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32 . GAELIC TEXT.
Ach chi mi d'fhardaich air dol sios,
''N an laraich', fhalamh, fhuar ;
Cha-n fhaic fear-siubhail, far nan stiichd
28 Na smuidean 'g eiridh suas.
Do gharadh fiadhaich air dol fas
Gun neach g'a chur air seol
Le fliodh 'us foghnain ann a' fas,
32 'S an fheanntag 'n aite 'n rcns.
! c'ait' am bheil gacli caraid gaoil
'Bu chaomh learn air do learg
A chuireadh failtean orm a' teachd,
36 'Us beannachd leam a' falbli 1
Analysis.
25. Ah- dol sios is Enl. of Obj.
26. Whole line is Enl. of Obj. cVflumlaicli.
27. Far nan stiichd is adverbial phrase Ext. oifaic.
29. Tha do gharadh gun neach g'a chur air seol
fiadhaich, &c. Fiadhaich is the completion
of the Pred., not Enl. of Subj.
31. This and next line are Enl. of Subject, garadh.
33. The principal clause. The next three lines are
each adjectives qualifying gach caraid.
Parsing.
25. i)oZ is the Infinitive of the verb=a noun, gov.
by air. 'Sios is a noun, gov. by ami = an
adverb, adoicn.
Chi, the future, used in a present sense.
26. Note idiom, in their ruins empty cold.
28. Sims (see sios, 25).
29. Fas, a Noun, gov. by an?i = an Adverb.
32. The first 'n aite, is a Prep., the second ^n r6is,
the Article.