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5. The article is prefixed to adjectives
6 cf|t, we saw the green-wood far from land ; in this
we have the leading consonant of the adjective aspirated
; ]p e fjt) ^ei.1) AT) -65 peATt r-oi.T)eAT)CA,#a is the
mild young man ; bj n)& A b-reAc TJA r)-65-rbt)A,
1 was
in the house of the young woman, &c.
used substantively
; as, bo gejbjb TJA bojll AtiA&Aric, f fj
i)A bACAjj, ^ A ^ C 4 t)A lobAifi, T bo clvi^b T)A
* ")gb 1 AC& *T) r!r5 ey ^ l feAi)n)6||i bo
bocbAjb, the blind get their sight, and the lame
walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the
dead are awakened, and the gospel is preached to the
poor.
6. When the article is preceded by a particle ending
in a vowel, the A is omitted, and the t) unites with
the particle; as, xv^fi ro-be^c bo Pe