Part 33 (1/2)

The Noun governed is sometimes in the Primary, sometimes in the Aspirated Form

Proper Names of the Masculine Gender are in the Aspirated Forh Choluirave_

Except when a final and an initial Lingual_Dargo's hill_

When both Nouns are Appellatives, and no word intervenes between them, the initial Form of the latter Noun follows, for thewith the forharadh _f_iona, without the Article, Matt, xx 1, 2, like do dhuine _haradh _fh_iona, with the Article _v_ 4, 7, like do 'n duine _mh_aith So we should say do 'n ard fhear-_ch_iuil, rather than do 'n ard fhear-_c_iuil, as in the title of many of the Psalms

EXCEPT--If the latter Noun denote an individual of a species, that is, if it take the Article _a_ before it in English, it is put in the _prih the former Noun be feminine; as, suil caraid, _the eye of a friend_, not suil _ch_araid, like suil _mh_or, duais _f_aidh, _a prophet's reward_, Matt x 4, not duais _fh_aidh, like duais _nifies _for the remission of a sin_; rather chum maitheanais _ph_eacaidh _for the remission of sin_

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SECTION II

OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ADJECTIVES

Adjectives of fulness govern the Genitive; as, lan uamhainn _full of dread_, Acts, ix 6, buidheach beidh, _satisfied with meat_

The first Co Noun; as, ni 's gile na an sneachdadh, _whiter than the snow_, b' fhaide gach er than a year_ Smith's ”Ant Poems,” p 9

The second Comparative is construed thus: is feairrd mi so, _I am the better for this_; bu mhisd e am buille sin, _he was the worse for that blow_; cha truimid a' choluinn a ciall, _the body is not the heavier for its understanding_

Superlatives are followed by the Preposition de or dhe _of_; as, am fear a 's airde dhe 'n triuir, _the man who is tallest of the three_, _the tallest man of the three_

SECTION III

OF THE GOVERNMENT OF VERBS

A Transitive Verb governs its object in the Noh, _they killed the king_; na buail mi, _do not strike me_ The object is commonly placed after the Verb, but never between the Verb and its Nominative [See Part III Chap I, Sect IV] Sometimes the object is placed, by way of eus esan chroch e, _ed_, Gen xli 13 An t-each agus a e, _the horse and his rider hath he cast into the sea_, Exod xv 1

Many Transitive Verbs require a Preposition before their object; as, iarr air Donull, _desire Donald_; labhair ri Donull, _speak to Donald_; leig le Donull, _let Donald alone_; beannuich do Dhonull, _salute Donald_; fiosraich de Dhonull, _enquire of Donald_ {160}

Bu _was_, requires the following initial Consonant to be aspirated; as, bu nothuch, _it was a hard case_; except initial _d_, and _t_ which are not aspirated; as, bu dual duit, _it was natural for you_; bu trohearr a lo, 's bu dubh a sgeul, _short was her course, and sad was her story_ Smith's ”Ant Poems”

SECTION IV

OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ADVERBS

The collocation of Adverbs is for the le, _very_, are placed before the Adjectives theyinitial Consonant to be aspirated; as, ro bheag, _very little_; gle gheal, _very white_

The Negative cha or cho _not_, when followed by a word beginning with a labial or Palatal, requires the initial Consonant to be aspirated; as, cha reat_; cha bhuail mi, _I will not strike_; cha chuala ual re e, _he will not raise_; cha soirbhich iad, _they will not prosper_ _N_ is inserted between cha and an initial Vowel or an aspirated _f_; as, cha n-e, _it is not_; cha n-eigin, _it is not necessary_; cha n-fhaca ative ni requires _h_ before an initial Vowel; as, ni h-iad, _they are not_; ni h-eudar, _it may not_

SECTION V