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76 ETYMOLOGY.
FOCLÀCHADH.
article, signifies all, when prefixed to a noun ; as, na h-uile
dhaoine, all men.
7. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS.
These are used to point out
a person or thing ; as,
7. RIOCHDARAN DEARBHACH.
Gabhar ìad so, a chomhar-
rachadh a-mach, neach no nì ;
mar,
So, (sho) this, these. Sin, that,those; this, these. Sid, sud,
ud, yon, yonder.
Applied thus, — Am fear so, tliis one, m. ; na fir so, these men ;
an tè so, this one, f. ; na mnathan so, these women.
A'chlach sin, that stone ; na clachan sin, those stones ; Sid
am fìadh, yonder (is) the deer. Sid na fèidh, yonder (are) the
deer. Sid è, yonder he (is) / sud an t-àit, yonder (is) the place.
A'chraobh ud, yon tree ; na craobhan ud, yon trees ; so an
abhainn, this (is) the river. An è so do bhràthair ? (Is) this
your brother ?
The demonstratives so and sin are compounded with the third
personal pronouns ; thus, è so, m., ì so, /., this one; è sin, m.,
ì sin, /., that one ; ìad so, these ; ìad sin, those or these.
8. RIOCHDARAN NEO-CHINN-
TEACH.
8. INDEFINITE PRONOUNS.
Gabhar ìad so 'an labhairt
mu'neach no'nithibh air dòigh
neo-chìnnteachno choitcheann;
mar
These are used in speaking
of persons and things in an
indefinite or general manner ;
as,
Araon, 1 Chèile, both,
Faraon, > both, Cuid, some, apart. Leithid, such, the UJce.
Maraon, ) together. Eigin, some. Na h-uile, pl. all, whole.
Air-bith, any. Eile, other. Sam-bith, any.
Càch, the rest, other. Feadhain, pl. some. Tèile,/. (tèeile), another.
Applied thus, — D'an sùilibh faraon, to botli their eyes. Fear*
air-bith, any man. Taobh air-bith, any side. Rud air-bith,
any thing. Càch a chèile, one another. Chì mì sìbh le chèiie,
I shall seeyou both. Bhuail ìad a chèile, tliey struch each other.
Cuid eigin, somebody. Cuid eile, some other, another part.
Fear eile, another one. Rathad eile, another way or road.
Feadhain eile, other people, others. An cualas rìamh aleithid ?
JVas such a thing ever heard ? A leithid eile, such another.
Dad sam-bith, nì sam-bith, any thing.
* Fear, one, is applied to all nouns masculine, whether persons or things, and
tè, one, is applied to all nouns feminine.