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teU, Infill., innse or innseadh; seachaiii, avoid, Infin., seach-
nadh.
2. Some have the Infinitive like the root, as—01, drink,
Infin., ol. Such are—Fas, grow, become; snamh, sunm ;
ruith, ru7i.
3. Many Verbs in air add t for the Infinitive, as—■
Tabhair, give, tabhairt.
4. Some Monosyllables add sinn or tinn, as—Creid,
believe, creidsinn ; bean, touch, beantuinn.
5. A few add ail, as—Fkg, leave, fagail.
Other irregulars will be noticed as they occur.
Av^iliaries.
Besides the Verb to be, dean, do, and rach, go, are used as
Auxiliary Verbs, as—Nach dean tbu bhualadh 1 will you
not (do his striking) strike him 1 rach a dh' 61, go to drink.
Impersonal Verbs.
Verbs which do not regularly admit of of a Passive Voice
are employed in the 3d Fers. Sing. Passive, with an Active
signification, and without an expressed Nominative, as—Cha
'n fhasar olc gu h-obainn, (one) does not become wicked all of
a sudden; thair ag innse dhomhsa, they tell me.
The Passive Voice is sometimes used in poetry, or for the
sake of efl'ect, as an Active Verb of the Present Tense with¬
out a Nominative, as—Tuitear sios chum an lar, down (he)
fell to the ground.
Many Gaelic Verbs are made up of Nouns, Adjectives,
and Prepositions, with the Auxiliary Verb to be, as—
Is f hearr leam (it is better with me), / 'prefer.
Tha agam (there is with me), I have.
Tha duil againn, we suppose.
Tha suil agam, / expect.
Tha agam air, he owes me.
Is beag orm, / dislike.
Cha 'n eil agam air, / dorit care for.
Is toigh leam, I like or love, &c.
These may be conjugated with the parts of the Verb to
be and the several Prepositional Pronouns.