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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suaigh prosperous duagh m. hardship : àgh prosperity
suaimhneach genial, secure (O.G. so-menmnach cheerful)
sùmhail closely-packed dòmhail bulky : L. humilis
(2) as prefixes, frequent :
so-ghiùlan portable do-ghiùlan insupportable
§ 151. Gun as a Negative.
A clause closely connected in meaning with the principal
sentence, and containing a nominative and a verbal noun, may
be negatived by the preposition gun :
Fhuair iad rabhadh iad a philltinn — They got warning to
return
Fhuair iad robhadh gun iad a philltinn — They got a warning
not to return : — Stewart 130
A' spleuchdadh air a bhrògan, dìreach mar gu'm biodh
iongantas air — iad a bhi air a chasan — Gazing at his
shoes, just as if he were astonished that thev were on his
feet :— Am F.C. 234
— gun iad a bhi air a chasan — that they were not on his feet.
With bhi omitted :
Is truagh gun thu agam — Alas! that I am without thee: —
H.B. V. gun.
'S truagh gun agam fein
Sgiath calmain gu dol as — ' Tis sad that I myself have not a
dove's wing to go away : — Metr. Ps. Iv., 6
§ 152. Intensive Prefixes.
1. an-, I.E. ndhi, Ir. an-, W. en-, Gaul, Ande- (Combogius) :
with Svarabhakti, ana- ; often aspirates :
(1) anabarr, anbharr m. excess
onfhadh m. storm, O.G. anboth, anfud m. Related
is M.G. an-feth storm, whence ainb thine storm,
G. ainbhtheach stormy, according to Ped. feth (in
G. gentle breeze) = spi-t-, cf. L. spi-r-àre, W. ffun,
ffyned