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ETYMOLOGY.
FOCLACHADH. 77
9. COMPOUND OR PREPOSI-
TIONAL PRONOUNS.
The personal Pronouns
are elegantly united with a
number of simple Preposi-
tions, in which connexion
both the prepositionand pro-
noun are thrown into one
word, expressive of the
meaning of the two ; and
hence called Compound or
Prepositional Pronouns.
9. RIOCHDARAN MEASGTA NO
ROIMHEARAIL.
Tha na riochdaràn Pear-
santail iar àn aonadh gu-
snasmhor riaireamh 'roimh-
earàn sìngilt agus 's an
aonadh so, tha ìad le chèile
iar àn deanamh 'n àn aon
fhocal a'nochdadh brigh' an
dà fhocail, agus o sin their-
ear Riochdaràn Measgta no
Roimhearail riù.
The prepositions used in these compound words are, aig, air,
ann, à, de, do, eadar, fo, gu, le, mu, o, ri, roimh, thar, troimh.
Some of these suffer a change of spelling and a transposition of
their letters, and all the pronouns undergo an etymological
change in their incorporated state.
The Compound or Prepositional Pronouns are formed and de-
clined in the following order : —
SINGULAR, AONAR. PLURAL. IOMADH.
lPer. 2 3 3 1 Per. 2 3
Mì,me. tu, thee. e,him, ì,her. Sìnn, us. sìbh,^ow. ìad, them.
Aig, ag, at i as, agam, at me.
Mas. Fem. Mas. & Fem.
Agam-sa^^agad-sa.aige-sanjaice-se.Againn-nejagaibh-se^aca-san.
At me at thee at him at her at us at you at them.
Air, ar, on ; as, òrm, on me, §c.
Orm ort àir oirre Oirnn òirbh orra
Onme onthee onhim onher onus onyou onthem.
Ann, ìnn, in ; as, annam, in me, fyc.
Annam annad ànn ìnnte Annainn annaibh ànnta
A, às, outof ; as, àsara, out ofme, 6$c.
Asara àsad às àiste Asainn àsaibh àsda
De, qf, off o? from; as, àìom,from me, £$c.
Dìom dìot deth d'i Dìnn dìbh diù, diùbh
Dhìom dhìot dheth dh'i Dhìnn dhìbh dhiù
* These are rendered emphatic, like the possessive pronouns, hy annexing the
syllahles -sa, -se, -ne, -san, to them.