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12 GAELIC GKAMMAR.
ENLARGEMENT AND EXTENSION.
An Adjective is a word that goes with a noun to
express some quality or attribute : — as, Beinn mhor,
a hig mountain; Duine maith, a good man; Gille tapaidh,
a. clever lad.
When an Adjective goes along with the noun
that forms the Subject, the Subject is said to be
Enlarged, and the Adjective is called an Enlarge-
ment of the Subject.
Tha Curra ag iasgach. Not enlarged.
Tha ft' Churra ag iasgach. The article a is an enlarge-
ment.
Tha ft' Churra glilas ag iasg- The adjective is a further
ach. enlargement.
Tha ft' Churra mhor ghlas ag The two adjectives are en-
largements.
The Object like the Subject, and in a similar
way, is said to be Enlarged.
Tha a' Churra 'glacadh eisg.
Tha a' Churra 'glacadh nan iasg.
Tha a' Churra 'glacadh nan iasga mora.
Tha a' Churra 'glacadh oian iasga mora geala.
*^* Observe that every Enlargement, whether of
Subject or Object, is an Adjective.
Exercise IV.
Tell—
(1.) The Simple Subject, Predicate, and Object.
(2.) The Enlargements of the Subject, and of the
Object.
(3.) The Parts of Speech, and
(4.) Translate the following : —
Fhuair sinn iasg. Ghlac Seuraas beag iasg mor.
Chunnaic mi fiadh. Bha am biith Ian. Fhuair ua