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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. : 



JTTirM, the fist, 



b3~S, to eat, . 

 T'D'M, the top-summit 



"Wa, a staff, rod, 



D2"3, riches, . 



*7p"3, spotted, . 

 ?15"D, a covering, 



!lb"tP, snow, 

 1SETW, to forgive, 



cpob, the fist, 

 ceal-aim, to eat. 

 mip, the top. 

 maiOe, a rod, staff, 

 cap, money, 

 caioe, a spot, 

 pucm, a covering, 

 laoj;, snow, 

 maic-im, to forgive. 



A remarkable exception to this takes place in the case of 

 certain Hebrew words commencing with the liquids I or r, and 

 whose counterparts in Celtic have some other letter prefixed. 

 This prefixed letter, in the case of words beginning with I, 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. : — 



talb, a veil or covering, . . 5-loc, a veil or covering. 



□fib, to fight, 5-leicim, to fight. 



13b, to take, 5-lacao, to take. 



DTI, elevation, height, . . O-pom, a hill. 



Dpi, to adorn, beautify, . . O-peacaim, to adorn. 



njn, to love, 5-pcnjeao, to love. 



3*1, many, S-pab, many. 



MEH, to cure, p-peapao, a cure. 



The writer then notices certain Hebrew letters represented 

 by other different letters in Celtic, as 2 by sc or sg, and also 

 by d, and n by t or th, e. g. : — 



bs, a shadow, .... pcail, a shadow, 

 bbs, to tingle, P5all-am, to tingle. 



