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ETYMOLOGY.
Active Voice.
Faodaidh no, is urrainn mì pas-
gadh, Imaj/or canfold.
Faodaidh ?io, is urrainn thu
pasgadh, &c*
FOCLACHADH.
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Passive Voice.
Faodaidh no, is urrainn mì bhi
phaisgte, I mai/ or can be
folded.
Faodaidh no, is urrainn thu
bhi paisgte, &c.
Past Tense.
Singular.
Dh'-fhaodainn pasgadh.
Dh'-fhadadh tu pasgadh.
Dh'-fhaodadh è
Plural.
Dh'-f haodamaid pasgadh.
Dh'-fhaodadh sìbh pasgadh.
Dh'-fhaodadh ìad pasgadh.
Singular.
Dh'-f haodairm a bhi paisgte.
Dh'-fhaodadh tu bhi paisgte.
Dh'-f haodadh è bhi paisgte.
Plural.
Dh'-f haodamaid a bhi paisgte.
Dh'-f haodadhsìbh abhi paisgte.
Dh'-f haodadh ìad a bhi paisgte.
Note. — There is another Potential Passive formed by using the
passive forms of the auxiliaries, faodaidh, is urrainn, and fèumaidh,
<${c., before the infinitive active ; and the possessive pronouns ; as,
Pres., — Faodar mo phasgadh, / may be folded, §c. ; is urrainnear
mo phasgadh, / can befolded, Qc. ; fèumar or fìmirear mo phasgadh, /
must be folded, fyc. Past, — Dh'-fhaodteadh mo phasgadh, / might be
folded, \c. ; b' urrainnear mo phasgadh, / could be folded, fyc. ; dh'-
f hèumteadh, or dh'-fhimirteadh mo phasgadh, Iwas obliged, or needed
to befolded, ^c.
Obs. — The particle a is never used in the active tenses of this
mood between the auxiliary and the infinitive ; as, faodaidh
sinn pasgadh. In the passive voice, the particle a is always in-
serted before bhi, when the nominative is incorporated or ending
in a consonant ; as, dh'-fhaodainn a bhi paisgte, b'urrainn sìbh
a bhi paisgte.
Is còir pasgadh, ought to fold,
or shouldfold.
1. Is còir dhomhf pasgadh, /
ought to fold, &c.J
1. Bu chòir dhomh pasgadh,
&c.
Is còir a bhi paisgte, ought to be
folded.
1. Is còir dhomh a bhi paisgte,
1 ought to be folded, &c.
1 . Bu chòir dhomh a bhi paisg-
te, &c.
* The interrogative, negative, and conditional forras of this mood are formed
as in the potential mood of the verb ' ' Bi," by annexing the infinitive pasgadh, or
that of any other verb.— See page 88.
t The auxiliaries is còir, is èiginn, is èudar, always require the compound pro-
noun domh, inallitspersons, before the infinitive ; as, is èiginn domh pasgadh, &c.
The auxiliary is urrainn, is used with both the simple and compound pronoun ;
as, is urrainn mì sgrìobhadh, or is urrainn domh sgrìobhadh, / can write.
t For the other persons of these tenses, see page 89.