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An gaidheal - National Library of Scotland

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•whereGAELICTHE GAEL,ENGLISH DEPARTMENT.(wanting),.PHILOLOGY.ISrOVEjVnBEPt, 1873.!, / .115. Triuhhas SiWà trowsers. ,?)-OTES BY THE REV. ALEX, CAMERON. Triubhas (trowsers ; anc. tribtcs)(Contliiued from jy<strong>of</strong>je 21G. ) = W. trwa, and corresponds to the1 n . Fed, holla, and iculLsyllable trows- <strong>of</strong> Eng. trotcsers. Gf.Fàl (wall) = "W. gioal, <strong>of</strong> which Stokes' Glosses, p. 68.c/iimivl is an okler form, and is cognatewith Lat. Tulhnn (wall, rampart<strong>of</strong> palisades), vallus (a stake), Lut.uml^ A.S. loall, Eng. tixdl (lit. a fence.faint.Fann (faint) - W. giimih or (/wann(weak, feeble, faint), and is akin toOld Ice. vanr vania (toweaken), A.S. wana (wanting), ?ZY«?i(pale), Eng. wan. Wane is fromA.S. tvauia-n (to decrease, wane),ir(i,t.a (wanting). Want Wedgwood113. Fàisg and waist.Fàisg (squeeze, compress) = W.(j)cnsgu (to sqiieeze, press), fromAvhich, according to Wedgwood,iraist is derived. liwai

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