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134 ETYMOLOGY.
FOCLACHADH.
4. Some verbs of two syllables in -air, add t to the root, as,
freagair, answer. Infin. Freagairt.
5. Several verbs have two, three, or four forms of the Infini-
tive ; as, togair, incline. Infin. Togairt, or togradh. Gin, beget.
Infin. Gintinn, giontuinn, gineamhuinn. Lean, follow. Infin.
Leantuinn, leanailt, leantail, leanmhuinn.
6. Some verbs make their infinitive the same as their roots ;
as, gairm, call. Infin. Gairm. At, swell. Infin. At.
7. Several verbs form their infinitive by dropping the letter i
from their roots; as, cuir, put, place. Infin. Cur.
In conjugating a verb or giving the principal parts of it, the
second person singular of the Imperative, the Past tense, and the
two participles, or the Infinitive and past Participle, should
always be repeated ; thus,
EXAMPLES.
Past. Pres. Part.
ghlac, a'glacadh,
caught, catching,
dh'-èignich, ag èigneachadh,
Imper.
Glac,
Catch,
Eignich,
Compel,
Fan, wait,
Goir, crow,
liea.n,follow,
Ròist, roast,
Streap, climb,
Snàmh, swim
compelled,
dh'-fhan,
ghoir,
c lean,
'ròist,
'streap,
shnàmh,
compelling,
' fantuinn,
goirsinn,
leantuinn,
ròstadh,
streap,
snàmh,
Past Part.
glacte.
caught.
èignichte.
compelled.
iarfantuinn.
iar goirsinn.
iarleantuinn
ròiste.
streapte.
iar snàmh.
In the following list of Irregular Infinitives, irr. marks out an ir-
regular verb, and the figures the page on which it is inflected. The
letter r indicates that the verb has also a regular infinitive. The dash
(-) before a termination shows that the initial syllable is to be added.
Imperative. Infinitive.
Abair, irr. say, 120,ràdh, &c.
Acain, complain, acain.
Agair, claim, agairt.
Aisead, deliver ofa
child, aisead r.
Aithris, \ . „ j aithris.
Airis, j ™ Vì ( ains.
Aireamh, number, àireamh.
Aisig, restore;ferry
over, aiseag.
Amhairc, looh, amharc.
Ama.is,find out, amas.
Imperative. Infinitive.
Anacail, save, anacladh.
At, swell, at r.
Ardaich, exalt, àrdachadh.
Bagair, threaten, bagairt.
Bean, touch, beantuinn. 1
Beannaich, bless, -nachadh.
Beir, irr. bear, 115,breith.
Bèuc, roar, bèucail 2 r.
Bi, irr. be, 84,
Blais, taste,
bith.
fbìdil.
tbìgil.
blasad.
1 Beanailt, beantail.— 2 Bèucaich.