An Irish-English dictionary - National Library of Scotland

REMAEKS ON THE LETTERS H AND I.
tl is not admitted a 5 a letter in the Irish alphahet, nor otherwise employed in the Irish language than as a mere aspirate, in
the same manner as in the Greek. Tlie Greeks anciently used A as a letter, and not merely as an aspirate. It was one of the
characters of tliei r most ancient alphabets, and it is well known they wrote Qtog with the different letters Bera and 'Hít-o,
instead of 6foc w itten with the single letter d(ra. In the Irish language, A is prefixed as a strong aspirate before words be-
ginning with a vo vel, and having reference to objects of the female sex, as a h-oJAi*, her face ; a Vi -of, her gold ; and secondly,
wlien such words are preceded by the Irish prepositions le, )\e, with or by, which take place not only in ordinary words,
iUli 01% A5^ ié h-oiii\5ioT), with gold and silver, but also in the names of countries, principalities and particular clans,
lb, te h-UUl'ó, with or by the people of Ossory, with Ulidia. It is now called tl At, from M&t the white-
1 is the eighth letter of the Irish alphabet, and the third of the five vowels, of the denomination of cdol, or small vowels. It
is called 1ot>a from ^oi>&, vulgo lullAp, the yew tree, Lat. taxus, and is not uulike the Hebrew Jod, and Gr. lora, as to its
appellative. The Irish language admits of no i consonant, no more than the Greek, and it seems to appear by the following
examples that the Latins did not use it as a distinct character, for they wrote, as Priscian tells us, ptiius for pejus, and eiius
for ejus, etc. In our old manuscripts, e and i were written indifferently one for another, as has been observed in the remarks
upon e. It is the prepositive vowel of those diphthongs and triphthongs which are called iu\ CÚ15 ipine, or the five iphthongs,
from 1-pii, the gooseberry bush, Lat. grossularia, \iz., ia, iai, iu, iui, and to, of which we fmd iu used among the
Hebrews, as Heb. piu, Lat. os ejus.
1, i, s. art, science; an island; i.e. í Cotuitii
elite, the Island of St. Columbus ; Issue, progeny;
pron. she, her; a. low, shallow; prep,
in; " ConcoliA]» mÁcc ]r'LAncAt)-A, {. e. otlAiii
Uu At) 111 u tilAn yAOi oe^ifccnAijce in éicce^',
AjA]' 111 ppb-óeAcc oécc", 4 Afast. 1483 ; is
gen. and plur. of tiA, a descendant; " ^XibVin
injeAti 1 TDliomnAiLLben uibhAOJill-, coi]i|\-
•oeAbbAc •oécc", 4 3Iast. 1549-
1a, ia, s. a country. The ia of the Romans comes
from this root ; Gall-ia, Ital-ia.
lAC IAI
lAc-OAiunje, iachdaruighe, a. lower, lowest, in-
ferior.
Iat», iad, pron. they, them.
Ia-óa-ó, iadhadh, s. shutting, closing, forming,
surrounding.
lAÚAiiii, iadhaim, v. I shut, close, join, bind.
IauaI, iadal, s, a disease.
1a-o^a, iadsa, pron. these.
lATD^-An, iadsan, pron. they, themselves.
lAt>]in, iadsin,
Iaui'ut), iadsud,
pron. those.
Iac, iach, s. m. a salmon; butter.
1 At))-t.iiii, iadsum, pron. they, themselves " ; fe&\\-
1ac, iach, 1 11
< - . 7 77 f s. ra. a yell, a scream, a cry,
'
Iacat), lacfiadli, •
> i 1
^ . , J J 4 howl, a noise.
IacaL, xaclial, )
JAlCe]! lAt)]'Ulll fjllf All TIIAIIAC", B. Fioii.
lA-ofbAC, iadhshlat, s. honey suckle, woodbine;
lonicera periclymcnum.
lACAitn, iachaim, v. I scream, yell, howl.
lAt)CA, iadhta, part, shut, closed, joined.
1act), iachd, s. a sigh, Keat.
lAJ, iagh, s. m. an island, a country.
Iac-oa-ó, iachdadh, s. a noise, cry, yell, lamenta- lAilbeoib, iailbheoil, s. a bridle bit.
tion; " "Oo biAccA-ó AjAf •oo hACAOineAt) lApAiiTi, iaraim, v. I ask, seek, look for, beg.
An l^éb pn 50 iiio|t be ycAjiAib Gijiioiin", lAjiAin, iarain, ") adv. afterwards, again, anew,
B.C.C.
lA]\Arii, iaramh,§ afresh, thenceforth.
lActJAim, iacJidaim, v. I yell, howl.
lA]\An, iaran, s. m. iron.
Iactda]!, iachdar, s. m. the bottom, foundation, lAjibpeice, iarhhreilhe, s. afterbirth, offspring.
lower pait.
lAipceAnn, iaircheann, s. the forehead.
lACTJAii-CAnti]', iachdar-chanus, s. the bassus lAiirajiije, iairdrighe, s. progeny, posterity.
cantus in music.
lAipegAi]!, iairegair, s. consequence.