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present the force of a perfect, e.g. hó ru maith fora náimtea
remib, when their enemies have been routed by them, 23.
{c) It expresses possibility, e.g. at-robair, can say it, 26 ;
cia ru-bé, though it can be, 70 ; ní rubai, it cannot be, 70 ;
d-a-rigente, ye could have done it, 165.
{d) Sometimes it turns a past subjunctive into a pluper-
fect, e.g. ro-d-scríbad, 117, do-rónta, 126, ro ngenad,
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{e) With the subjunctive it is regular : —
(a) In wishes : d-a-rolgea, 68.
(/S) After acht, provided that : act rop, 71 ; acht as-
robarthar, 309 ; act ní arbarat, 337.
(y) After co n°-, until : con ríctar, 85.
(8) After re-síu, before : re-síu docoí, 187.
(e) Occasionally with other subjunctives, where its usage
is less clear : ara tart 60, arná derhmis 164, arná dich
188, ce ru samaltar 84, con rucca 69 (perhaps that he may
be able to bring), cor-rop 76, corru anat 80.
ro-cluinethar, -cluinethar, hears ; ipv. sg. 2 cluinte ; pres.
subj. sg. 3 ro-cloathar, -cloathar; fut. sg. 3 ro-cechladar,
, -cechladar ; perf. sg. i, 2 ro-cúala, -cúala, sg. 3 ro- \,ix^'
cúalae, -cúalae, pass. ro-closs, -closs.
rodbo — nó, either — or.
ro-finnadar : see ro-fitir.
ro-fitir (pres. and perf.), -fitir, hiows, knew, pass. ro-fess,
-fess ; pres. ro-íinnadar, -finnadar, yíHí/í oz/í ; ipv. sg. 2 ^^'1^^
fintae ; impf. sg. 3 ro-finnad, -finnad ; pres. subj. sg. 3 ^^'f.- ^
ro-festar, -festar ; fut. sg. 3 ro-fiastar, -fiastar. nt^«><£q
ro-icc, ricc, comes, reaches. See Paradigms.
ro-saig, reaches ; pres. subj. sg. 2 ro-sáis ; past subj. sg. i
-roisinn ; fut. pl. 3 -roisset ; perf. sg. 3 ro-siacht.
rosc, g. roisc, n. eye.
rún, g. rúne, f. mystery.
rúnde, mystical.
-s- : see Infixed Pronoun (Paradigms).
1. -sa : see Emphasizing Pronoun (Paradigms).
2. sa : see so.
sacart, g. sacairt, m. priest.
S2LÍh?iiá, perverts.