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5G ETYMOLOGY. [PART II.relative form is the same as that of the third personsingular.3. This form of the verb is often used even when its nominativeis not a relative, but a noun or personal pronoun, toexpress the " historical present," i.e., the present tense usedfor the past; as piappaigeap Giriiipsin a h-cnnim Di," Amorgin asks her name of her." (See for a further accountof the historical present, p. 57.)4. And not unfrequently the relative form is used as anordinary present ; as, Ip m6p an c-ionsna liompa, na6b'Oipfn lappap pionn mipe, "It is a great wonder to methat it is not for Oisin Finn seeks ^aj\j\ay) me."V. FORMATION AND USES OF THE MOODS AND TENSESOF REGULAR VERBS.1. The second person singular of the imperativemood, active voice, is the root or simplest form ofthe verb, from which all the other persons, moods,and tenses are formed directly, by affixing thevarious terminations.2. Verb3 which end in a consonant preceded bya slender vowel have all their inflections preciselylike those of buail (with the exception mentionedin Par. 4, p. 60) ;and they all begin with aslender vowel (except sometimes that of the infinitive)in accordance with the rule caol le caol &c.3. But when the final consonant is preceded bya broad vowel, the synthetic terminations beginwith a broad vowel, in accordance with the samerule. A table of the fidl conjugation of a regularverb ending in a broad vowel is given atpage. 64.4. The root generally remains unchangedthrough all the variations of the verb, except thatit occasionally suffers a trifling change in the infinitive.The cases in which the root suffers changein the infinitive are mentioned in Par. 4. p. 60 :See also Par. 8, p.63.