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

200 ETYMOLOGY.
FOCLACHADH.
Correct the errors in the fol¬
lowing expressions:—
Sturdy oxes, six gooses,
young calfs, eight inchs,
an animal of four foots is
called a quadrupead, he
has three childs, clever
hoies, fine ladys, old wifes,
three dwarves, dry potatos.
Ceartaich na mearachdan anns
na briathran a leanas :—
Damhan ghramail, sea
geadhan, laoghan oga, ochd
oirleachan, theirear ceithir-
chasach ri beathach chei-
thir chasanan, tha triur
phaistich aige, balachanich
ealanta, bain-tighearnich
finealta, seann, bheanan,
tri luspardaneich, buntatas
tioram.
Gendeu—What is the Gender Gin.— Ciod e Gin agus
and Gaelic of-— Gaelig—
Man, pen, king,, table, father, fork, tree, girl, grass,
book, parent, spawner, stone, dog, wife, drake, candle,
horse, chair, lien, knife, stag, woman, friar, pot, ewe,
cask, lion, boy, milk, cow, turnip, sun, moon ?
What is the Feminine and the Ciod i Boireanta agus Gaelig,
Gaelic, in both genders, of— ’san dd ghin, aig—
Author, actor, beau, boar, boy, benefactor, bridegroom,
colt, count, chanter, cock-sparrow, czar, drake, duke,
director, earl, executor, father, gander, giant, hart, heir,
husband, milter, monk, lad, nephew, peer, poet, shepherd,
tiger, testator, viscount ?
Tell the Gender and English of— Airis Gin agus Beurla air—
Aba, adhar, allt, bean, bade, bo, buitseach, bord.
boirionnach, capull, caile, cearc, ciabhag, crinlean.
damh, dorus, dorn, dealg, each, earb, eisempleir, eun,
eud, famhair, fraoch, fear, fiadh, focal, gille, gleann,
innis, iris, isbean, lamb, la, lasadh, mac, muc, mealg,
nighean, neonan, osag, peann, righ, reult, smaladair, te,
tigh, uinneag, uiseag, ubh.
Correct—
John is a good girl.
Peter is a bride. This is
Ceartaich—
Is math a’ chaileag Iain.
Tha Peadar ’na bhean-