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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Some Compounds combine I. and II., having both Dependent
and Adjectival elements, e.g.
Cmnair gasda nan rìgh-bhrat-sròil — The gallant crowner of
the kingly banners of silk : — S.O. 48*^28
Chaidh a ghlacadh droch spioraid — His being possessed of an
evil spirit took place, i.e. He was possessed of an evil
spirit :— S.O. 36^32
droch-spioraid is a Dependent cpd.
ghlacadh-droch-spioraid is an Adjectival cpd.
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III. In Descriptive Compounds the first word describes the
second, which is in the gen. without the art, e.g.
Rug i leanabh mic, an leanabh mic — She brought forth a
manchild, the manchild : — Rev. xii. 5, 13
Rug i a ceud-ghin mic — She brought forth her first born son : —
Matt. i. 25
Thug e aon-ghin Mhic fèin — He gave His only begotten son : —
John iii. 16
cf. is tu rofhoid do mac oen-geni — Thou didst send Thine only
ten son :— P.H. 2086
Ach 's e 's truaighe do chèile mna dheth — But saddest of all
is thy wife : — Stewarts 302, 9
maise mna — a beauty of a woman : — S.O. 98M4
Ciod e ghnè dhuine so — What manner of man is this : — Matt.
viii. 27
Mo roghacèile — My choice of a companion : — A' Choisir 14, 7
Is èigin duinn a ràdh gur umpaidh balaich e — We must
say that he is a blockhead of a fellow : — C.G. 135.
cf. An triùir bhràithrean — the three brothers : — S.O. 49^S
On bu droch dhuine cloinn' e — Since he was a bad son: — ib.
46^30
t'aon duine cloinne — thine only child : — L.C. 6
Air son aon phàiste beag (leanaibh) leinibh — For one little
chit of a child : — Cos. 130
Cha robh annta ach creithleagax dhaxxne — They were but
gadflies of men : — Cos. 119