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d%-a\-£oQ, from ct'£-w. 



Stiu-aX-iog, „ Sd/n-a. 



dapa-aX-eog, ,, dapcr-og. 



\v-a\-iog, ,, lvv-d). 



ttic-eX-og, ,, tlic-bg. 



In Welsh again the favourite vowel seems to be o, though 

 a diphthong also is frequently employed. Thus, we have 



ywr-ol, manly, from gwr, a man. 



gormes-ol, oppressive, ,, yorm.es, oppression. 



oes-ol, aged, „ oes, age. 



tad-ol, fatherly, ,, tad, a father. 



mab-awl, filial, ,, mab, a son. 



The Anglo- Saxon also presents the same mode of forma- 

 tion; thus, 



deag-el, coloured, from deag, colour. 

 fret-ol, greedy, „ fret-an, to devour. 



gif-ol, liberal, ,, gif-an, to give. 



The true explanation of this formative suffix, which is 

 found in so many different languages, the author believes to 

 be furnished by the Irish, in which language there is a forma- 

 tive amail = like, which in pronunciation is usually shortened 

 into a monosyllable, and might be written, according to dialec- 

 tical varieties of pronunciation, awl, ail, or eil. Instances of 

 this mode of formation in Irish are common ; thus, 



cailc-ariicul, chalky, from cailc, chalk. 



oneac-amail, well-featured, „ opeac, form. 



5nim-e-amcul, warlike, „ spun, war, 



Whilst in Irish the full form aificul is written, though not 

 pronounced, the other languages exhibit the abbreviated form 

 in their orthography also, under the forms ol, el, and il. Some- 

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