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gun without : with ace. : aspirates §20, 4 : O.G. cen, cf.
L. cis on this side
Gun phiuthar, gun bhràthair — With no sister or brother : —
L.C. 15
Duine gun chiall — A madman : — D. Ban 432, 84
Gun tuar, gun chiall — Without merit or sense : — Clarsach 59
A bhoirionnaich gun chiall — Senseless woman ! — Arab. I. 72
A shluaigh gun chiaU thug miann do'n or — Ye senseless folk
who set affection on gold I — La Bhr. 181
But, metri causa, gun cheiU is used : e.g. D. Ban 168, 126 ;
326, 24 ; Metr. Ps. 49, 20 ; Clarsach 59
With clauses :
Tha mi guidhe ort gun smaoineachadh tuilleadh air — / pray
you not to think of it further : — Arab. I. 7
'S gun againn ach sinn fhein — With none but ourselves : — ib.
105
Agus gun a stigh ach mi fhein — With no one at home but
myself: — ib. II. 84
This preposition is repeated instead of a conjunction :
Gun stiùir, gun ràmh, gun phort— Without rudder, oar, or
port :— S.O. 50 ^12, 16
ÌOS see under os
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le (1) with, (2) by, (3) down, (4) belonging to : with dat. : from
leth side, * let, L. lat-us
le coinneU — with a candle : — Arab. II. 76
(1) Fann le bròn 's le bristeadh cridhe — Weak with sorrow and
heart-break :— ib. 50
B' fheàrr dhomh teicheadh le m' bheatha na fuireach ri m'
mharbhadh — It were better for me to fly with my life than
stay to be killed : — -ib. 41
Slàn le Albainn (eadar) ghleann is chnoc — Farewell to Scot-
land, both glen and hill : — L.C. 75
(2) Na meallar thu an so le breig — Be not thou deceived here
by a lie : — Clarsach 9