Atkinson — Tivo Inflexional Forms of the Verb in Irish. 419 
Next, take the Lucerna Fidelium of O'Molloy [1676J, where 
every page exemplifies the principles here referred to. O'Molloy 
uses the -isww form quite correctly as an enclitic/ Thus, 
for question and answer respectively, he uses invariahly the 
forms -A.rin and -mx) in singular as prescribed by the rule : 
cf. 127, y £sw h'^ot^r^b.ww? -pogn^it) ; 267,7 texsn-Min ? 
leAn^i'o ; but in only -a.i'o : 179, y An ^iruigix) ? 268, i 
-Ml ^cjiei-oi-o ? He uses only bi : cf. An mbi ? bix), m bi, 
128, v,x; 129,6,8; 183, 12, z; 134,2, &c. ; and he never 
writes bToeAnti ; cf. 66, 10 X)o li)]\i5 50 mbi 5^0 Aotronine 
'n-A riA'mAi'o A5 IDia ... 7 fo-p 50 mA|Ali)Arin An uAnAm. But 
he never uses the enclitic -Ann save in its proper place ; thus 
he writes : 206 nAc bAinmi*o *oo xiiA; 208 [An] uAn gtn-oemix) ; 
208 gAc n-uAi-p gAi-piTii*o o|i|AA ; 228 ni mo cni^mix) ; nAC 
mo bei-pmi-o ; 3rd pi. , 209 ni mo meAftn'o nA CAUoibce; 
213 50 x)uti5Ui'o nA nAoim ; 214 An rheiT) 50 'ouAifbeAnAix), 
&G. 
Now, take Donlevy's Catechism in Irish and English, pub- 
lished in 1742, and the same use is observed. Here we 
find^ :— 
4,13 50 'bpo'ottimAnn neAc ; 12,5 1^^ '"bfoiLLp^eAim (f e) ; 20,io An "biTAic- 
eATin "OiA [as if from simple root fAic] ; 20,14 ciacut) ipA ii-Ab|AAiin cu [as if from 
simple mot Ahijyl ; 20,17 50 "ocugAtin ; 20,19 riAc "DcuiueAnti ; 52, ii ah n'oeun- 
Atin cu [as if from simple root "oeun] ; 62,17 riAc ^coinieu'OAnn ; 56,5 
inb]AOiinAnii cu ; 56,7 -^''^ gcoifgeArin An Aicne; 56, 8 ni coifgeAnn, &c. 
I have carefully gone through the whole book, and cannot 
doubt that the writer was thoroughly conscious of the law he 
was obeying. His formulas are — 
Independent, . It hinders, . . . coi]AnieAf5Ai'63 ^e. 
Enclit'c ^ ^oes it hinder, . . An 'ocoi|\nieAf5Ann )^e. 
' i It does not hinder, . m' coi|\nieAf5Ann fe. 
Eelative, . The law which hinders, . An Aicne [-oo] coi^ineAfgAf. 
^ But he extends its use also to the 2nd pi. : cf. 202 50 n-A'opAnn ; 206 
50 meAfAnn ph ; just as he also uses irieAf Af pb, 212 ; cuigeA)" pb, 235, &c. 
2 So always after jac a, 8, x jaca mumeAnn An CA^tAif; 12,13 jac a 
itiiaineAnn cu, &c. 
3 Oftener written coijAmeAfse, as the X) was not sounded. 
