GwYNN AND PuRTON — The Monastery of Tallaght. 125 



Noun. 



The neuter is preserved : tarsa ceim 130, 7; adchcrtaig 132, 12 ; loiin nais 

 1 36, 9 ; fecht naild 138, 13 ; frisa ceclna 138, 12 ; cet moaille (= mbuilk) 142, 10 ; 

 a naccobar 149, 9; as.s ningnama 156, 9; a ?ias 156, 12; ochtmad imbairgine 

 (= mhairgine) 155, 33; ei(r?c7t n-etracM 163, 24; aldijid (= al-lind) 152,1; 

 a <rM?i sm 147, 8 ; anaild 146, 16 ; 151, 26. 



The old datives : imhim 147, 9 ; uamim 149, 18, are worth noting ; also the 

 genitives : Maoilidithraih 135, 26 ; Maoiliruoin 131, 29 ; bnt Maolruaoin 

 129, 16; 136, 5. 



Adjective. 



D. pi, rcetaih tricih 157, 2 ; riagailib ailib 156, 17. 



Comparative : moo 133, 10 ; 147, 1 ; inoa 156, 27 ; mott 160, 23 (never mo). 



Adverbial : m deniu 162, 37. 



Superlative : fidrbthmm 136, 24: andsom 136, 16. 



Prepositions, Articles, Conjunctions. 



nieon passim (never nocon, nochon). 



inge 131, 29 (but the reading is doubtful). 



ceni 129, 28 ; 135, 13, etc.; but cen co 159, 37. 



is " under " is uscu 158, 16. 



ol passim; but once ar se 159, 5. 



inddd 'nor' 150, 41; indds 128, 22; 142, 25 ; 146, 18; 152, 31; 156, 28; 

 160, 17. 



anda Km 150, 25 ; anda leosom 152, 28. 



Signs of lateness are uar (for Mre) 147, 14 (but iiare 155, 23) ; amain 

 (ambain) for 7iamd 127, 17, etc.; aicc (for naicc: so Thurneysen, Handb. 491). 



immurgu occurs frequently and in various forms, but never with assimi- 

 lation of rg (imorro). 



The Verb. 



The distinction of absolute and conjunct forms of the simple verb is better 

 preserved (even in passive and deponent) than might be expected in so late a 

 manuscript : thus we have : 



absolute : canir, canair, dlegair, gabthair, canitir, cantir, fosnather . 



conjunct. : -canar, -}narb[tyiar, -moladar, -cloadar, -corat[h]ar, -berar. 



relative : bongar, berar (but also berair). 



The deuterotonic forms are well preserved, but there are exceptions : the 

 most notable are several forms of -comairlecim, which seems to be regarded as a 



simple verb (perhaps under the influence of comairle) : we get nochomairleicfea 



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