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82 IDIOMS.
Exercise I.
btiAn-cAiiA, a lasting 6ijie&nn, (gen) Eire 1
friend. érpirvn, («fotf.l Ireland./
CoUa, Coll, Culla, a fli*U, Niall, Neil,
man's name.
cjAÍonA, shrewd, pru-
dent.
i. "peAn móji, tÁi"oi|i, cjietm. 2. UÁ *oeA5-
•ótnne A^iif ^eA-p fATobin Ann. 3. X>o bi
An 'oajaa HiAlt 'ha -[115 Annr* An Am pn. 4.
X)o bi ceicpe pn , oeti$ Anny An "o-ci^ pn. 5.
An ceux) A^tif An t)AnA teAbA-p 5^ e>01 ^5 e »
6. *Oo bí -pé 'nA 7115 or* eipunn uní bliA"ónA
pceA-o. 7. If 5I1C An feAn é, An feAn-otnne?
cníonA. 8. If mé T)0 btiAn-cA]AA CoVIa. 9.
t)u*ó fé Ánt)-'pi5 nA h-éineAnn é. 10. An
^eAn-feAn íiac A^uf An beAn AopoA cníonA.
Obs. — Where a verb ascribes a quality to a noun, the
adjective denoting that quality is unchanged and does not
agree with the noun : as, cÁ An beAn mAic, the woman
is good — not cÁ An beAn rtiAic which would mean simply
" the good woman is " leaving the qualification still to
be filled up. Also in the same way we say -oo nijrie ye
An -pciAn jeun, he made the knife sharp, or he made
sharp the knife ; where the adjective forms as it were part of
the verb, and does not agree in any way with the noun
"Do jujne fé An fciAn jeun (aspirating 5 of ^eun to agrei
with the feminine noun -pciAn) would signify " He made the
sharp knife," and thus convey a different meaning.