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xxviiiLANGUAGElistat least twenty-seven are loan-words from Greek, and two ofthese, abbas and pascha, are Semitic loan-words in Greek.Loan-words from Latinabb, abbas (f. Gk.). 4. ^e^Ueadhradh, adoro.aibhirseóir (aidhbhirseóir), adversarius.aiéar, áér (f. Gk.).>iaifreann, O.Ir. oiffrend, offerenda.aingeal, angelus (f. Gk.). >ialtóir, altare.anam, aninia ( ?).Aoine, ieiunium.archaingeal, archangelus (f. Gk.).arm, arma.bachall, baculus.baisteadh, baistim, O.Ir. baithsed, baitsim, baptizo (f. Gk.).bare, Med.Lat. barca.beannachaim, beannuighim, benedico.beannacht, O.Ir. bendacht, benedictio.caibidil, Mid.Ir. caiptel, capitulum.cailleach, O.Ir. caillech from caille, pallium.— cáin, canon} (f. Gk.).Cáisg, pascha (f. Gk.). •c S**^K^.jtcaislean, from caiseal (of. the place-name), castelluni.cat, cattus.Catoileaca (also CatoiUce, &c.), Mid.Ir. cathalacda, catholectha, &c.,but the mod. form has been influenced by French and English,catholicus (f. Gk.).ceall, cella.\i- ceangal, cingulum ; hence ceanglaim.ceap, cippus.ceileabhradh, ceileabhraim, celebro.ceist, quaestio.