, for ba or budh; gur bh'é, that it was he.

(for ba áil), it were pleasing (to me); I should like (with liom). See <<áil>>.

, ad. phr., perhaps; somet. in sp. l., b'fhéadair, b'fhéadar, and mb'fhéidir (Iver.).

, contr. for do, de, preps., and for no, poss. prn. (which somet. becomes t'); also for do, verbal particle, pf. tense, act. and pass., and verbal noun.

(from do, prep., aimh, neg. part., deoin, will), ad. and prep., against, in spite of.

, prep., after. See <<aithle>>.

, prep. phr., to, towards, unto. See <<ionnsuidhe>>.

interj., expressing wonder, grief; often strengthening an interrogation; also in reponse to a call, summons, or address, signifying well! yes! as, a Sheagháin! é! I say, John! Well!

for t, thy (before vowels).

, abbreviation for iodhon or eadhon, that is, to wit, namely, videlicet, viz., i.e.

, I prefer my mother to my father, (the people translate: I think worse of my mother than my father, evidently identifying this word with the comparative of olc, 7c., this is more probable I than its derivation from measaim; cia 'ca is measa leat; Tomás nó Máire, which do you prefer, which would you do more for, Thomas or Mary? cf. also: Mo chreach fhada reamhair, Is ní hé Seaghán ná a chlann, Is measa liom féin mo dhall, Atá críonna, foirbhthe fann. Oh, woe, alas! and it is not! because of John and his children, I am more concerned about my poor blind mother (it was a mother in this case) who is old, exhausted and weak; the people say: I think worse of you than of my brother, is measa liom tú ná mo dhearbhráthair, the meaning is I prefer you, I am fonder of you, I'd go farther for you, I'd suffer more for you, you are dearer to me and would cost me more, cf. my dearest enemy (Hamlet), but the phrase think worse of is clearly taken from the comparative idea in measa (supposed to be a comparative adjective); cf. also a phrase like ba mheasa liom bárr a mhéir a bheith gearrtha ná corp an duine eile.

(and -ne), an emphatic particle used after 1st person pl., as ar bhfear-na, our man.

, i n-ar, in our.

, emphatic affix to pr., 1st pl. sinne (= sinn-ne), dínne, linne, ionnainne, etc.

(contr. for a n-iar), from the west. See <<siar>>.

, with infin. = able to (Don.); bheith i 'ninnibh é dhéanamh, to be able to do it (Don.), bheith i n-ann é dhéanamh (Con.); perhaps i prefixed to innmhe (O. Ir. indeb).

, anoir, from the east, after verbs of motion; nár fillir anoir, may you not return from the east.

, anuas ('n-uas, a n-uas), down from above, from a height, after verbs of motion; cf. siúd suas é, gura' mó anuas é, lo! it goes up, may it be greater coming down (a nursery expression, used in lifting a child in arms).

= anuraidh, anoraidh, anuiridh, last year, during last year; bhí sé annso 'nuraidh, he was here last year; cf. a mbliadhna, this year (pron. 'nuirig, M.).

, a diminutive affix in composition, meaning little, young, small, as duilleog, from duille a leaf; -óg does not always imply diminutiveness, thus béalóg signifies a mouthful, not a little mouth; -óg is often affixed to adjectives, and expresses a concrete instance of the quality expressed by the adjective, as ciaróg, a black insect, etc.; it has an independent plural, óige, in Om., in the expression, seacht n-óige na coilleadh, the seven ogs of the wood, and seacht n-óighe an aeir, the seven ogs of the air, i.e. seven names of plants and seven names of birds, ending in -óg.

, from the; ó n-a, from his, her, its, their.

= ó ar, from our.

, in phr., gach 're seadh, gach 're treall, 7c. (alternately), (prop. gach 'le seadh, 7c.); gach 're lá, on alternate days.

(tar éis), after.

, in the colloquial abbrev. for ins an; 'sa bhaile, at home; 'sa gheimhreadh, in winter.

, used with compar., stands for is, the sign of the compar., with a pleonastic a (aspirating); it is probably the same a as in 7 a fheabhas, 7c., and so excellently, etc., dá fheabhas, no matter how excellent, etc.; nídh sa-mhó, somewhat more; nídh-sa mheasa, somewhat worse, still worse; mó-sa-chách, still more, above all (Kea., T.S.); luathaide-sa-chách, still more quickly (Kea., T. S.).

, emphatic prefix, 1st and 2nd pers. sing.: agam-sa, at myself; leat-sa, with or by thyself.

, emphatic suffix, applied to prn. 1st sing., mise, myself; mo ráidhte-se, my words; uaim-se, from myself; demonstr., an comhartha báis-se, this sign of death; to prep. prns., 3rd sing. fem. and 2nd pl.: aici-se, at or with herself; agaibh-se, with yourselves.

, emphatic affix, 3rd tiny, masc.; aige-sean, at him, with him; for -san after slender vowel, séan, g. séin, m., good luck, prosperity, fortune, happiness, success; magical source of protection in battle, a charm; vicissitude; a stuaire an tséin, oh, happy maiden; is iomdha séan ar chroich mé lámh leis, many's the vicissitude I had.

, the, pl. of article, after certain preps; also for agus na, and the.

, after the article, is prefixed to masculine nouns beginning with a vowel, when they are in the nom.-acc. case. The article also prefixes t- to nouns beginning with s followed by a vowel or by l, n, r, in the nom. sing, fem. and in the gen. sing. masc.

= do, thy, before a vowel: cá bhfuil t'athair? where is your father?