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exercise XV
§ 111. Other examples of the sounds of ái, éi, ói, úi:—
| bríste | (brish'-tĕ), broken |
| cáise | (kaush'-ĕ), cheese |
| láir | (Laur), a mare |
| sáile | (saul'-ĕ), salt water, the salt sea |
| sráid | (sraud), a street |
| éirinn | (aer'-in), Ireland |
| súil | (sool), the eye |
| súiste | (soosh'-tĕ), a flail |
| túirne | (thoor-mĕ), a spinning wheel |
§ 112. Many proper names involve the sound of ái; thus, Art, Flann, give rise to the diminutives Artagán, Flannagán (little Art, little Flann), hence the family name O h-Artagáin (ō horth'-ă-gaun), O Flannagáin (ō floN'-ă-gaun), literally, grandson of little Art, Flann; the forms from which the ordinary O'Hartigan, O'Flanagan, are taken.
§ 113. The preposition "with" (= "along with") is translated by le (le, almost like le in let); as, atá Art le Conn, Art is with Conn. This le prefixes h to a vowel; as, atá Conn le h-Art (horth), Conn is with Art.
§ 114. The preposition "to" (= "to a place") is translated by go (gŭ) when no article follows; as go Gránárd, to Granard.
When a vowel follows, h is prefixed; as go h-áit, to a place. When the article follows, go is never used, but do'n (dhŭn) is used (= "to the"); as, do'n áit, to the place. (see §62)
§ 115. The preposition "in" is translated by in; as, in Éirinn, in Ireland.
NOTE—In the spoken language the n is pronounced as if belonging to the following words: as, i n-Éirinn ( ă-naer'-in)
note that
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