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118 ETYMOLOGY.
Plural.
Tabhaireamaid, thoireamaid, thu-
gamaid.
Tabhairibh, thoiribh, thugaibh.
Tabhaireadh, thoireadh, thugadh
ìad.
FOCLACHADH.
Plural.
Tabhairear, thoirear, thugar sinn.
Tabhairear, thoirear, thugar sìbh.
Tabhairear, thoirear, thugar ìad.
INDICATIVE
Present.— Active.
Tha mì 'toirt, / am giving, &c.
Past.
Thug mi, / gave, &c.
An % cha, nach, na'n, mur, gu'n d'
Thug mì, &c
Ged, ma Thug mì, &c
Future.
Bheir mi, / shall give, &c.
An ! cha, nach, na'n, mur, gu'n
Tabhair, Toir mì, &c.
Ged, ma Bheir mì, &c.
Present .— Passive.
Tha mi air mo thoirt, &c.
Past.
Thugadh mì, / was given, &c.
An 1 cha, nach, gu'n d' Thugadh
mì, &c.
Ged, ma Thugadh mì, &c.
Future.
Bheirear mì, I shall be given, &c.
An ? cha, nach, na'n, mur, gu'n
Tabhairear, Toirear, &c.
Ged, ma Bheirear mì, &c.
SUBJUNCTIVE.
Past.
Bheirinn, / would give, &c.
An ? cha, nach, na'n, mur, gu'n
Toirinn,* Tugainn, &c.
Ged bheirinn, &c.
given,
Past.
Bheirteadh mi, / would
&c.
An ? cha, nach, na'n, mur, gu'n
Toirteadh, Tugteadh mì, &c.
Ged bheirteadh m\, &c.
(No future in -as.)
Infinitive.— Tabhairt, toirt, giving ; a thabhairt, a thoirt.
Pres. Part. — A' tabhairt, a' toirt, a' breith,f giving, at giving.
Past Part. — Air tabhairt, air toirt, given, having given.
Ruig,J reach, arrive ; extendere, pervenire.
IMPERATIVE.
Active. Passive.
Ruigeam, let rne reach, &c. Ruigtear mi, let me be reached, &c.
Na ruigeam, &c. Na ruigtear mì, &c.
* The t in toìr and tvffainn assumes the sound of d, and hence the corrupted
forms doir, dnga'mn, d'thoir, d'thugainn. — See note on tèid, page 117.
f A' breith is almost obsolete, it is used only in a few phrases; as, a' breith air
làimh òrm, corrupted in some northern districts, into " a' breac air làimh òrm,"
seizing me by the hand. A' breith air èiginn, taking by violence. " A' breith buidh-
eachais, giving thanks." — B;ble. Breith signifies judgment or the sentence given
by a judge. Breitheamh, a judge. Breitheanas (i. e. breith-a-nuas), a sentence
from above, judgment ; as, " Là a' bhreitheanais, " the day ofjudgment. In this
sense, breith is found in some Latin and Greek words ; as, Vergobretus, i. e.fear-gu-
breith, a man for judging, a judge.— Caes. Gal. Bel. L. i. 16. IJ^scrSos, an old man ;
a chief.
X K;/(<7combined with the word " leas, " prqfit, signifìes to need, to require,- as,
" cha rùig thu leas gluasad," you need not movc.