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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-sto- bias m. taste, O.G. mlas
-sta- fras f. shower, L. ros
-sti- gnùis f. face, Gk. yvddos jaw
dris f. thorn, Gk. Spto?
after the adj. suffix -to- :
baois f. levity baoth foolish
bàs m. death bath dead
drùis f. lust drùth unchaste
gaos m. wisdom gaoth prudent
gnàths m. custom gnàth usual
luathas m. speed luath swift
sgios f. fatigue sgith weary
Similarly after the noun suffix -to- :
leis f. thigh leth side, ci. L. lat-us
2. Polysyllables :
-sto- old -u-stems :
geanas m. chastity, O.G. gein child, hence G. gin
f. anyone
muinntearas m. service : muinntir f. people
seanchas m. story : sean old, § 124
C<\.o Lbh-nea ^ .U&r\
-0- stems : caoimhneas m. kindness, O.G. coibnes
L. cognatio
g.s. in choibnis, cf. coibnes-ta, L. affinis
* con- fine- sto- relationship
old -a- stems : loingeas m. (f. in O.G.) shipping
sanas m. (f. in O.G.) whisper, W. hanes
f. history
old -i- stems : binneas m. melodiousness,
O.G. bindius : binn sweet
comharbas m. succession, O.G. com-arbe
m. co-heir
ionracas m. righteousness, ionraic just
In. G. aU these are declined as -o- stems without regard to
their origin.