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ETYMOLOGY.
FOCLACHADH. 151
Possessive Pronoun is generally written entire in every person ;
as, Air-son, for.
Air mo shon, /br me, i. e. for my profìt, or my sake.
Air do shon, for thee, i. e. for thy profit, or thy sake.
Air à shon,/or him, i. e. for his profit, or his sake.
Air à son, for her, i. e. for her profit, or her sake.
Air ar son, for us, i. e. for our profit, or our sake.
Air bhur son,foryou, i. e. for your profìt, &c.
Air an son, for them, i. e. for their profit, &c.
So, Air mo bhèulaobh, before me. Air mo chùlaobh, behind
me. Air mo sgà, for me. Air mo los, for me. Air mo lòrg,
air mo thòir, after me. As mo leth, in my behalf for me. Air
m'* f had, on my length. Air m' fheadh, ihrough me. Fa mo
chomhair, opposite to me. Os mo cheann, os mo chiònn, above
me, &c.
Rule 2. — When the first term ends in a consonant, and the
second begins with a vowel, mo and do elide their vowels, and à
masculine is suppressed ; thus,
As easbhaidh, without,from want of.
As m' easbhaidh, without me. As ar n- easbhaidh, without us.
As d' easbhaidh, without thee. As bhur n-easbhaLÌdh, withoutyou.
As 'easbhaidh, without him. As an easbhaidh, without them.
As à h-easbhaidh, without lier.
Rule 3. — When the fìrst term ends in a vowel or dh (do), and
the second begins with a vowel, mo and do become m', d', and
the fìrst elides its vowel before the initial vowels of the Pos-
sessives ; thus,
Dh-ionnsaidh for do ionnsaidh, to, toward.
Do m' ìonnsaidh, to me, to my attaclcox attempt. Do d' ionn-
saidh, d' à ionnsaidh, d' à h-ionnsaidh. D'ar n-ionnsaidh, do
bhur n-ionnsaidh, d' an ionnsaidh.
Rule 4. — Compound Prepositions beginning with am or an,
transpose the Possessives mo, do, into am, ad, and change am and
an of the preposition into 'n before all the Possessives ; thus,
An aghaidh, against, in face of.
'N amt aghaidh, 'n ad aghaidh, 'n à aghaidh, 'n àh-aghaidh.
* Mo and do become m' d', and à masculine becomes (') before f pure aspirated ;
as, air m' fhad, air d'/kad, air 'fhad, air àfad, &c.
t These combinations are variously formed by different writers ; 'n, the fragment
of the simple preposition ann, is sometimes united to the initial letters of the