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the termination 7)iu, me, con, oin, representing as thoso monosyllables 

 do the first i)ersonal ])rononn in Gaelic. 



The preterite tense, Indicative, Active, of modern Irish verbs is 

 thus declined, e. g., mol-aim, I praise 



Singular. Plural. 



1. Mhol-as. 1. Mholaniar. 



2. Mhoi-ais. 2. Mliol-ahhar. 



3. Mhol-se. 3. Mhol-adar. 



There are to be found in the (Jmbrian Tables se\eral words with 

 terminations similar to those of the plural which lias now been 

 given e. g. 



Fisier, bliiomnr, we were, or bhiobliar, you were. 



Ammor, arsamar, we said. 



Totape'*', Totar, tabh-abhar^ you joined. 



Sumr, shaor-abhrir, you freed. 



Tuer, tluiobh-abhar, you sided. 



Serfiar, shearbh-abhar, yon embittered. 



\fotar, mhoid-abhar, you vowed. 



Nomneper, dh-aom-abhar, you inclined. 

 Xommper is a verb that occurs frequently in the Inscriptions. 

 It is doubtless the second })erson plural, past indicative, active of 

 aom, I incline, aomaiin. Zeuss contends that im or no prefixed to a 

 verb is the mark of a completed action. In this manner, tlie presence 

 of n in nomneper, standing as it does for mt or no, can be satisfactorily 

 exi)lained. Pictet in his well-known book to which reference has 

 been made already, remarks (p. 152.) " that the second ])erson plural 

 of Irish verbs has two suffixes which are commonly used, thaoi. and 

 bhar." Tlie second Irish form bhar which has, I believe, no analogy 

 in any other European language is employed in the jn-esent, the past 

 and the future, e. g., Mealabkar, you deceive ; Mealfabhar, you will 

 deceive ; thangabhcir, you came." According \o the high authority 

 of Pictet, therefore, bhar as the termination of the second person 

 plural of verbs is confined to the Celtic languages. The words which 

 have been already adduced along with other words in the Inscriptions 

 that may fairly be construed and expanded in a similar mannei-, 

 clearly lead to the conclusion, that bhar as the termination of the 

 second person plural of verbs is to be found frequently in the 

 Umbrian Tables, and that additional evidence is thereby furnished in 

 favour of their purely Gaelic character. 



