Blair Collection > Elements of Gaelic grammar

Part L'
AND ORTHOGRAPHY.
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H.
H is never ufed as an independent radical letter. When
prefixed to a '^ ord beginning with a vowel, it is pronoun-
ced like h in koiv ; as na h-oighean' the virgins j ' na
h-oidhche' of the r.ight.
The following fcheme exhibits a fuccin»fl view of the
letters, both fingly and in tiieir feveral combinations. The
firfb column contains the letters whofe found is to be ex-
hibited ; the prefixed figures marking the number of dif-
ferent founds denoted by the fame letter. The fecond
column explains the founds, by examples or by references.
The third column contains Gaelic words, with their tranf-
)ation, in which the feveral founds are exemplified.
Vowels.
2 a
2 1
2 O
Clong
i([\oxt
Clong
^fliort
fhort
Oong
^fhort
long
ihort
Clong
C fhort
fhort
Clong
Cfhort
Clong
^fhort
,C long
i_ fhort
Clong
i fhort
far flar
that
fimilar
there
met
mother
^fee
this
more
hot
^old
](^2)a
I fool
zr JIaughtery * ath' zford.
ar' to ploiuj * abuich ripe.
zàhxzàhì ivorJJjipy ' zdhhhTkr reafon.
adharc' a horn^ * adhart' a boljier,
ma' iff * an' the, ' a' his^ her.
e' se' he, ' gno' fort^ kifid.
le' luith, ' leth' half,
an de* ye/lerday, * ce' the earth,
duine' a man, * brifte' broken.
win fmoothy ' righ' a king.
min' tneaiy * crith' zjhaking.
is' amy arty is,
mor' greaty * Ion' food.
mo' myy * do' thy, * Ion' the ouzle,
lom' barey * toll' a hole.
lomadh' making bare,
roghnuich' to choofe.
roghuinn choice,
Xiv fre/hy ' sùgìx Juice.
ubh' an ^gg, ' tur' quite.
Diphthongs.