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92 BTYMOLOGY.[PAET II.C6th, equal : English co or con : as aimpcap, time ; c6riiaimpeapac,contemporary.Oeaj;, beig, good as : blap, taste ; beajblap, good orpleasant taste.Df, bfo, a negative, like English dis: as ceillibe, wise ;bTceillioe,foolish: ceann, ahead; bfceannab, to behead.Dpo6, bpoic, bad or evil as :obaip, a work ; bpoc-obaipan evil work.Do and po are opposites, as are also often the letters b and p.Do denotes difficulty, or ill, or the absence of some good or positivequality: as puicpeanae or popaicpeanab, visible; bopaicpeanac,invisible: boldp, tribulation; p6ldp, comfort:bonap, ill luck; ponap, good luck: bo-beunca, hard to bedone; po-beunca, easy to be done: bubuO, sad; puba6,merry.ea, a negative, often causing eclipsis as :bainsean, strong ;eabainsean, weak :coip, just; easc6ip, injustice: cpoin,heavy eabcpom, ;light.eap, a negative as on6ip, honour : ;eapon6ip, dishonour:pldn, healthful ; eapldn, sick: caipbeap, friendship; eapcaipbeap,enmity.po, under as buine, a man : ; pobuine, an tmder-man, acommon man, a servant.Ppic, against, back, contra : as buille, a stroke ; ppicbuille,a back stroke :bac, a hook ; ppiocbac, a back-hook, a barb.11, 10I, many: as lomab, much ; lliomab, sundry, various :bac, a colour ; lolbacac, many coloured: paobap, an edge ;lOlpaobaip, many-edged weapons.In, ion, fit: as beunca, done; mbeunca, fit to be done:paibce, said ; lonpaibce, fit to be said.Ldn, full, used as an intensitive: as aibbeil, vast ;Idnaibbeil,awfully vast.heat, half: as uaip, an hour; leacuaip, half an hour.This word is also used to denote one of a pair: thus puil, aneye; leac-puil (literally half an eye), one of two eyes. See" Idiom, No. 13."Tllf, mto, a negative: as m eap, respect; mfrheap, disrespect:c6maiplc, advice ;miocditiai pie, evil advice.Neam, neirii, a negative as :coimpigce, comprehensible ;necnftcoimpi5ce, incomprehensible: nib, a thing; neiriinib,nothing.Reurii. before, like English pre: as paibce, said; peuiiipaibce, aforesaid.TCo, an intensitive particle: as ni6p, great; p6-rh6p, verygrea*-