Books and other items printed in Gaelic from 1841 to 1870 > Double grammar, of English and Gaelic, in which the principles of both languages are clearly explained

ORTHOGRAPHY.
eu teum, tjeme, a bite,
ia fiadh, feu-gh, a deer,
ua cuan, ku-an, sea.
Long sound.
ae Gael, gyall, a Celt,
ai f aidh, faey, a prophet,
ea ceann, ke-ann, a head,
ei heist, beisj, a beast,
eo cedi, keoll, music,
io iolach, eulach, a shout,
iu iuchair, euyar, a key.
oi foid, foig, a turf,
ui suigheag, sui-ag, a rasp.
Triphthongs.—There are
five triphthongs in Gaelic,
viz. aoi, eoi, iai, iui, uai; in
each of these the two first
vowels have their diph¬
thongal sounds ; and final
i is always short, hut is
scarcely heard before a
sounded lingual or palatial.
TRIPHTHONG SOUNDS.
4. Key.
aoi caoidh, kao’e, lament,
eoi tredir, tro’r, strength,
iai fiaire, fear a, more cro
iui ciuin, keu’n, calm,
uai fuaim, fuy’m, sound.
OF CONSONANTS.
A consonant is aspirated
by annexing ^ to it; as,
bade, Made.
LITIREACHADH. 25
eu gleus, glace, gun-lock,
ia biadh, beu-gh, food,
ua sluagh, slua-gh, people.
Short sound.
ae claish, Hash, a furrow,
ea bean, ben, a wife,
ei ceist, keisg, a question,
eo dedch, dyoch, a drink,
io fiodh, feu-gh, timber,
iu tiugh, chew, thick,
oi toit, toige, steam,
ui fuil, fooil, blood.
Tri-ghuthan.—The, cuig
tri-ghuthan ’sa Ghaelig,
eadh. aoi, eoi, iai, iui, uai;
anns gach aon diu sin tha
fuaim da-ghuthail aig a
cheud da fhuaimraig; agus
tha an i dheireannach a
ghna grad, agus is gann
a chluinnear i roimh thean-
gach, no caranach fuaim-
ichte.
FUAIMEAN THRI-GHUTH’.
4. luchair.
laoigh, llo’e, calves,
gedigh, keoy, geese,
ked.
fliuiche, flueche, wetter,
cruaidh, kruey, hard.
MU CHONNRAGAIBH.
Seidichear cdnnrag le h
a chur ri ’cul; mar, haile,
b/iaile.