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616 GLOSSARY.
agair, agradh, pleading, 0. Ir. acre ; ad and (/«r, speak, allied to
Greek (jlrus^ Lat. garrulus, (fee.
ai, controversy, Lat. aio, say, adaffiuiu, adage,
aibhistear, see abharsair.
aibidil, alphabet, 0. G. aihgitir, from Lat. ahecedarmm, from tbe
letters a, h, c, d.
aichear, sharp, 0. Ir. acker, W. egr, Lat. acer, root ah, sharp,
aighear, mirth, from aith-ghear, latter allied to Gr. chara, joy [D.]
ail, will, cognate with Lat. volo [D. No ; W. ewyll points to avillo-,
root av as in Lat. avidus, avidity.]
aim-, am-, negative prefix, Gr. hevii, Lat. semi-, half (Stokes).
[The negatives am-, amh-, are referred by Zimmer to the Old
Gaelic a?i-, not, Lat. in-, Eng. ^m- ; am- is a labialised form of
it, which also gets aspirated.]
aimbeart, want, am-hert, root 6er, Lat. fero.
aimh-, privative particle ; see aim above.
aimheal, vexation, aith-m/ieal, from nieala, grief, ancient mela,
reproach,
aimhfheoil, proud flesh, aimlt-, raw (see avili), and feòil, flesh [D.]
ain-, 2>rivative particle ; see an-,
aingidh, wicked, anc. angid, andgid, from an and deg, as in deagh,
good ; ancient deck also. See deagh.
ainnir, maid, anc. ainder, W. anner, heifer. [This is connected
by Stokes and Windisch with Gr. anthero», blooming ; antho-'<,
flower.]
aire, a chest = [from] Lat. area.
aird, point, airt, Gr. aixli.'<, a point.
aire, heed ; see faire.
aireamh, number, 0. Ir. dram, W. eirif, "^ad-rim-, root form rim,
Eng. and Ang. S. rim, Gr. arithmos.
airneis, furniture, seems borrowed from French liKriioif, whence
F.ng. harness [D.]
aith-, ath-, back, re-, from ati, Gr. eti, Lat. et. [This derivation
was the usual one ten years ago, but the vowels forbid it.
Allied really to Lat at.]
aitheamh, fathom, allied to Eng. fathom, root pat, extend.
al, brood, Lat. alo, noiu'ish. Got. alan [D. No ; W. ael points to a
lost letter ; Prof. Strachan gives base as pagli, Lat. propago,
Stokes as pasel, O. H. G. fasel, proles.]
alt, joint, Lat. artus. [Usual derivation ten years ago ; but
/ and r do not interchange except for dissimilation, when
two or more liquids come together. Root is palt, pit, Ger.
faiz, a groove, and, more distantly, Eng. fold.] Hence alt,
order.
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