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.THE GAEL,ENGLISH DEPARTMENT.FEBI^TJA-IR^Sr, 1874.GAELIC PHILOLOGY.NOTES BY THE REV. ALEX. CAMEROX.(Contliiui'd from page 345. )213. Fa idh and ^; rojìh e t.Fàkllt, (prophet ; anc. faith) = Latvates (diviuer, prophet), which isconnected with Gr. ph'ènd., from phad,Sansk. hha. Prophet is from Lat.prophetes = (jtv. prop)ìììtcs (from proand phemi).214. Claidheamli (sword ; anc.claideb) = W. deddyf and Arm.dezef, and is cognate with Lat.gladlus, although, accoixling to rule,Gaelic c should represent liat. c, notij. For anc. b = mod. m cf. noeb andiiaomlt (holy). Cf. Fr. glaix-e (sword).215. Claoklh (destruction, ruin)may be compared with Lat. clades,(loss, injury, disaster). Bopp refersclades to the Sansk. root klath (toinjure, slay). For aoi^a cf. thenext Avord.216. Faoii ov fauiii, and vain.Faoio or faoin (vain) coiTespondsto Lat. vamis (vain), Fi*. vain., Eug.vain. Cf. p. 279. Gael /=Lat vby rule.217. Cruaidh and crude.Cruaidh {[vAvà; anc. cruad = crod)may be compared with Lat. crudus(hard, inflexible) from which Eng.crude is derived.218. Caille, Cailhach, and pall.Callle (a veil or cowl) may be comparedwith Lat. pallium (a cloak ormantle) from which it is jirobablyderived. Cf. Ebel's Celtic Studiesby Sullivan, p.. 114. CaiUeach, (anun, an old woman) is from caille.Pall is from pallium. Gael, c fre-{.^uently - Lat. p.219. Cleac/ul -And plait.Cleachd (plait; anc. clecht) = W.phthu and corresponds to Lat.plecto (to plait, braid), Gr. 2'>lekò (toplait, twine, twist), Old H. Ger.JielUan, New H. Ger. Jischten (tobraid, twist), Dan. flette (to plait,braid). Eng. plait is derived fromLat. plecto through Old Fr. j^loit. Cf.Gael, cleachd (a tress, a lock of hair)with Ger. flechte (a lock of hair).220. Feasgar and vesper.Feasgar (evening ; auc. fescor orfescar) coiTesponds to W. ucJter., Cor,gwespctr, Arm. gotcsjier, Lat. vesper,Gr. hesperos, Lith. vaharas, Slav.veczeru. Cf. Ebel's Celtic Studiesby Sullivan, pp. 112, 161. Eng.vesper = Lat. vesj^ei: Ebel observesthat he "cannot look upon /escor orfescar as borrowed, for the Welshuclier^ as opposed to Corn, gwesper,Ai-m. gousper, likewise betrays aguttural (ch ^scj."221. Deas (south, right-hand); anc.des = W. deheu, Com. dyghoio., andcorresponds to dex- in Gr. dexios andLat. dexter. Cf. Sansk. dakshinct(right-hand), Goth, taihsvo (right),Old Ger. zeso (right, dexter), A.S.teso (the right). Cf. Stokes' Ir.Glosses, p. 71 ; Bopp's Sansk. Glossary,p. 178; Diefenbach's Goth.Worterbuch. D in Gaelic, Gi'eek,and Latin corresponds to tin Gothic,Ai]glo-Saxon, and English, and s inGaelic frequently corresponds to x inGreek and Latin.222. Cn (letVhanded) correspondsto W. cledd (the left), Goth,hlei (cf. hleiduma, left, sinister),Sansk. (:rt. Cf. Stokes' Ir. Glosses,p. 71, and Diefenbach's Goth. Worterbuch.