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ETYMOLOGY.
FOCLACHADH.
INDECLINABLE PARTS OF
SPEECH.
PAIRTEAN CAINNTE NEO-
THEARNACH.
The indeclìnable parts of speech are the Adverb, the
Preposition, the Conjunction, and the Interjection.
the adverb. (See page 30.-
Adjectives are used ad-
verbially or changed into
Adverbs, by prefixing the
Preposition gu*
thus,
to them :
-No. 6.) AN CO-GHNÌOMHAR.
Gnàthaichear Buadharàn
mar Cho-ghnìomharàn no
nìtear Co-ghnìomharàn diù
le roi-ìceadh an roimhir gu
riutha : mar-so,
Tròm,
Glan, clean ; gu-glan, cleanly.
Olc, bad ; Gu h-olc, badly. Mòr, grcat ; gu mòr,
Màll, slow ; gu màll, slowly. Grìim, fine ; gugrìnn,
gu cìnnteach, certainly. Cruadal-
gu cruadalach,
finely.
ach,
Adverbs are either Simple
or Compound.
Simple Adverbs denoting
time ; as,
Ainmic, 1 ainmig, seldom.
Chaoidh, choidh,/or ever,for
aye.
Cheana, aìready.
Cìan, long ago, before, of old.
Cuin, c'uin (co ùine, what
time) when ì
Daondan, 2 daonnan, always,
continually.
Fathast, fòs, yet, still, more-
over, too.
Feasd, feasda, for ever, for
evermore.
gu trdm,
Tha Co-ghnìomharàn an
dara cuid Sìngiltno Measgte.
Co-ghniomharàn Singilt a'
cìallachadh uine ; mar,
Fbs, yet, moreover, also.
Idir, at all.
Minic, minig, oft, often.
Mu'n, ma'n, mun, man, be-
fore, ere.
Nis, nise, now, at this time.
'Nuair (an uair), when.
Biabh, ever [of 'past time).
Rìs, rithist, rìst, again.
Roimhe, before, formerly.
Seachd, past, away, along.
Seadh, 's è, yea, yes, even.
Tric, often, frequently.
* The particle " gu," placed before the adjective, corresponds to the affix ly in
English, and it should be hyphened or incorporated with the adjective in Gaelic as ly
is in English ; thus, gu-glan, gu-trom, or guglan, gutrom. I have in most cases
adopted the hyphened formin the text.— See Note \, page 74.
1 That is, ana minic, not often. 2 Do aon tàn, to one or the same time.