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<ihh 



iib}). 



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g^ (710 1»> '"rt, dona, radharc, dall, tabhairt; — re, le, maise ;— -inin, mil; — mor, tore, cnoc, donn; 



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-tur, luth. 



grave, serious, ingenious, cunning, ex- 

 pert, inventive. 

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<fb. abh (ov) Adj. m. and f. gen. sing, 

 masc. «jb. f. <ijbe ; — compar. «;be. 

 [DecL] [Affinities.] 



1. m)\)f, h\<Kft>^. 2. <xo;b;n, ytxfo^m- 

 <xjl, cft;cne<xit)<xc. 3. bjn, ceolm<x;i. — 



Dulcis s delect abilis ; harmonicus. — 



Sweet, delicious; — delightful; — musical* 

 sweet-sounding, melodious. 



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<tb*c. abh'ac. Munster Dialect, abhuc, 

 (ouck) s. m. gen. s. oibftjc ; n. p. <xb«jc, 

 ttbAca or <xbcA. [Decl.] from <x, height, 

 and bac, impediment, i. e. impeded 

 growth or height. [Affinities.] 



1. bujine DO <ijnm;!t)e mjon no anbeoij. 

 2. m;on-jrci;r, maol<xcin. 3._ 5<xb<x;jt;n, 

 m«jb/i;n, no maba beftj, <x tejbedn fa 

 c«liT)<njn bo coibccinAb pona;c <x;^ poll. 

 Homunculus ; nanus, pumilio ; canum ge- 

 mis animalia subterranea indagans. — A 

 manikin ; dwarf; terrier. ; 



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<(bc^U. abh'uU or abhuli' (oo-ull) s. m. gen. 

 s. <ib<x;ll, n.pl. <xbl<x i. e. <vb<xU<x [Decl.] 

 Jrom ftb sweet and <xl nounskment or 

 food. [Affinities.] 



] . co;ic<3i no me*;^ oin c;t<x;n abcijll ; 

 2. Cft<xn «b<ill ; 3. <xbm*b <^n c;tft;n 

 \xb*jll. Pomum, malum, — An apple. 

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<(b«n. abh'un or abhun {ou7i) s. f. g. 5. 

 and n. pi. ci;bne, i. e. <xba;ne. [Decl.j 

 from <xb, sweet, and &n, water. [Affini- 

 ties.] «b, Aman, ;^;^"t:_ boba/i, ;'nu<ib, 

 nfi6;i-j«J/-e u;/-ce a ;^jubl<x;', ^)iGiXf 

 no rnJX**/* ftWAc );r *n mu;;i. — >^?«- 

 nw, rivus, Jiuvius, jlumen, aqua. — A 



' river, a large stream or current 



of water that disembogues into the 

 sea. 



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tfbfta. abh'ri or abh'ri. s. f. g. s.^ oib/ta, 

 n. pi. ab/KXbA vel <xb/iA;be, <ib^o;be, «b- 

 ;iu;be. [Decl.]— ^>am <ib, sweet, and 

 /lib, a saying. [Affinities.] _ 



1. ban, bu<x;n, nejitiecib, caj, jp]\j- 

 beAcc. 2. cdjnt, txfaajftc, <xb;t<xb, ;tib, 

 ^tSijbceacAj^, u)\lflLb;t». — Poema, poesis ; 

 sermo, locutio, loguela, logos, — A poem, 

 poetry, speech, saying. 



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With respect to the four form's 

 of the nominative plural, in the last 

 word, they are indiffisrently used by 

 our writers. It is our duty here to 

 point out to the learner, that these 

 are various modes of inflection for 

 forming the nominative plural of the 

 noun. The first is preferable, because it 

 is that which preserves the original 

 structure of the word, and on which 

 the dative and ablative cases plural 

 can be formed by merely adding jb, and 

 in the whole progress of the word 

 through its inflections in forming the 

 cases, the root is discernible ; conse- 

 quently, according to the genius and 

 analogy of the language, whose pecu - 

 liar elegance, consists in preserving the 

 radix, that mode of inflection is best 

 which is most simple and regular, and 

 which preserves the root invariable ; but 

 those that destroy it should be reject- 

 ed as abusive. All these forms, when 

 pronounced, sound alike to the car, 

 but are not equally clear to the Ety- 

 mologist's eye in tracing the etymon of 

 the word. This diversity and indiffer- 

 ence about the form of inflexion, have 

 caused much embarrassment to learn- 



