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ETYMOLOGY.
FOCLACHADH. 103
or falls back on the agent or
subject. It is formed by annex-
ing the pronoun fèin and mi-
fèin to the verb ; thus,
ath-bhualadh no 'pilleadh air-
ais a dh-ìonnsuidh an dean-
adair fèin. Nìtear è le cur an
riochdair mi-fèin ris'a'ghnìomh-
ar ; mar-so,
Buail thu-fèin, str'xke yourself, tvttov, &c.
IMPERATIVE.
Buaileam mì-fèin,
myself.
Buail thu-fèin.
Buaileadh è e-fèin.
let me strike
Buaileamaid sinn-fèin,
strike ourselves.
Buailibh sìbh-fèin.
Buaileadh iad iad-fèin.
let us
INDICATIVE.
Tha mì 'g am* bhualadh fèin,
Tha thu 'g ad bhualadh fèin,
Tha è 'g à bhualadh fèin,
Tha ì 'g à bualadh fèin,
Tha sìnn 'g ar bualadh fèin,
Tha sìbh 'ga bhur bualadh fèin
Tha ìad 'g am bualadh fèin,
Interrogative.
Am beil mì 'g am bhualadh fèin ? am I striking myself, &c.
Negative.
Cha n-'eil mì 'g am bhualadh fèin, / am not striking myself, &c.
Present.
/ am striking myself, rvfroftxt,
thou art striking thyself.
he is striking himself.
she is striking herself.
we are striking ourselves.
you are striking yourselves.
they are striking themselves.
&c.
Past.
/ struck or have struck myself.
you struck or have struck yourself.
he struck or has struck himself.
she struck or has struck herself.
we struck or have struck ourselves.
you struck or have struckyourselves.
they struck or have struck themselves.
Future.
/ shall or will strike myself.
shall I strike myself, &c.
And so forth through all the other active moods, tenses, and forms,
like " Paisg."
Infinitive.
Do mo bhualadh, do m' bhualadh fèin,gu mo bhualadh fèin, chum mo
bhualadh fèin, to strike myself.
Bhuail or do bhuail mì mi-fèin,
Bhuail thu thu-fèin,
Bhuail è e-fèin,
Bhuail ì i-fèin,
Bhuail sìnn sinn-fein,
Bhuail sìbh sibh-fèin,
Bhuail ìad iad-fèin,
Buailidh mì mi-fèin,
Am buail mì mi-fèin ?
* Here the Possessives mo, do, are transposed into am, ad; and ag is con-
tracted 'g. The form, tha mi 'g am bhualadh fèin, is substituted for tha mì ag mo
bhualadh/èìn, $c. The 'g is oì'ten united to the Possessives ; thus, 'gam, 'gad, 'ga,
'gar> 'gur, 'gam.