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When a person's sirname is asked, the answer is
given under one of these three terms, rj'ol, clAf), and
rt)Y]t)qfi, stock, clan, tribe or family ;
as, CJA
cu, or &v|c what ? is your sirname ? bo f jol 5-CeAlUt5 >
of the O'Kellies bo ; clAjf) OiJteActAib, of the
Ml
Oiraghties, or Geraghties; bo
of the I? Flannagans.
ADJECTIVES.
1. Adjectives signifying' profit, proximity, fitness,
and their opposites, require the dative with the preposition
bo ;
as, jr bvncAjfceAc bvjcr] e, it is profitable
for you ; \\ rn&]t bArr> rit>, that is good for me.
2. Adjectives signifying skill or knowledge, require
the dative with the preposition A^t ;
as eoUc AJJI
bl]jc|b T)A JIJOJACCA, skilled in the laws of the kingdom
; also the ablative with the preposition AT), and
the article ; as, eolAC TAT) bl]j;eA6, skilled in the law.
3. Adjectives and nouns, signifying a part of any
thing, require be AH, or be t)A, of the^ with the
ablative ; as SAC ftAi) be'r) leAbAfi, each part of the
book ; ^eA|t be IJA bAoimb, one of the men. Also
with the comparative and superlative ; as, AI? peA|t
}\ feA|t|t be'o bjr, the better man of the two ; AD
with
peAji if peAfifi be't) ^ornlAt), #/te best man of all ;
p^v, than; as, feAji njof |:eA]a]t t)& e^feAt), a
man better
than him ; ^^r 1 IT V^H 1 O^v eireAO, a /wa
better than him. Where there is an interrogation, the
verb if, is, is elegantly omitted; as, At) njo curA t>a
than Abraham ? But
^tbtiAljArt} ? r# #/^ow greater
adjectives signifying fulness, and the like, may have
a genitive ; as, beacA IAIJ c|t]obl6ibe, a life full of
trouble; rrjAU IAD 5AO]te, a bag full of wind ; but
we also say, IAO be cftjoblo^b, full of trouble ; IAD be
JAOC, full of wind.
4. Adjectives signifying likeness, or an emotion of
the mind, require 16 with the ablative; as, fp cofrijvjl
At) &vir)e 16 feAji cuAtiAfCA]l, the man is like an
hireling ; bf f^Ab 50 n?Aic IBAC, they 'were good to you ;
bf CAjtcAnAc l]on>, be friendly to me.