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66 ETYMOLOGY. [PART IT.VII.IRREGULAR VERBS.1. There aro fourtoon irregular verbs, severalof which are defective, i.e., "want one or more ofthe moods and tenses. The conjugation of somoof them, it will be observed, is niado up of that oftwo or more different verbs.2. It will also be observed that through alltheir irregularities, the five synthetic personalterminations remain unchanged for which reason;it is scarcely correct to call these verbs irregularat all.3. The :— irregular verbs are as follows (1),edim, I am; (2), the assertive verb lp ; (3), beipnn,I give; (4), beipnn, I bear; (5), cfm, I see (includingpeicini); (G), cluinun, I hear; (7), Oeanann,I do ; (8), gnfm or nim, I do; (9), Ocipim,I say; (10), pagcum or geibim, I find ; (11), lcun,I eat; (12), pigim, I reach; (13), c6ioun, I go ;(14), cngim, I come.4. The following is the synthetic conjugation ofthe irregular verbs (except in the case of the secondverb lp, which has no synthetic conjugation).They may be all conjugated analytically, by usingthe third person singular of each tense with thethree personal pronouns singular and plural, asshown in case of the regular verb at pageAs 49.an example, the analytic conjugation of thepresent tense of the first verb, cdim, is given.Singular.(1.) Cdim, I am.Imperative Mood.Plural.1 1. bfmtp, let us be.2. bf, botliou. 2. bttM6, be ye.3. bi6ea6 r-6> or bfo^ r£, 3. btolp, let thein be.let him be .