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SELF-INSTRUCTION
IN
IRISH.
BliAc-Cv\i|*e,
a
winding-sheet
;
from
b]t<\c,
and
CAjfe,
of
death
;
poss.
or gen. case.
Co|t|i-ri)oi)Aió, a
crane.
i)eo5, end, final issue; as,
-p^
&eo5, at
last;
cA]t)]c
ye
].\\
8eo5, he came
at last;
^<\
oeifie, ^511^
p<\
^605,
at length
and at
last. This word is
compounded with Ue,
the geni-
tive case of
liv
; as,
beo5U\e (pr.
di/o-lae),
the decline
or
close of the
day, the evening ;
caji^ic
fe
a
&eo5U\e
at^i;)
i)Ae, he
came
in the
decline of (the
day)
yesterday
;
beoj-
pUlc,
the last
prince : this word is misspelled
ciuj ;
as,
CIU5-
•plA]C,
the last
prince.
t)eo5
is not heard in the spoken
language, except in the
adverb,
y^
6005,
and
in connexion
with
the word Ue,
of
a
day
;
and
oióce,
of
a
night
',
beo5-
oióce,
far in the
night, end of the night. The word
be^jte,
end,
is,
at
present,
commonly
employed
in its stead.
'peAji-ceoil,
a
man-of-music, a
musician.
j^eAii-ireAi-A,
a
mau-of-knowledge, a seer
;
peA^'A being
the
gen. case
of
piof.
"
peA]i-ci3e,
man-of-a-house,
a
householder.
lAOC-ceoil,
warrior-of-music.
2t)AC-AllA, an
echo (son-of-the-cliff).
2l)<\c-cjiie,
a
wolf (son-of-the-country).
Cu-njA]iA,
an otter (dog-of-the-sea).
'XA05-n)AiiA,
a
seal
(calf-of-the-sea).
"CeAC-ofXA,
a
house
of entertainment, an
inn.
Now
this latter class of compound words differs widely
from
the
former
: in these the
principal
part is the first ;
in
those
the
principal part
is
the second
:
in
these the
second
noun
in the
genitive
case
qualifies the meaning of the
first
.
in
those
the
first
part qualifies the meaning cf the second.
Other
names of
Keltic origin
—as,
Orgetorix,
uftttA 5v\c.!:ottuir,
the stay-of-
every-journey
(and
not,
as some derive
the word,
"
King
of
a
Hundred
Hills,"
Ccesar,
edited by
Anthon,
p.
6)
;
Cingetorix,
C]m
5Ac-cotmir,
the
head-of-
every-journey
;
Vergobret,
veAtt-50-b)ieAó,
the mau-for-judgment
—are formed
much
after the same
manner.
Adjectives with a
Noun
prefixed.
Blc-buAt),
everlasting
;
from b]c,
life
;
and
buAij, lasting.
Bic-beo,
sempiternal, everlasting.
BÍAc-cutr)|ici,
blossom-sweet.