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spread beyond its proper sphere in this verb, giving as-roiUi
for ad-roilli.
328. du-árchomraicset : see do-erchomraici.
áirilti, properly ihe deserved (ones), is used artificially to
translate the Latin deponent. So ind foircimim is an artificial
rendering of the Latin optimi. The whole gloss is a forced
explanation of a corrupt text.
330. as-n-da-fíadam. The infixed pronoun anticipates the
object of the dependent clause.
333-4. aith-.
{a) Under the accent aith-.
{h) Before the accent ad-.
335-9- air-.
{a) Under the accent : air-, aur-, er-, ir-, ur-. áir + ro-
becomes ár-.
{b) Before the accent : (a) ar- ; (^) in the relative sense, ara-.
337. -arbarat, fr. -áir-ro-berat.
túari. The acc. is governed by the phrase arbarat biuth.
338. ara-ruichíuir : see note on 158.
339. as-in-d-bail : see note on 54.
340-8. com-.
{a) Under the accent com-, liable to various changes, e.g.
com-c- to coc-, com-t- to cot-, com-g- to cong-, com-d-
to cond-, con-s- to cos-. For com-, cum- is found, par-
ticularly where u has been lost in the foUowing syllable, e.g.
-cumsciget, fr. -com-uss-scoichi. x^nalogicall^ com- may
be restored before a consonant before which m is regularly lost,
e.g. comthinól, comsuidigthe.
{b) Before the accent con-, for which cot- is substituted
before an infixed personal pronoun. See Paradigms, p. 24.
345. con-degar, fr. con-dé-segar.
346. ro-fitis, a peculiar 2 pl. fr. ro-fitir.
-cuintgim, fr. -cóm-de-saigim : cf. -cuintea, 200.
349-56. di-.
{a) Under the accent di-, de-.
{b) Before the accent do-, du- (earlier di-).
349. di-róscai, -derscaigi. The syllable most weakly ac-
cented is that which foUows the chief accent. Hence di-ró-oss-
scoichi gives diróscai; but -dé-ro-oss-scoichi gives -der-
scaigi.