An Irish-English dictionary - National Library of Scotland

their owu places, are almost identically the
fUKKvXog, parvuhis ; hence the Italians retain
REMARKS ON THE LETTER M.
!t'i ; 11-, (U. r^.Wiiv I'll /liWtij', Lat. debere : Gr. m/cKuXoc for
- I
'
'.
:
I tliey
write ;n instead of i and ;j; as,
:
,
Ma6i«ra for iraOnaa, Lat. patiem,, and Lat. som
submitto, we pionouiiCL' sum Ilo. Wherefore w
il'! !> 1'-- -iiiiMi-
:iiiliarly eclipse b in some words, as for
II ihl; iii'liirL-reucos and dubions words be ibund
in a languid imi Ii n tid and imcultival
file Irish hanguaiie lias boiui lor some ages past. It is to be noted,
luently substituted the place of an aspirated 6, and vice versa, yet it is for want of jndgthe
vowel, or vowels, which precede the latter, are pronounced with a stronger, clearer,
^e that precede the former. This difference of pronunciation is sensibly observable ; for
example, betWLLii cue^vb, be, and ieAth, insipid, as well as between j-l/Ábui'óe, a slave, and -pi Áiiuii-óe, a swimmer.
in, m, is used in MSS. to represent a tliousand,
or a mile.
111a, nia, s. a cause; cia iik\ CAinic, Ferm.; a
breach; a. clean, pure; good, i. e. iiu\ic, o. g.
prep, about.
111Á, ma, 1 -c . , •[•
llUb, mob, s. m. a hand; a tassel, fringe.
111 iiiACAeiii niiiA, a young lllAcbóg, machlog, s. f. the womb, matrix.
niACAOifi, niacaomli, ) girl.
Ill AC-nieAnninA, mac-meanmna, s. fancy, imagina-
IllACAeiii-buibbij, macaeinh-builUgh, s. m. a civil tion, caprice.
boy.
IllAC-mic, mac-mic, s. m. a grandson by the son.
lllACAiiiÍAt), macamhladh, s. fostering, fosterage. lllAC-nnii^MJeAC, mac-muirigheach, s. the scallop
lllACAtflUlb, iwaca?«/Mu7,)
IllACAUCAC, macantach,\
• m- -i
^ ^^
^" ^^'""^^ '3"^'^^' g'^^^^'^"
fish, the scalloped shell fish.
^T\AC^^Ay, macnas, s. m. kindness, fondness; li-
IIIacau, iiiacan, s. m. a youth, a lad; the young centiousness, wantonness, dalliance, divertise-
of beasts.
ment; prosperity; Job, xv. 21.
11K\cÁnAc-o, macanachd, s. ordering, directing. ITlAcnA-pAc, iiiacnasach, a. wanton, libidinous,
1llAc-An-AbAn, I'Mc-tt'i-abar, s. the ring finger. merry; loving, tender, kind.