Elements of Gaelic Grammar

All compound words in Gaelic consist of two component parts, exclusive of the derivative terminations enumerated in the preceding Chapter. Of these component parts, the former m...

The Gaelic alphabet consists of eighteen letters: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u. Of these, five are vowels, a, e, i, o, u; the rest consonants.

The changes on the termination are made according to one model, and by the same rules. But for the sake of stating some diversity in the _initial_ changes, it may be convenient...

A Noun is the Name of any person, object, or thing whatsoever, that we have occasion to mention. In treating of {38} this Part of Speech, we have to consider the _Gender_ and th...

The Prepositions, strictly so called, are single words, most of them monosyllables, employed to mark relation. Relation is also expressed by combinations of words which often co...

Under Concord is to be considered the agreement of the Article with its Noun;--of an Adjective with its Noun;--of a Pronoun with its Antecedent;--of a Verb with its Nominative;-...

The utility of a Grammar of the Scottish Gaelic will be variously appreciated. Some will be disposed to deride the vain endeavour to restore vigour to a decaying superannuated l...

One Noun governs another in the Genitive. The Noun governed is always placed after that which governs it; as, ceann tighe, _the head of a house or family_; solus na gr['e]ine, _...

Adjectives undergo changes which mark their relation to other words. These changes are made, like those on nouns, partly on the beginning, and partly on the termination, and may...

An Adverb, considered as a separate part of speech, is a single indeclinable word, significant of time, place, or any other circumstance or modification of an action or attribut...

The Parts of Speech which are formed by derivation from other words are Nouns, Adjectives, and Verbs. These are chiefly derived from Nouns and Adjectives, and a few from Verbs.

_Singular._ _Plural._ _Simple Form._ _Emphat. F._ _Simple F._ _Emphat._ 1. Mi, mhi, _I_, _me_, Mise, mhise. Sinn, _we_, _us_, Sinne. 2. {Th, thu, _thou_, } Tusa, thusa. Sibh, _y...

Under this class of words, it is proper to enumerate not only those single Particles which are usually denominated Conjunctions; but also the most common phrases which are used...

Sect. 1. Of the agreement of the Article with a Noun, 137 Sect. 2. Of the agreement of an Adjective with a Noun, 141 Sect. 3. Of the agreement of a Pronoun with its Antecedent,...

The Gaelic article an corresponds to the English definite article _the_. There is in Gaelic no indefinite article corresponding to the English _a_ or _an_. The inflections of th...

CHAP. V.--Of Verbs, 65 Formation of the Tenses, 76 Use and import of the Moods and Tenses, 85 Irregular Verbs, 95 Defective Verbs, 99 Reciprocating state of Verbs, 102 Impersona...

The syllables or sounds, employed as expressions of various emotions or sensations, are numerous in Gaelic, but for the most part provincial, and arbitrary. Only one or two sing...

Syntax treats of the connection of words with each other in a sentence; and teaches the proper method of expressing their connection by the _Collection_ and the _Form_ of the wo...

The parts of speech in Gaelic may be conveniently divided and arranged as follows:--Article, Noun, Adjective, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection. Of t...