An Irish-English dictionary - National Library of Scotland

tus LUS tiich LUTII
'Lu]--iiAn-l^oc, Itisnan-laoch, s. rosewort, S/t.
tiq-'nA-teAc, lus-na-leac, s.eyebriglit ; euplirasia.
tuf-nA-nieAllA, lus-na-mealla, s. honeysuckle,
trefoil; tiifolium.
Ltii'-nA-miot-iTiop, lus-na-miol-mor, s. common
mallow ; malva sylvestris.
tui'-nA-pinjine, lits-Jia-pinghine,?. marsh pennywort;
hydrocotile.
tupnA-i-eilje, lus-na-seilge, s. spleenwort; asplenium.
tuf-nA-poccAinc, lus-na-siothcliaint, s. loosestrife;
lysimachia.
'Lu|--nA-SpÁin, lus-na-Spain, s. pellitory of
Spain; pyrethrum.
l.iif-nA-]XAlo5, lus-na-stalog, s. berry-beaiing
heath.
Liii-pAjÁn, lusragan, s. m. a botanist.
LupiKvn A-5oii\e-l)0i]ini5, lusra-na-geire-hoirmgh ,
see bui'-iiA-bnei'Log.
tufHA-nA-muipAn, lusra-na-muisean, s. the
primrose primula veris.
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tupiiA-nA-ixo]!, htsra-na-scor, s. clown's all-heal
stachys palustris.
t/U]'-]\iAbAc, lus-riahhach, s. common lousewort;
pedicularis sylvatica.
tufjióg, lusrog, s. f. a charm with herbs.
tt'ifCAnie, lustaire, s. m. a flatterer, pickthanks.
Li'ilxiiAim, lustraim, v. I flatter.
Luc, hit, s f. a curtsey, bow, cringe.
Luc, lutk, s. longing, yearning ; strength, power,
vigour; an artery, throbbing; a. active,
nimble.
LucAc, lutJiach, s. the sinews or veins ; Ludo\-ick,
a man's name.
LuccleAf , lulhchleas, s. sleight of liand.
LuccteArA, lufhchleasa.l .1 i .•
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; .7 • Í s athletic exercises.
UicgAij-je, liit/igatsge,
j
tiq'-nA-cciAi-bAtlÁn, lus-na-itri-hallan, s. valerian
; Valeriana.
LucÍTÁin, luthnhair, 1 . n i i
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1 /1 1 > 6. loy, mirth, gladness.
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Luj:'^Ck\-\\e, lut/ighave, ) •'
'Lui--poinc, lus-phoinc, s. peony; pseonia.
LucJAi^ieAC, luthghaireach. a.glad, joyful, merry.
Lii]-]iA-5, lusradh, s. an herb; herbage.
Luc^AijieAcx), luthghaireachd, s. f. rejoicing, mer-
Lii^^iAjAC, lusragach, a. belonging to plants. riment.
LuciiiAc, luthmhach, s. m. marrow.
LuciiiA^i, luthmhar,s. atTong; nimble.
LucriiA]\ACt), luthmharachd, s. f. strength, nim-
bleness.
Lucn'iAipe, luthnhaire, compar. of bucitiAji.
REMAEKS O^^ THE LETTER M.
M is the tenth letter of the Irish alphabet, and is counted among the strong consonants, called conj-oineA*A cejinni, and
then has the force of » consonant; as, 4 micAin, his mother; A iiijigDe.in, his virgin, are pronounced ji r.ic.sip, a FÁ15-
T)ion. It is called ITluin, from TIIU111, the vine, Lat. vitis. As to its figure in the Irish and old Saxon, it resembles the
Hebrew J/em, 60 called from the sound. It is often preBxed by an apostrophe (which cuts off the vowels annexed to
it) to the beginning of nouns, whether they begin with vowels or consonants, and then signifies my or mine; itiVnani, my
soul, I.e. mo &r\&m ; m'éoVu)-, my skill, i.e. mo eotuf m'f-eip, my husband, i.e. mo feajv etc. ; wherefore it may be weU
called a prepositive pronoun. It is also added to verbs in the present tense, 6rst person ; as, léigim, I read, i.e. Véi5 me
múriAim, I teach, i.e. múriAi-ó mé; Lat. mones, etc. ; and in this latter sense it may not be improperly called a subjunctive
pronoun.
\Ve think it well worth observing here, that our language bears a perfect resemblance, in the disposition of its pronouns, to the
manner of ordering them in the Hebrew ; for the latter divide them into classes, which they respectively called prafixa
and svffixa, or prepositive and subjunctive pronouns. The prepositive are set before words, and the subjunctive are written
in the end of words; both equally detennine the person. M, when aspirated, is often confounded by our copyists with b
aspirated, because they both sound like v consonant, as the Irish of a river is written Aiiian, and more frequently, but
abusively, Abjin; and also in the words uAtiiAn and uiliAn, fear, horror—in these and the like doubts, we should always
have recourse to other languages, in which we may find the radical letter. Thus, when we consider, that amnis in the
Latin is the appellative of a river, and that ^o/3oe, in Greek, is the appellative of fear, we may safely conclude that m is
the radical letter in the former, and b in the latter; and, consequently, that the one should be properly written iwiAn, and
not &h&xi ; and the other uaIíati, and not UAmdii. The like doubt often arises in the middle of certain words, in which d
and g are mdiiferently written, as, for the Irish of a face or complexion, we commonly write Á§4i6, and very rarely
A-OAXX) ; but by consulting the Greek, we see it written ticoc, and thence may be convinced that our Irish word should be
properly written Át&m, and not igiro. M is often set before 6 in the beginning of words, in which case 6 is not pronounced,
although it is the radical letter; as & m-btiAJ4nd, this year; & m-béAfA, their manners; A m-bpiAcpa, their
words, are pronounced, ú mbiAgAriA, & mé&y&, & mT\iOkCT\A. J3 is sometimes changed into m; as, beAti, a woman, dat.
mriAoi, and plur. mna, tiináib. We find that the .-Eolians, instead of m, often UTOte 6 and p, which, as has been observed in
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