An Irish-English dictionary - National Library of Scotland

REMARKS ON THE LETTER P.
Srigantes, wliom he esteems the first inhabitants of Britain, never used, in their language, the sound of the letter p, which
was afterwards introduced by the Belgic Britons. If the old Brigantes were really of the first inhabitants of Britain, it
would follow that they were a part of the Guiddian or Gaulish colony, who went over to Ireland, and whom Mr. Lhuyd
evidently proves to have been the first inhabitants of all that part of Great Britain which rrnv: rnriiT,;, ', rli En^rland and
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Wales. It hath been observed before that the Lingua P/isca, or the primitive Latin toiiL': '.nnednpnnthe
Celtic, and the truth of this assertion is abundantly confirmed throughout the whole cour-c ,. Tliis being
premised as a fact, it follows that the subsequent Celtic, still preserved in the Irish, viz : cl ii ni , u ]•
c«n-l,e),
copcup or cui\cup, cbAn-o, cóib obaip, Tecc, were respectively the originals upon whicli tiie Lntin words pluma, pulsus,
purpura, planta, coptcG {copiarum), opus, operis, septem, have been formed, as mere derivatives from their respective Celtic
-archetypes above written. This, indeed, plainly appears from their consisting of a gi-eater number of syllables. Hence,
I presume, it may rationally be conjectured, that the primitive Latin words in the Lingua Prisca, fornii-d ni>on the above
Celtic originals, were cluma, culsus, curcura, clanta, coblee, anim. m' ,/ ,, .,, / /., ^fi/em. This conjectur-' i- i^ :m' < i i irÍMnal
as the primitive number of letters brought first into Greet. ' - .1 .ifterwards to the :il [- Iv. by
Evandei tlie Ai-cadian, consisted but of si.>:teen, as we are :i>-!, ;
. Anal. II., and by I'lii ,
i . 7 ,'. ;. a hich
could not be without excluding the letter/) as well as the h, wlii.ii i:u ;.i iii:i:..., Init an aspirate in so\ i:;! I^i^hil:' -.
P.\1 PAI PAI PAI
Pa ! pa ! intcrj. haK !
JDAbAit, pabhail, s. f. a pavement.
Pacat), pacadh, j '
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JDACAijiTti, pacaighim, v. I pack.
|3ACAipe, pacaire, s. m. a peddler; a cliurl, a
clown.
PACAij\eAct), pacalrcachd, s. f. business of a
peddler.
pACAi]uni, pacaiViOT, v. I covet.
PACA]\An CAptnl, pacharan cJiapuil, s. buckbean,
marsh trefoil; menyanthus trifoliata;
trifolium paludosum.
PAcbAc, paclac, s. m. an armful.
ipACut,óX), pacughadfi, s. packing.
pÁ-ÓATÍ), padhadh, s. thirst.
JDÁ-ÓAb, padhal, s. m. a pail ; an ewer.
JDA-óJAb, padhghal, s. m. a peacock.
"]ithe proper name of a man;
pÁ-0|iAic, Padraic,
pÁt)|\uic, Padritic,
the name of the Apostle
of Ireland, a Frenchman
by birth; Lat.,
pA^\.e^]\^Y, paileiris, s. f. the palsy.
pAibineAC, pailireach, s. m. one troubled with
palsy.
pA,ílín, pailin, s. f. a winding sheet, shroud.
p>MbleA]\c, pailleart, s. a stroke with the open
liand.
pA^lnm, paillmn, s. m. a tent, pavilion, tabernacle.
'P&-iVm, pailm, s. f. the palm tree.
PaiIc, pailt, a. abundant, plentiful, copious,
afllucnt.
pÁibceAp, pailteas, s. m. and f. plenty, abundance.
pÁin, pain, s. f. a cake, bread; i. e. " bAi]tjen"',
Cor.
pÁineACA|', paineachas, s. m. bail, security, insurance
; a penalty, a fine.
pAinéAb, paiVim?, s. m. apannel; a straw saddle.
Paiuit!), painidh, a. strong.
pÁmre, painte, s. f. a lace, cord.
pÁmcéA^\Ac, paintearach, a. wily.
\iMnzéts.\\óX), paintearadh, s. ensnaring.
J Patricius, a nobleman. JDÁincéApAiiii, paintearaim, v. I ensnare, tre-
pÁJA, pagJia, s. pay, wages ; vulg.
pan, entrap.
jDÁjAnAC, paganach, s. m. a heathen, Gentile. pÁmcéi]\, pawietV, s. f. a net, gin, snare.
pÁjA.iuA, pagaiita, a. heathenish.
pAincei, paintel, s. m. a snare.
pÁjAriAC-Ojpa^fawacAíZ.s.f heathenism, gentilism. pÁiiicéujiAct), paintenrachd, s. f. entanglement.
1pi.-\hhtír\, paibldiun, s. m. a tent ; Welsh, pabell. pÁincéu]\A-ó, painteuradh, s. ensnaring.
^Áme&x), paidheadh, s. pay, payment; vulg. pÁipéA]\, paipear, s. m. paper.
pAi-oeo^, paideog, s. f. a torch made of tallow pÁtpín hÁn,paipin, ban, s. white gardcnpopp}'
lapped up in linen.
papaver allium sativum.
pAit)i]t, Paidir, s. f the Lord's Prayer.
pAipin ]tuA-ó, paipin ruadh, s. red poppy pa-
;
Pai-ói]í, pau/ZiiV, s. f a pair; vulg.
paver rhoeas.
, .,. .
"J s. f a rosary, a string of
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