Matheson Collection > Gaelic grammar, containing the parts of speech and the general principles of phonology and etymology, with a chapter on proper and place names

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aodach m. dress magh m.f. plain
gleann m. glen muir f. sea ^
glùn m.f. knee nèamh m. heaven
gnè f. kind, nature sliabh m. mountain
leann m. ale. teach, dat. taig^ m. house
leth m. side tir f.m. land ^
luach m. value toiseach m. beginning
luibh m.f. herb
Traces of the O.G. neuter gender survive in ;
(a) the nouns teachd-an-tir income, tir mòr mainland: —
L.C. 91
(b) Pronominal phrases :
'seadh. O.G. is ed— // is that ! Yes !
eadhon, O.G. ed on — Thai is it I even
An eadh ? O.G. In ed — Is it that ? Is it so ?
Ni h-eadh, O.G. ni hed— /^ ts not that. No !
gidheadh, O.G. cid ed — though it be that, nevertheless
Is eadh, 'seadh, emerges in answer to a question where is,
the principal verb, is latent :
Am Muileach e ? — Is he a Mullman ? 'Seadh, or Cha n-
eadh :— C.R. vi. 299
An Romanach thu ? Is eadh — Art thou a Roman ? Yes :
— ^Acts xxii. 27
Nach mi-chiatach an gnothach ? Gu dearbh is eadh — Is it
not an unseemly matter ? Indeed it is : — Arab. i. 67
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§ 73. ROOT AND STEM.
A root is the most elementary form to which the word can
be reduced :
Vgar-caZ/
A stem is the root, either simple or infected, with some element
of inflection added, and forming a base for further inflection :
gair-m m. calling, call, g.s. gairme
Vowel Stems.
I. An-o-stem, a class which includes the Latin II. declension
in-us, ended originally in -os, -o-s. This is known be-