A pronouncing Gaelic dictionary: to which is prefixed a consise but most comprehensive Gaelic grammarStirling & Kenney, 1833 - 281 pages |
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Page vii
... noun feminine . n . m . noun masculine . nom . for nominative case . Obs . obsolete . Oss . Ossian's Poems . P. page ; also past tense ; participle , P. E. part . expl . particle expletive . pt . part . for participle . tionary . I. i ...
... noun feminine . n . m . noun masculine . nom . for nominative case . Obs . obsolete . Oss . Ossian's Poems . P. page ; also past tense ; participle , P. E. part . expl . particle expletive . pt . part . for participle . tionary . I. i ...
Page ix
... nouns a sounds like u shut ; as , an duine , un duen'- ao , the man . E has three different sounds ; 1st , è like the Greek , as pronounced in Scotland and on the Continent , or e long in where , whèr ; 2d , sounds like ā in fame , as ...
... nouns a sounds like u shut ; as , an duine , un duen'- ao , the man . E has three different sounds ; 1st , è like the Greek , as pronounced in Scotland and on the Continent , or e long in where , whèr ; 2d , sounds like ā in fame , as ...
Page xi
... nouns ending in aid ; ception , and why not write these and simi- ar nouns , Ailpain , Cuilain , Binneain . 2d , n has a double initial sound , to which there is no similar sound in English ; nuadh , unnŭă or unŭăgh . This occurs in ...
... nouns ending in aid ; ception , and why not write these and simi- ar nouns , Ailpain , Cuilain , Binneain . 2d , n has a double initial sound , to which there is no similar sound in English ; nuadh , unnŭă or unŭăgh . This occurs in ...
Page xii
... nouns in io lose o in the geni- tive ; as , cìoch , nipple , breast , ciche ; crìoch , criche , an end , march ; lion , lin , a net , lint ; siol , sil , seed , oats ; sion , blast , sine ; 2d RULE . Nouns ending in a , o , u , e , o ...
... nouns in io lose o in the geni- tive ; as , cìoch , nipple , breast , ciche ; crìoch , criche , an end , march ; lion , lin , a net , lint ; siol , sil , seed , oats ; sion , blast , sine ; 2d RULE . Nouns ending in a , o , u , e , o ...
Page xiii
... Nouns mas . beginning with a vowel have their voc . and gen . alike ; as , nom . ord , a hammer , gen . ùird , voc . ùird ; nom . amaid , a female fool , gen . and voc . amaid ; nom.oganach , young man , gen . and voc . oganaich . 3d ...
... Nouns mas . beginning with a vowel have their voc . and gen . alike ; as , nom . ord , a hammer , gen . ùird , voc . ùird ; nom . amaid , a female fool , gen . and voc . amaid ; nom.oganach , young man , gen . and voc . oganaich . 3d ...
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