Blair Collection > Elements of Gaelic grammar

136 OF THE PARTS [Part II.
làimh d' athar 's do Ihean athar' by the hand of your
father and grandfather.
'Tha eagal, mulad, fgios, ocras, &c. air* he is afraid, fady
fatigued, hungry, &c.
'Thig mo bheul air do cheartas, is air do chliù' my mouth
pall f peal of thy juflice and thy praife, Pfal. xxxv. 28.
metr. 'thig mo bheul air gliocas' my mouth JJjall
fpeak of ivifdsm, Pfal. xlix. 3 . metr. v. *fin cuis air
am bheil mi nis a' teachd' that is the matter of which
I am noiv to treat,
'Tog ort' roufe thyfelf beflir thyfelf, Pfal. Ixxiv. 2 2 . metr. v.
'Chaidh agam air* / prevailed over him, Pfal. xiii. 4. metr.
* 'S ann ormfa chaidh' it was 1 that was wotted,
*Thug e am monadh air, he betook himfelf to the mountain.
In refpeSl of: 'cha n-fhaca mi an famhuil air okas*' I never
faw their like for badnefs. Gen. xli. 19. *air a
' lughad' however fmall it be.
Joined with, accompanied by: moran iarruinn air bheag
faobhar' much iron with little edge, M'Intyre's Songs.
'Oidhche bha mi 'n a theach, air mhoran bidh 's
air bheagan eudaich' / luas a night in his hoife, with
plenty of food, but fcaniy clothing ; 'air leth laimh"
having but o?ie hand*
Denoting meafure or dimenfion : *dà throidh air airde* two
feet in height.
'01c air mhath leat e* whether yctt take it well or ill.
Ann, ann an, anns.
In, : 'Anns an tigh in the hoiife ; *anns an oidhche' in the
night ; 'ann an dochas' in hope ; 'anns a* bharail
fin' of that opinion.
Denoting exillence : *ta abhainn ann' there is a river, Pfal.
xlvi. 4. metr. 'nach bithinn ann ni 's mo' that I
Jhould not be any more ; *b' fhearr a bhi marbh na
* ann' // %vere better to be dead than to be alive ; 'ciod
' a th' ann ?' what is it f 'is mife th' ann' it is I ;
*mar gu b' ann' as it -ivere ; *tha e 'n a dhuine
'ionraic'