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

238 ETYMOLOGY.
3. Adjectives denoting like¬
ness, are formed from nouns,
by adding—
Brute ish brutish
Man like manlike
World ly worldly
4. Adjectives denoting capa¬
city in an active sense, are form¬
ed from nouns or verbs, by add¬
ing ive,—
Sport ive sportive
Elect — elective
5. Adjectives denoting capa¬
city in a passive sense, are
formed from nouns or verbs,
by adding able, ible, in En-
lish, and by prefixing so in
Gaelic.
Cure able curable
Credit ible credible
Dissolve uble dissoluble
6. Adjectives denoting want
or privation, are formed from
the name of the thing wanting,
by adding less in English, and
by prefixing ain, eu, mi, neo,
&c. in Gaelic.
Art less artless
Shame — shameless
For Gaelic adjectives of this
VERBS.
1. Verbs conveying the idea
of to make, as a part of their
signification, are formed from
nouns and adjectives, by adding
ate, en, &c.
FOCLACHADH.
3. Cumar Buadharan a
j ciallachadh coltais, le cur
I Braid eil briiideil
I Duine — duineil
Saoghal ta saoghalta
4. Cumar Buadharan a
ciallachadh comais ann an seadh
spreigeach, o ainmearan no bho
ghniomharan, le cur,—
Spors ail sporsail
Tagh ach taghach
5. Cumar Buadharan a
ciallachadh comais, ann an
seadh fulangach, o ainmearan
no bho ghniomharan, le cur,
able, ible, ’sa Bheurla, agus le
roimh-iceadh so ’sa Ghaelig.
Leigheas so-leigheas
Creid so-chreidsinn, creideasach
Leagh so-leaghadh, leaghach
6. Cumar Buadharan a
ciallachadh dith, no easbhaidh,
o ainm an ni a ta gann, le cur
less ’sa Bheurla, agus le roimh-
iceadh ain, eu, mi, neo, &ce.
’sa Ghaelig.
Eolas aineolach
Naire mi-narach
description, see next page.
GHNIOMARAN.
1. Cumar Gniohmharan
anns am beil nadar a bhi dean-
amh fillte, mar phairt de ’n
seadh, o ainmearan agus o
bhuadharan, le cur ich, n, &ce.
Person
Hard
ate personate
en harden
Riochd
Teann
ich riochdaich
— teannaich