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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'S mi rì uallach nam bò — And I tending the kine : — Gar. 116
Bha Alastair ri farchluais aig cùl an doruis — A. was listening
at the hack of the door :— Waifs III. 113
4. with
Mu'n do dhealaich i rium — Before she parted with me : — Arab.
II. 83
A' sùgradh 's a' beadradh
Ri rianadair feadan nan gleus —
Sporting and flirting
With the tuner of drones : — Ross 49
Confused with le :
Ri leathad hrua-ich— Down the slope :— F.T. 232 ; § 9, 3
5. during, while
'S mi 'ga dith ri m' bheò — And I without her while I live : —
S.O. 286-8
C'àit am faigh i ri beò do leithid-sa ? — Where, while she lives,
will she find the like of thee : — Stewarts 302, 12
Gu'm bitheadh tu deònach
A rithist mo phòsadh ri ùin' —
That thou wouldst be willing
Again to marry me in course of time : — Ross 48
Bidh mi cuimhneachadh ri m' mhaireann — / shall remember
as long as I live : — Clar. 80
6. to be (with Inf., as gerundive)
Gu mor ri mholadh — Greatly to be commended : — Arab. I. 54
Bha ri fhaotainn 'san Roinn-Eòrp — That was to be found in
Europe :— S.O. 285^34
7. as (co-relative of cho, aon, § 95, 4)
Cho caoimhneil ris na f aoileagan — A s kind as the seagulls : —
C.S.
Aig an aon bhord ris fhein — At the same table as himself: —
Arab. I. 42
§ 204.
roimh before : with dat. : aspirates : O.G. re n-, rem-, remi-
hence riam *(p)ri(s)ami, L. primus (prismus)
Le eagal roimh theine — With fear before fire : — D. Ban 164, 55