The Scottish Celtic review

284 Gaelic Orthoynqihy— Common Mistakes.vi. 10) : " deagla go blifaicfidis le na suilibh, agus go gcluinfidis lena gcldasaibh, agus go dtuigfidis le na gcroidhe, agus go bhfillfidis,agus go mb^idis sMn " (lest the3r see with their eyes, and hear withtheir ears, aud understand with their heart, and be healed) ;(Is.li. 16): " chor go bplainndeochuinn na neamha, agus go suighfinnbunaite na talmhan, agus go naibeoruinn i-e Sion, is tii mophobal " (that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundationsof the earth, and say unto Sion, thou art my people);(Deut. xxx.20) :" lonnus go ngraidheoehuidh tii do Thighearna Dia, agus gonuimhleocha tu da ghuth, agus go ndruidfe tii ris " (that thoumayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey hisvoice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him); (Is. xxxii. 15):"No go ndoirtear an Spiorad oruinn 6 naird shiias, agus go raibhan fasach na mhagh thoirtheach, agus go meastar an magh toirtheachna f hora6is " (until the Spirit be poured upon us from onhigh, and the wilderness be a fruitful land, and the fruitful landbe counted for a forest);(Luke xxii. 30) :" lonnus go niosdaoiagus go niobhthaoi ar mo bh6rdsa ann mo rioghachd [fein], agusgo suighfi ar chaithireachaibh " &e., (that ye may eat and drinkat my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, &c.) ;(2 Sam. xx.16): "Tarr a leith, go labhra misi riot" (come near hither that Imay speak with thee);(Gen. xxvi. 9) :" Do chionn go ndubhairtm6, Deagla go ne'ugfuinn da cionn " (because I said, Lest I die forhei') ,(Deut. ii. 28) :" agus do bheura tii dhainh uisge ar airgiod,go nolfa m^ " (and give me water for money, that I maydrink).In these examples the initial letter of the word immediatelyfollowing the conjunction is eclipsed, if a tenuis, a medial, or/,that is, if one of the eclipsable letters. Hence " go gcluinfidis " ="gon cluinfidis," " go bplainndeochuinn " = " gon plainndeochuinn,""go dtuigfidis "=gon tuigfidis," "go ngraidheoehuidh "r=" gongrdidheochuidh," "go mbt^idis "=:"gom beidis," "go ndruidfe = ""gon druidfe," " go ndoirtear " = " gon doirtear," "go ndubhairt"= "gon dubhairt," "go bhfaicfidis"="gon faicfidis," and "gobhfillfidis," = " gon fillfidis." In the examples in which theconjunction is immediately followed by a word beginning with s,the nasal of the conjunction is dropped, whilst in those in whichthe word following the conjunction begins with a liquid, the nasal,having been assimilated unto the liquid, coalesces with it, and inthose in which the following word begins with a vowel, the nasal