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... suffix -tu ; beothu life , gen . bethad , suffix -tāt , Grk . Bɩórητ - os . In median sound the method of writing varies , d is the rule before slender vowels : ni agathar non timet ; firfidir verum fiet . Sometimes d is also used in ...
... suffix -tu ; beothu life , gen . bethad , suffix -tāt , Grk . Bɩórητ - os . In median sound the method of writing varies , d is the rule before slender vowels : ni agathar non timet ; firfidir verum fiet . Sometimes d is also used in ...
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... suffix tră : críathar sieve , Old H. G. rîterâ , Latin cribrum ; arathar plough , Grk . apoтpov ; briathar word , Grk . Γράτρα ( ? ) . The Old Irish iarn iron becomes later iarann . Perhaps olan , oland wool ( § 46 ) may be explained in ...
... suffix tră : críathar sieve , Old H. G. rîterâ , Latin cribrum ; arathar plough , Grk . apoтpov ; briathar word , Grk . Γράτρα ( ? ) . The Old Irish iarn iron becomes later iarann . Perhaps olan , oland wool ( § 46 ) may be explained in ...
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... suffix - syllables an nn or nd is often found where a single n might have been expected ; anmand , nom . pl . of ainm nomen ; gobann , gen . sg . of goba smith ; Erenn , gen . sg . of Eriu Ireland ; also salann , salt ; torann , thunder ...
... suffix - syllables an nn or nd is often found where a single n might have been expected ; anmand , nom . pl . of ainm nomen ; gobann , gen . sg . of goba smith ; Erenn , gen . sg . of Eriu Ireland ; also salann , salt ; torann , thunder ...
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... suffix -at ( with short vowel ) . Nom . Sg . tenge , tenga tongue , Gen. tengad ( for tengat - as ) ; cf. Old Gaulish Attrebas . Nom . Sg . fili , file poet , Gen. filed ( for velet - as ) . Nom . Sg . tricha thirty , Gen. trichat ( for ...
... suffix -at ( with short vowel ) . Nom . Sg . tenge , tenga tongue , Gen. tengad ( for tengat - as ) ; cf. Old Gaulish Attrebas . Nom . Sg . fili , file poet , Gen. filed ( for velet - as ) . Nom . Sg . tricha thirty , Gen. trichat ( for ...
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... suffix -iu , -u ( Modern Irish -i , -e ) . Positive sen old S Comparative álind pretty árd high comacus near siniu áildiu , áilliu ( § 71 ) árdu comaicsiu laigiu , lugu minor . 182. The suffix of the superlative is -em ( -am ) , less ...
... suffix -iu , -u ( Modern Irish -i , -e ) . Positive sen old S Comparative álind pretty árd high comacus near siniu áildiu , áilliu ( § 71 ) árdu comaicsiu laigiu , lugu minor . 182. The suffix of the superlative is -em ( -am ) , less ...
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