The Scottish Celtic review

StHdie,i in Gaelic Gnuamar— the Particle Aivn. 301Gael. /o?', on, upon) agrees in meaning as well as etyniologicaliywith Lat. per.Eigin = 0\d Gael, eicen is cognate witli Gr. uvayK)} (necessity),from root anc, extemleil form tiunc (to reach, to attain unto),whence also Lat. necessc.A (that) noticed above.Thair (aspirated because i)reccded by ro or do understood) =*do-air-s and talric = *dii-ai r-ic-s (cf Beitr. viii. 307) are fromthe root anc (to reach, to attain unto). Cf e'igiii above. TheGael, verbs fliig (come), thdinig (came) ai'e from the same root.E (he) noticed above.As = Old Gael, ass (ex eo) is the prep, ass or ess (agi-eeing withLat. ex, Gr. e'^) with pron. suffix.2. " An aite seasamh is ann a theich iad " (instead of standing, i.e.,keeping their ground, they fled) = on (in) +dite {[tiace) + seasandi(of standing) + is (is) + anu (there) + « (that) i-tltcicJi (fled) + 'ia(Z(they)._An (in), prep, noticed above.Aite, more correctly ait (place), of doubtful etymology, but Dr.Stokes has suggested a stem usti cognate with Ice. odd-r (point),O.H.G. 0)i (point of land, place), from a base ii-^da (cf Beitr.viii. 338).Seasamh- Old Gael, se-'^sam (standing) cognate with Gr. "ittij/jh,from root sta (to stand).Is (is)noticed above.Theich (aspirated because of ro or do understood before it) isthe 3rd. plur. pret. of the verb teich (to flee), in Old Gael, techhn(I flee) from the root talc (to run, to flow), Skr. root tal; whencetakus (hurrying), Zend tal-a (running), Gr. tuxv^ (quick, swift),Lith. tek\ (flow, run). Cf Zeitschr., xxiii. 21G.lad (they) = Old Gael. /«< = Welsh xvynt (which has preservedthe nasal), agreeing with the Skr., Gr., and Lat. sufhxes in nt ofthe 3rd pers. plur. of the verb.Is ann (there is) here signifies " it has happened " or " occun-ed."3. " Nach freagair thu ? Fhreagair mi ann " (Wilt thou notanswer? I have answered already) = nach (not) + freagair (answer)+ thii (thou) + fhreagair (have answered) + 1?^ (I) + ann (there,then, already).Xach - na-ch of which na (not) agrees with Skr. and Zend nanot), Gr. vrf (neg. pref), Lat. ne (not), Goth. i\i (not), Ch.-Slav.