to Hebrew roots, consbting entirely of consonants, the intervening 

 letters employed for their enunciation are not to be deemed essen- 

 tial, as not constituting a part of the root. Another universal rule, 

 which should always be attended to, is, that letters of the same 

 organ are substituted one for another ; such as labials, dentals, gut- 

 turals, nasals and palatals ; for instance b for p, c for g, d for t, 

 p for V, &c. By a careful attention to the mutual changes and 

 substitutions of these letters an unerring clue is found by the etymo- 

 logist in tracing words to their origin. 



Let us instance the Latin word capio and all its derivatives. We 

 find the root to be caj), from the Celtic yah, to take in the hand, 

 which last is found to be the same as the Hebrew rp caph or cap, 

 the palm or hollow of the hand — hence, the meaning of capio is to 

 take in the hand, to hold ; thence come captivus» caviis, and many 

 more. ■'' 



Xa^arrw, to carve, engrave. The radical consonants are ^r, 

 from the Hebrew mna. to cut, to engrave in wood or stone ; Celtic 

 ys-^^^i cut thou; ge^tfUittfO cutting; ce^itjii? cutting, engraving; 

 5|te-<ii)<i-6 cutting, polishing, engraving, carving. 



*tfm, dowry, &c. Heb. pg, pltercn, to endow. Irish |Dfioi) or 

 ^■Hrf)t endow thou, bestow ; i^]^']\t a gift. 



The negative particle in in Latin, as z«iraicus, imprudens, from v^bi 

 aiui not. Irish ttti, a negative, and sometimes intensitive, particle 

 used in composition, and tij not. 



Modim, modus, moderor, &c. in Latin, from ^^ mad, a mea- 

 sure. Irish, Mie-ttt), a mean or balance ; morb a mode or manner. 



Mixtura, mixture, misceo, /Mo-yai, radical consonants, fM-y, from 

 "jOa m^sec, to mix. Irish, rtig^g or rtie^fc, mix thou; hence 

 tMKEe^ or «ie<ce, drunkenness, i. e. mingling or adulteration. 



Heb. ^N, ab, an abbot, Ir. <tt>, an abbot ; father ; lord ; a cause. 



