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;344 THE GAEL. January,«ior, and is cognate with Lat. mareTruagh (wretched ; anc. trog) - remarks ": The particles so and do(sea). Mare is referred by MaxW. truan (wretched), and correspondsto Bx-et. truant (vagabond), Fr.Miiller to the root mar. Cf. Lectures,truand (beggar), and Eng. truantAol. II. p. 353.(lit. a wanderer or outcast). Cf.198. Xathair (serpent ; aoc. Wedgwood's Diet, of Eng. Etymology.natkir) - W. neidr and may be comparedTruaghan (a wretched one)with Lat, iuttrix (water-serpent),is formed from truagh by adding theGoth, nadrs (viper). Old H. mas. termination an. Tròcair (mercy,Ger. natra, natara, N. II. Ger. natter " amor miseri ") was in old Gaelic(adder). Cf. Ebel's Celtic Studies trdcaire., from trocar = irdg-car, ofby Sullivan, p. 114, and Stokes' Ir. which irdg = truagh and car is theGlosses, p. 40.same root with which we meet in199. Leus and light.Lat. cams (dear)^ and Gael, caraidLeus (light;gen. leòis) and leusan (friend). Cf. Z. G. C, p. 62, and(a little light) may be compared withDan. lys (light) and Old Ice. Ijos ( light).Ebel's Celtic Studies by Sullivan, p.145.These words are cognate with Lat. 202. Fearg,/airge, and Gr. orgc.lux (light; - lues)., Gr. Ijchnos (light), Fearg (anger, wrath ; anc. fereGoth, liuhath (light). Old. H. Ger. [also fierce^ =/e'W) fo^y) is cognatelioht (light), Ger. light (light), Eng. with Gr. orge ( = Forge'). Cf. Oldlight. Cf. Sansk. root rtich (to W. gu^erg (gl. efficau) and Gaulishshine) and also loch and lok (to shine, Yergobretus. To the same rootsee). Luchar (light), luchair (brightness,Zeuss refers (G. C, p. H) fairggae,bright), and lochran (lamp foirggae (fairge, foirge, the sea).from Lat. lucerna) may be compared Hence " Ouergiouios (Yergivius)with Lat. hiceo (to shine), from lux. okeanos," Ptol. If Zeuss and othersCf. Curtius' Gr. Etymology, p. 147, be correct in connecting ergon (workand Bopp's Sansk. Glossary, p. 353. = Fergon) with orge., then Goth.200. Lvgha, lughad, and light vaurkjan, vaurhta, A.S. iceorc, wyrhta,(not heavy).Ger. werh, Eng. work., loright, areLugha (less ; anc. laigiu and luguj cognate with fearg and fairge. The— W. llai, and is cognate with Gr. root idea of these words, according toelaason for elachion (less, smaller Gllick, is motion, agitation. Cf.from elachys), levior (lighter, less, Stokes' Ir. Glosses, jip. 68, 78.smaller ; comp. of levis from leg u is), 203. Dorelm and dark.Sansk. laghtjdns (comp. of laghu, If we compare dorcha (dai-k ; anc.light). With Saosk. lagliu.^ Gr. dorche) and sorcha (bright) we ascertainclachys, Lat. levis, are cognate Goth.that do and so are Gaelic preleihts (light), Old H. Ger. lihti fixes corresponding to Sansk. du,(light), New II. Ger. leicht, A.S. dus, Gr. dus- and Sansk. su., Gr. eu.leoltt., liht, Eng. liyht. Lughad Cf daor and saor, doilleir and solleir,(littleness; anc. lagaitj is from dona and sona. Dorcha mak, therefore,higha. Cf. Ebel's Celtic Studies bybe regarded as formed from doSullivan, p. Ill, Stokes' Ir. Glosses, and the root ruch (to shine). Cfp. 109, and Diefenbach's Goth. ruch (to shine) and ruch (splendour)Worterbuch.in Bo])i)'s Glossary, p. 323, and also201" Truagh, truaghan, trdcair ; richis (flame) in Z. G. C. p. 72. On'W.truan; Bi-et. truant; Fr. truand; dark., from A.S. deorc, which is manifestlyEng. truant.akin to dorcha. Wedgwood