422 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 
the ending -i^ww liad really conveyed the meaning which the 
later grammarians have claimed to discover in it, the instances 
would have heen numerous and convincing. It is plain that it 
was used by Connellan as an optional form, its frequent occur- 
rence being a matter of simple intuition, and the rules that de- 
termined its usage having been forgotten. 
Its normal use, in the enclitic position in 2ndsg. and ^rd sg., 
is very common : — 
i. 
25 
cpeAt) f A iToeAtiAtin en ? 
xi. 40 
in A cjAeiiDeAnn cu. 
ii. 18. 
xii. 34 
50 bfAnAn C^i'ofo. 
i. 
38 
gA A 5coiriinii§eAn cu ? 
xii. 35 
gA liAiu A ngAbAnn fe ? 
i. 
58 
An gciAeiXDeAii cu ? 
xii. 48 
pt) be nAC ngAbAn. 
iii. 
33 
111 jlACAII AOII-ITOUme. 
xiii. 35 
in A bi'on SfAt). 
iv. 
37 
in' polcui|AeAnri neAc. 
xiii. 36 
m' -peu'OAn cufA. 
iv. 
37 
go inbAineAim iieAC. 
xiv. 10 
nAC gcfei'DeAnn cu ? 
V. 
23 
A11 ce nAC ii-on6]AAi5eAiiii. 
xiv. 17 
nAC bfeu'OAn An f ao^aL. 
V. 
23 
in' oii6]AAigeAnii fe. 
xiv. 17 
nAC bfeiceAnn fe. 
vi. 
61 
A11 "0011 5 All 11 yo ? 
xiv. 24 
git) be nAC ngiXA'DuigeAnn 
vi. 
64 
11AC 5C]\ei'oeAiiii. 
inifi (non amat me). 
vii. 
19 
m' coiifili'oiiAiiii AOinneAc. 
XV. 1 
gen 5, nAC "ocugAn. 
vii. 
51 
All 11'OAO|AA1111 A|\ ITollgeAt) ? 
XV. 4 
nAC bfeu*OAnn An getig. 
viii. 
35 
in' coiiintiigeAii aii -pei-pbi]^- 
XV. 7 
ruA f An Ann fib.^ 
eAc. 
JL V . t 
viii. 
36 
iriA fAOiAAnn aii iriAC. 
XV. 18 
mA fUACUigeAnn An fAOgAt. 
viii. 
37 
in' f-AjAiin ino "biMACAiA. 
xvi. 5 
m' fiAffuigeAnn etrn'oume. 
ix. 
4 
11AC b'peu'OAii AOii'ouiiie. 
xvi. 5 
CA I1AIC A "oceigeAnn uu ? 
ix. 
16 
in' con All fe. 
[Ed. of 1602 has -ocei-o cu.] 
ix. 
31 
nAC n'eifDCAn "Oia. 
xvi. 9 
nAC gcf ei-oeAnn fiAt), 
ix. 
34 
A "OceAguifgeAnn uu ? 
[wrong: gcf ei-oiT) fiAt)]. 
ix. 
35 
An ^cjAei-oeAn ctifA ? 
xvi. 21 
m cuiiiinigeAnn fi'. 
ix. 
39 
nA "OAOine nAc bfeiceAnn.^ 
xvi. 29 
ni' bAbf Ann cu. 
X. 
18 
ni' beifeAnn eun-otiine. 
xvi. 30 
nAC figeAnn cu a teAf . 
[bei|\ is used here as a simple root.] 
xviii. 20 
niAf A gcf ummgeAnn nA 
X. 
21 
An bfeinDAnn An "oiAbAb? 
Iti'OAi'oe [wrong; rest have 
X. 
29 
m' -peu-OAn einneAc. 
-igit), of course]. 
X. 
33 
50 n-oetinAnn cu {cf. xvi. 2), 
xviii. 21 
C|\euT) f A bp AffUigeAnn cu ? 
[with ■oeun as simple root]. 
xviii. 23 
cjAeut) f A mbuAibeAnn cu ? 
xi.9, 
10 
niA pubtAnn "otiine. 
xix. 10 
nAC -ocugAn cu ? 
xi.9, 
10 
m' f-AgAn f e. 
xix. 12 
mA teigeAn cu. 
xi. 
26 
An gc-pei'DeAn uti ? 
XX. 15 
Cf eux) f A A nguibeAnii cu ? 
^ This is correct, and according to rule ; for in wAo-clauses the verb is in the 
singular, and therefore properly has the enclitic ending, the root f aic- being used 
as a simple root. 
2 Not wrong, for the usage varies ; but the edition of 1602 has rriA AncAOi. 
3 Plainly wrong, as the subj. is plural ; and the other editions have [f]AnAi'o. 
