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^iiuhcfi iv Gaelic Gr(i7),v:((i — ilie Pnriick Aw. 2S75. "Is niisf til' aim "(it is 1), fdi- " is niisc a ta aim " =-v'.s (is)+ mise (I myself, or I emphatic) 4 a (tliat) + ^« (is, exists) + ca)?;(there).Is is the Srd pers. sing. pvcs. of the verb am (I am), from theroot as (to breathe, live, exist, be). Is = *esti cognate with Gr.earl, Lat. cd, Lith. e'sti, Goth, isf, Germ, ist, A.S. and Eng. isfor ist.Mise = 'rni-se = Old Gael, messe or mese = me-se, of which me- isthe 1st. pers. pron. me (I) cognate with Lat. me, Gr. e^f, Skr. ?7t«,Goth, mi-s (to me), mi-k (me), A.S. and Eng. me, and -s«, -sse(emph. pron. suff.). For the etymology of -sa, -se, -sse, -siu, &c.,see Beitr. iii, 273 sq.For analysis of " a ta ann " see last sentence.6. " Mar gu b'ann " (as it were, lit., as though that were) -"mar gu'm b'ann "=7na/' (as, as though) +gu'm {that, ad quod)+ ha (was, were) + ann (there).Mar (as) = Welsh mor, Corn. m