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110
OF THE PAETS
[Part II.
Am bliadhna; this year.
Am feadh; whilst.
Am feasd; for ever.
Am maireach; to-morrow.
An ceart uair; the very hour, presently.
An comhnuidh ; in continuation, continually.
An dd; yesterday.
An deigh laimh; behind hand, afterwards.
An diugh; the [present] day, to-day (a).
An ear-thrath,
An iuv-thraith
the after time, the day after to-morrow.
An nothd; the [present] night, to-night.
An raoir, J
a •,, > yesternight.
An reidhr, ] J °
An sin; in that [time], then.
An trath 3 the time, when.
An trath so, ) ... ,.
An tras’ • [ LlS "me’ a'i Present-
An uair ; the time, when.
An uiridh ; last year.
Aon uair; one time, once.
Cia fhada; how long.
Cia minic, ) . ..
. . > how often.
Lia trie; J
C’uine ; what time, when.
Ah;’
Dh’ oidhche ; by night (b).
Do ghnath ; [according] to custom, always.
Fa dheoidh -, at the end, at last.
Fathast,
F6s;
}yet,
still.
{a) So in Hebrew, the article prefixed to the nouns day, night, imports
the present day or night. See Exod. xiv. 13.
(b) Perhaps the proper Prep, in these phrases is de, not do—see the Pre¬
positions in the next Chap.—as we find the same Prep, similarly applied
in other languages ; de nuit by night, John iii. 2 ; de nocte, Hor. Epis. 1.
2, 32; de tertia .’igilia, Cajs. B. G.