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(b) -glà-
-glà (=ail) gabhail f. taking, O.G. gabàl, d.s. gabail.
Similarly :
carnal f . mole, small heap of stones : cam
fuaigheal f . seam : O.G. uaimm, fuaim
teagmhail f. occurrence : tecmang, to-in-com-nc
teasdail f. want, defect : do-ess-ta
-gn- -g-n-, -gn-
bairghean, bairghin m. bread, cake : L. farrago
-gn- to -gg-
fr\g f. woman, wife, O.G. fracc, W. gwrach : L.
virgo, virago
also dearc f. berry, O.G. deru-cc glans, g.s. dercon : daur oak
§ 129. -I- Suffixes :
-I 1. after a monosyllable :
àl m. brood, W. ael, Gk. dyeXr) herd
gobhal, gabhal m.fork, W. gafel f., Br. gaol f., O.G.H.
gibil, L. habeo ^
màl m. prince, W. Maelgwn, Goth, mikils. So. muckle
neul m. cloud, W. niwl, nifwl : *nebhlo ;
L. nebula, Gk. veiikX-n ; but cf. Thur. Gr. p. 74
seòl m. sail, O.W. hull, W. hwyl, N. segl
siol m. seed, L. se-vi / have sown, se-men seed
-(a) I 2. after polysyllables :
with fore-suffix -a- :
samhail, samhuil m. likeness, a-li-stem,
W. hafal, O.W. amal, L. similis, * sjn^,
Gk. ò/xaÀos : V sem one, eh < *sems
-(e) I with fore-suffix -e- :
ise-1, iosa-1 low, lowly : G. ios under :
W. is, isel : *ped-su /oo/z£;fly^s, under feet
formed like
uasa-1 noble, W. uchel,
Gaul. Uxeilo-dunum : *upsel, Gk. vxp-qkos, vxpt, ii/^ioyv.