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236 Studies in Gaelic Grammar— the Pavtlde Ann.3." B'fhearr a bhith marbh na ami " (it were better to be deadthan to be alive or in existence) = ha (was, were) +fiarr (better)+ a-bhith (to be, being) + marbh (dead) + na (than) + anii (there, inexistence).Ba is the 3rd pers. sing. pret. of the verb bu, from the Indo-Europ. root bhu (to be, to become), whence Lat. Ju-i, Gr.

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