. Root is palt, pit, Ger.
falz, a groove, and, more distantly, Eng. fold.] Hence alt,
order.