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THE GAEL,ENGLISH DEPARTMENT.j-A.:ixrxj-A.i^~5r, i874.GAELIC PHILOLOGY. compared with Lat. j^uteus (a well),Dut. jnit (a well, pit), Dan. pyt (aNOTES BY THE REV. ALEX. CAMERON.pool, puddle), A.S. ^:»yf aud 2^yii {'^(Continued from page 314. )pit, well), Eng. 2^^i- Stokes, who189. Amadan.refers to Stuart's Preface to the BookAmadan (fool) is from aiiuid (fool, of Deer (p. Ixxxiv.), gives "division,"madman ;= am privative and mud " portion," as the meaning of 2nt,foi' inat = ììiant from root man, to anc. pet, in Scottish topography. Cf.Stokes' Goidilica, 2d ed., p. 120.think). It is cognate with Lat.aniens, amentis (foolish), Sansk. amati— a-mati (a privative and mati,mind), from root man. Cf. Stokes'Ir. Glosses, p. 66 ; Bopp's Sansk.Glossary, p. 283. Cf. farmad anddeannad (vol. II. p. 56).190. Bràth and quern.Bràth (quern ;gen. hrathan) =brain (O'Reilly) and broon (Stokes'Ir. Glosses, p. 96). It is cognatewith Goth, qvalrnus. Old Ice. quorn.in Latin and in the Teutoniclanguages. See Curtius' Gr. Etymologyand Ebel's Celtic Studies bySullivan, p. 117.192. Bran (a raven) is cognatewith SlaA". vranu and Lith. varnas(raven). Cf. Ebel's Celtic Studiesby Sullivan, p. 119.193. jPii (hollow ; occumng frequentlyin names of places) may be194. >Sàr (very, excellent) is cognatewith Ger. sehr (very). Stokes(cf. Ir. Glosses, p. 90) equates sdrwith Sansk. sakra. Lat. sacer. Cf.der (now deur) aud Gr. dakry, Goth.tagr; mdr (now mòrj and Gr. makros.195. Suain, suaimhneach.Sitain (sleep ; in Mid. Gael, suan)= W. hvn and corresponds to Bret.Iiephun (sleep). Old Ice. sv'èfn (sleep),Old Eng. siceven, Lat. sumnus (sleep)from sopnus, Gr. hypnos (sleep),Sansk. svdpna (sleep) from svap (toOld H. Ger. quiru, A.S. cweorn,Eng. quern. Cf. blu (living) andGoth, qvius, from which come A.S. sleep). Suaimhneach (calm, tranquil)is from the same root. Cf.cwic, Eng. quick; bean and Goth.qvens, A.S, cioen, Eng. queen.Bopp's Glossary, p. 438, and Stokes'191. Braon and rain.Ir. Glosses, pp. 89 aud 163.Braon (drop, rain ; anc. braen and 196. Meil, muileann muillear,broenjis cognate with Goth, rigii, Ger.regen, A.S. rcegn and regn, Eng. rain,and mill, meal.Meil (grind) = W. malu (to grind)_ Cf. Gr. brecho (to rain) and Lat. and is cognate with Lat. molo (torigo (to rain) which are fi^om the grind), mola (mill), Gr. myle (asame root. Initial b, retained in mill), Ger. miihle (mill), Dut,Greek and Gaelic, has been dropped molen (mill), A.S. mylen (mill),Eng. mill. Muileann (mill ; in Mid.Gael, muilind and muileand = W.melin) is probably a loan-woi'd fromLat. molina {mill), fi'om mola. Muillear(miller) is for muilnear, in Mid.Gael, muilneoir (n being assimilatedto I, as in colla for colna gen. ofcolunn). Cf. Stokes' Ir. Glosses, p.88. Eng. meal belongs to the sameroot. Max Miiller refers meil and