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whilst to trace the affinity of the remainder it is necessary to 
take into account certain euphonic or dialectic changes which 
some initial letters have undergone in passing from one dialect 
to another. Thus, for example, many Hebrew words possess 
an initial letter which is wanting in their Celtic representa- 
tives, e.g.: 
AIT, the fist, . . . . cpod, the fist. 
OO"n, toeat, . ... . . ceal-am, to eat. 
“1a"8, the top-summit, . . mip, the top. 
7273, a staff, rod, . . . maroe, a rod, staff. 
Pie aches 1. cs ce. b+) - COP) Money. 
W7a, spotted,. . . . . cade, a spot. 
y)"D, a covering,. . . . Puan, a covering. 
s>-w, snow, . . - - . ld0dg, snow. 
wmnw, to forgive, . . .- . mait-im, to forgive. 
A remarkable exception to this takes place in the case of 
certain Hebrew words commencing with the liquids / or r, and 
whose counterparts in Celtic have some other letter prefixed. 
This prefixed letter, in the case of words beginning with /, is 
generally g or c, and in words beginning with r is frequently 
d, though it also is sometimes a guttural, labial, sibilant, or a 
vowel, e. g.:— 
w7>, a veil or covering, . . %-lod, a veil or covering. 
om, to fight, . . . . . g-leicim, to fight. 
35), to take, ..,/:.)< «=... 95-lacad, to take. 
mM, elevation, height, . . 0-pom, a hill. 
op, to adorn, beautify, . . 0-peacam, to adorn. 
T197, tolove,, . . . . . $-palgead, to love. 
7), TOG a ds oe ce | SER, sHeRy. 
S57, to cure, . . . . . F-peapad, a cure. 
The writer then notices certain Hebrew letters represented 
by other different letters in Celtic, as 8 by se or sg, and also 
by d, and 7 by ¢ or th, e.g. :— 
Ou,ashadow, . . . . pearl, a shadow. 
bby, to tingle,. . . . . pgall-am, to tingle. 
