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62 ETYMOLOGY. fPAET II.VI. VERBS IN 111$, &C.1. Verbs of two or more syllables with the rootending in ui$, or 15, and some other dissyllabicverbs ending in ll, in, lp, and lp, differ so decidedlyfrom the model verb in the formation of some oftheir moods and tenses, that some writers,* notwithout reason, class them as a second conjugation.2. The difference lies in the formation of thefuture and of the conditional in both voices ;theother moods and tenses are formed like those ofbuail.3. In buail, and all other verbs of its kind, theletter pis a characteristic mark of the futureand of the conditional mood in both voices, asstated in Par. 3, p. 59.4. The verbs now under consideration have nop in the future and conditional, but they take instead,eo, before the final consonant of the root.5. In addition to this change, verbs in uig and15 change 5 into c ; though in the spoken languageof most parts of Ireland, the § retains itsplace.6. There is no other inflectional difference betweenthese verbs and buail, the personal terminationsfollowing the final consonant of theroot being the same in all cases.7. In the other tenses of the indicative, verbsin ll, in, ip and lp are almost always syncopatedby the elision of the vowel or diphthong precedingthe final root consonant, ascoOail, sleep, coolaim,* As for instance the Rev. Canon Bourke in bis " Colleg«Irish Grammar."