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VOCABULARY
(The numbers refer to the Chapters of the Text. Aspirated forms
are usually given without aspiration.)
a, voc. particle (aspirating)
-a-, infixed personal pronoun, 3 sg. m.,
n.
a, poss. pron. m. and n. 3 sg. (aspirating)
'his,' 'its'; fern. 3 sg. geminating
'her'; pi. (nasalising), 'their.' Then
of the nasalisation is written before
vowels and before b, d, g; is assimi-
lated to a following I, m, n, r; is not
written before c, i, /, s
-an-, infixed personal pronoun, 3 sg.
m., n.
a, an, neuter of the article, cf. in, hid
a, an, relative pronoun (often written
i, in) 'which,' 'who.' The original
initial s, generally lost, remains after
the preps, co (cussa n-),for (forsa n-),
fri (frissa n-, rissa n-), le (lassa n-).
This word is ident. w. the neuter
form of the article used relatively
a, ass, prep. w. dat. 'from,' 'out of;
frequently combined w. the art., e.g.
assind 10, and with prons., e.g. assa
16, 18
a, prep. Cf. fo
acaib, cf. oc
accallaim, 'I converse,' ' talk,' pres. sg.
1 deponent subj. an bic.corot-acil-
liur 'wait a little so that I may speak
to you' 9
accatar, cf. adciu
acht, 'but,' 'except, "only '3, 6, 12 etc.;
For 3 see note s.v. acht co
acilliur, cf. accallaim
acus, 'and,' cf. ocus
adbar, m. 'material' 14, cf. adbhar
sagairt 'a clerical student'
adciu, v. 'I see'; atchi 2 sg. (for ad-
d-chi) 'thou seest it,' with infixed
pron. 3 sg. n. 9; The form atotchiat
3 pi. (for ad-dot-chiat) ' they see you,'
contains a pronoun of the second
person 11 ; for adcichset, redupl.
s-fut. 3 pi. 15 see note; ^facca perf.
2 sg. cia airm i n-dom-facca ' where
have you seen me?' 11; accatar 3 pi.
(co n-accatar) 15
adcomsa 15. See note ad loc.
áel, m. 'a flesh-fork,' ace. in n-ael 1
áen, 'one,' cf. ten
aere, 'burden' 17
ag, n. 'cow,' 'deer' 7; n. pi. aige 6
ágach, 'warlike' 15
aidene, f . ' night ' 16
aig, f. 'ice' ; sing. gen. ega 15
aige, cf. ag
aiged, f. 'face'; pi. n. aigthe carat
'faces of friends' 5
aigedaib, cf. óege
ail, f. 'insult,' 'disgrace'; sg. ace. 14
aile, sg. m., f.; aill n. 'other' 5; gen.
aile 3; nom. for ace. aile 11; n-aill
13
ainm, n. 'name' 19; pi. d. cusna
les-anmannaib 12, les-ainm 'a nick-
name ' 12
aire, m.; nom. pi. airig 'chief
airec (verb n.), 'finding,' 'waiting for.'
Cf. tairec 'attending upon.' Dat. do
airiuc thuile doib ' um ihr Begehren
entgegen zunehmen?' (Windisch) 2
airiuc, cf. airec
airle, f. 'counsel' 3
airm, f. ' place ' 11
airscele, airscela 'famous story,' 're-
port of a warrior's prowess,' 'repu-
tation' 15
ais, 'the back.' dar aiss, lit. 'across or
over the back,' 'behind' 20
aithesc, n. 'intimation,' 'statement,'
'message'; dat. sing, athesc 4; pi.
ace. aithescae 2, H. 3, 18, athiusca
Harl. 5280
all, n. 'bridle' ; pi. dat. co n-allaib 20
am, ' indeed ' 10
amlaid, 'thus' 14
am-maidm, cf. maidm
amne, ' thus ' 6 Harl. 5280
amra, ' wonderful,' ' marvellous ' 1 ; also
n. ' a wonder,' ' marvel '
an, cf. anaim
anacul,' deliverance," escape'; sg. gen.
anacuil 20
anaim, ' I remain,' ' wait,' pi. 3 anait 4 ;
imper. sg. 2 an 9, 13 ; pret. sg. 3 an
(e.g. co ro-an) 19
anair, ' from the east ' 5
and, prep. + pron. 3 sg. 'there,' 'then,'
' in it ' ; combined with the demonstr.
sin, andsin, andso etc., cf. s.v. fecht