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December, lS7i THE GAEL. il3168. Lecujh (melt, dissolve) iscognate with Lat. liqao (melt) andliqueo (to be liquid). These wordsare refeiTed liy Boj^p to the Sansk.root U (to melt, to make liquid).169. Leigh and leech.Leigh (physician) is cognate withA.S. luce (leech, physician), Goth.leikeis, Dan. huge, Eng. leeclt (oi'ig. aphysician).170. Seac and Lat. siccus.Seac (withered or decayed) = W.sech and may be compared Avith Lat.siccus (dry, parched) from siscus =Sausk, sushka liom the root susJt (togrow dry). Cf. Bopp's Glossary, p.391. To the same root Bopp refersIr.sioc (frost).171. Ach/ais (arm-pit) may becompared with Lat. axilla (arm-pit),Ger. ocAse^ (the joint which connectsthe arm to the body, the shoulder).Old H. Ger. ahscda, W. asgell (wing),Lat. ala (wing) is a diminutive fromcoxilla. Asgal is another form ofacJdais.172. Aisil (an axle-tree) = «,r/efrom Lat. aayis. Cf. Gr. axon. Axisand axon are connected with Lat.ago, Gr. ago.173. Trà or tràth (time, season)may be compared with A.S. thrahor thing (space or course of time,season, time). Cf. Gai-netts' Essavsp. 204.174. Pòsda (married) was inMiddle Gaelic 2JUsta = Lat. siwiisatusfrom sponsare frequentative of sjwadeo.Initial s, and also it, before s,are dropped in ^;Msto or jjdsta. Cf.Stokes' Goidilica, \x 63.175. Math and _fIoiver.Blàth (flower) = W. blavxl, Corn.hlez,and corres}jonds to Lat. Jios andto New H. Ger. hliite. Cf. Stokes'Ir. Glosses, p. 77. Flower is fromthe Lat. fios.176. Fiojr (crooked, curved).Fiar = W. gioi/r (oblique) and maybe compared with Lat. varus (bent),vara (to crook, to curve), Sansk.vakrd (curved). Cf. Gr. makròs andmar, now mar. See Bopp's Sansk.Glossary, p. 338. Gael. _/= Lat. vand Gr. digamraa by rule.177. Caomh (kind, loving).Caomh, in anc. Gael, caem, correspondsto Lat. comis (courteous, kind,humane), San.sk. kam (to love).Bopp refers (Glossary, p. 71) canihoand coinis to the root kuDi., to whichhe refers also Lat. aino, the gutteralbeing rejected.178. File (other, another).File, which corresponds to Lat.alius, Gr. alios from dljos, Goth, aljis,is referred by Bopp to Sansk. anyd(other, another), the letters I and nbeing interchanged. Cf. Sansk.Glossary, p. 13.179. Each (horse).Fach in anc. Gael. ech = ecas^^akvas and corresponds to Sansk.arvas, Gr. hippos for hikkos by assimilationfrom hikFos, Lat. equus, 0. H.Ger. e/«i, Lith. aszva. Cf. theGaulish name Fjw-mulns. See Stokes'Ir. Glosses, p. 39.180. Focal (word) and voice.Focal in middle Gael, focul = Lat.vocabulum (word), from vox (voice; =vacs). Voice comes from rox throughthe Fr, voix. Cf. Ital. voce. The cof /ocul = vv - cbh - CO, which explainsthe absence of aspiration. Cf.Stokes' Ir. Glosses, p. 104. Bydropping the vowel a and the terminationuin, vocaòulum becomesvocbul = vochhul = vocvul = focul.181. Seicecd (an instrument fordressing flax, a heckle).Seiceal ^ heckle o\- hackle. Cf. Ger.hechel (flax-comb), Eng. hatchel.^ W.heislan., (a hatchel). Cf. also Gael.seiclear and heckler. Gael, s = Eng.and W. h frequently.182 Cnd and mit.Ond (nut) is cognate with Lat.mix (nut) for cnux, Ice. h)i>/t, A.S.hnut, Ger. nuss, Eng. uut. The