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A dictionary of the Gaelic language, in two parts, I. Gaelic and ...

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CONTRACTIONS USED IN THE FOLLOWING WORK.<br />

adj. Adjective,<br />

art. Article.<br />

adv. Adverb.<br />

aff. AflBrmative.<br />

compar. Comparative degree.<br />

conj. Conjunction.<br />

conj. <strong>in</strong>terrog. Conjunction <strong>in</strong>teirogatire<br />

contr. Contracted, contraction.<br />

dat. Dative case.<br />

def. art. Def<strong>in</strong>ite article.<br />

def. V. Defective verb.<br />

dim. dim<strong>in</strong>. Dim<strong>in</strong>utive.<br />

Eng. English.<br />

f.,fem. Fem<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>e.<br />

fut. Future tense*<br />

gtn. Genitive.<br />

i. e. That is.<br />

impers. Impersonal.<br />

impr. Improper.<br />

<strong>in</strong>rf. Indecl<strong>in</strong>able.<br />

<strong>in</strong>die. Indicative moot«<br />

iw/?n. Inf<strong>in</strong>itive.<br />

<strong>in</strong>tens. Intensive.<br />

<strong>in</strong>terj. Interjection.<br />

Interrog. Interrogative<br />

m. Mascul<strong>in</strong>e gender.<br />

n., nom. Nom<strong>in</strong>ative casà.<br />

neg. Negative.<br />

pass. Passive.<br />

pi. Plural.<br />

poss. Possessive.<br />

poss. pron. Possessire pronoim<br />

pre/. Prefix.<br />

prep. Preposition.<br />

prep. impr. Preposition improper<br />

part. Participle.<br />

pres. part. v. Present participle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> yf^<br />

pret. part. Preterit participle.<br />

pret. Preterit tense.<br />

pret. V. impers. Preterit <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> impersonal verb.<br />

priv. Privative.<br />

pron. Pronoun.<br />

prov<strong>in</strong>. Prov<strong>in</strong>cial<br />

rel. Relative.<br />

rel. pron. Relative pronoun.<br />

5. Substantive.<br />

s. m. Substantive mascul<strong>in</strong>e.<br />

s. f. Substantive fem<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>e.<br />

dng. S<strong>in</strong>gular number.<br />

V. Verb.<br />

V. a. Verb active.<br />

V. n. Verb neuter<br />

V. irreg. Verb ii-regular.<br />

1). a. <strong>and</strong> n. Verb active <strong>and</strong> neut«.<br />

+ Obsolete.<br />

' Grave accent.<br />

' Acute accent.

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