An gaidheal - National Library of Scotland

January, 1874.THE GAEL. 345in Gaelic are equivalent to eu anddus in Greek, as in son, good, anddoii, bad. In similar relation toeach other stand sorcha, light, anddorch, dorcha, dark. The elementcommon to the two wonld appear tobe the notion of seeing, which, however,we are luiable to trace in theform of the words."If we regarddark, deorc, as derived from the rootruch, the difl&cnlty disappears. Cf.Stokes' Ir. Glosses, p. 50.204. Eigh, deiyh, eighre, and ice.Eigh (ice) was in ancient Gaelicaig for jag, initial j having dieappearedby rule. Aiy = ia for jag(cf. Z. G. C, p. 49), and is cognatewith Hung, jeg, Lap. jfegna, LowDut. aisen, Dut. ijs, Ger. eis. Ice. is,A.S. is, Eng. ice. Cf, "Wedgwood'sDiet, of English Etymology: Deigh— eigh (cf. dialtag = ialtag, anddeanntag = eanntag). The formeighre is from the same root.20.5. Saighead (arrow ; anc. saiget)= Lat. sagitta. The W. is saith,which would have initial h if theword Avere Celtic. Cf Stokes' Ir.Glosses, p. 57. G of saighead isaspirated because flanked by vowels,but d or t ì^ not aspirated because itstauds for tt.206. Lidreach (corslet ; = W.Ihiryg) is from Lat. lorica (corslet).Lorica is from lorum (a leathernthong). C of luireach is aspiratedbecause vowel-flanked.207. Cochal and coiol.Cochcd (hood, cowl, husk ; anc.cuchall) - Lat- cucullus (covering forthe head, hood), Goth, hahuls, OldII. Ger. Iiachul, A.S. cugele, cugle,cuhle, Eng. cowl.208. Letk.Lelh (half, a side) is cognate withLat. latus (side), Gr. plains. Cf.Ebel's Celtic Stiidies by Sullivan,p. in.209. Leathan a,ndjfat.Leathan (broad; anc. lethaa) iscognate with Lat. latus (broad), Gr.2)lahis (broad). Old Ice. jlatr, Eng.flat. Initial p is frequently droppedGaelic.210. R^ni (purpose, secret, mystery)- W. rhin and is cognate withGoth, runa (secret, mystery), OldH. Dut. runa (mystery), A.S. run(a letter, magical character, mystery),Dan. runcr (runic letters),Ice. rnn, plui*. rnnier or rnnar,(runic letters), Eng. runes. Cf.Diefenbach's Goth. Worterbuch,Boswoi'th's Dictionary, and Ebel'sCeltic Studies by Sullivan, p. 118.211. Bean (to strike) and bone.Bean (to strike; anc. benim, Istrike) is cognate with the obsoleteGr. jÀeìiò (I slay ; cf. 2 aor. ejjephnonjSan.sk. van (to strike, smite),Goth, banja (blow), Old H. Ger.ba/ta (beath-blow), Mid. H. Ger.bane (destruction). Cf. bana (death),banaghadh (destrnctiou), in O'Heilly'sDictionary. To the same rootbelongs bàs )death). Cf. Stokes' Ir.Glosses, p. 157, and Vol. i. p. 245.212. Fa idh and prophet.Faidh (prophet; anc. /aidh J =- Lat.vates (divÌQer, prophet) which isconnected Avith Gr. piiemi from phao,Sansk. bhd.. Prophet is from Lat.2}i'ophetes = Gr. prodhetes (from proand ijhemi).213. lomlag and navel,loiulag (navel; also spelled ilmeag)may be compared with Lat. umbilicus(navel; from nuhilicus or u-nabilicusj,Gr. omphalos, Lat uinbilicus. Cf.Stokes' Ir. Glosses, p. 150, Cartius'Gr. Etymology, p. 265, and Bopp'sSansk. Glossary, p. 213.214. Claidheamh (sword ; anc.claideb) = W. cleddyf and Arm.clezef, and is cogate Avith Lat,gladius, although, according to rule,Gaelic should represent Lat. c, notg. For anc. b = mod. on cf. noeb andnaomh (holy). Cf. Fr. glaive (swoi-d).{To be continued.)