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.
G. In monosyllables final
consonants, except f, l, s, are
generally single, as
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6. Tha connragan deireann-
ach, ach f, l, s, gu cumanta sing-
ilt ’an aon-smidean, mar,
bud, rub, frog, hog, oh, ham, tin, son, map, fir, pet, fox, &c.; ex¬
cept add, odd, ebb, egg, inn, err, purr, butt.
7. No monosyllable ends in
c hard without a k, as
7- Cha dhun aon-smid le c
cruaidh gun k, mar,
sick, stock, suck, lock, &c. except zinc-
8. C is used as a final letter
after i, and the diphthong ia in
words of more than one syllable,
as,
(8.) Tha c gnathaichte mar
litir dheireannach an deigh i agus
an da-ghuth ia ’am focail anns a
bheil na’s mo na aon smid, mar,
music, public, maniac, zodiac.
AFFIXES.
9. Words are materially
changed in their final letters, by
the addition of such terminations,
as able, ible, ing, ish, y, ous,
ed, er, eth, est, merit, ness.
ICEAN.
9. Tha focail iar an atharr-
achadh gu mor ’nan litrichean
deireannachle leasachadh a leith-
id so de dh-icean able, ible, ing,
ish, y, ous, ed, er, eth, est, ment,
ness.
10. Words ending in silent
e, upon receiving an affix be¬
ginning with a vowel generally
drop the e, but retain it before
an affix beginning with a con¬
sonant, as,
10. Tilgidh focail a dunadh
le e samhach gu cumanta an e,
’nuair a tha an ic a toiseachadh
le fuaimraig ; ach cumaidh iad i
roimh ic a toiseachadh le conn-
raig, mar.
decline, declining’, life, life/ess.
11. Silent e is retained after
v and c or g soft before a vowel,
but it is changed into i after c
soft, before ous, as
12. Words ending in y, pre¬
ceded by a vowel, generally re¬
tain the y ; but y preceded by
a consonant is changed into i
upon assuming an affix: y is
always retained before ing and
ish, as
11. Cumar e smahach an
deigh v, agus c no g bog roimh
fhuaimraig, ach muthar c gu fan
deigh c bog, roimh ous, mar,
grace,
12. Cumaidh focail a dun¬
adh le y agus fuaimrag roimpe
gu cumanta y; ach tha y le
connrag roimpe iar a tionndadh
gu i ann a gabhail na h-ice :
cumar y a ghna roimh ing agus
ish, mar
move, moveable, peace, peaceable, change, changea6/e ;
gracious, price, precious.
boy, boys, boyish; holy, holier, holiest, fancy, ianciful, marry,
marries, marrying, fly, flies, flying.