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Studies in Gaelic Gnimmur— tlie Particle Aw. ;!().'!Am is the article, with m- for n before the labial/'. Furetymology of the article see p. U).Fior = Old Gael, fir (very, true), cognate with Lat. verus(true).Crochaire is a deriv. from crock (cross) = Lat. crux (cross). Thesuff. -aire = Lat. sutf. -arius. Cf eachaire (a horseman, a groom)= 01d Gael, echaire = ha,t. eqiuirins (a groom); ndtair (a notary)for notaire = Old Gael, notice = Lat. notarius (a secretary) ; coinnleir(a candlestick) = Old Gael. caiiuZWir = Lat. camlelarius, Z.781; aihhearsoir (adversary) = Old Gael. «(?6irseon' = Lat. ailversarius(adversary). The Gaelic termination -aire {-air, -cir,-ear) has, therefore, nothing to do with fear (man), cognate withLat. mr (man).2. "Cha'n'eil ann ach burraidh" (he is but a blockhead, lit.,there is not in him but a blockhead) = cha 'n (not) + 'eil for feil(is) + ann (in him) + ach (but) + burraidh (blockhead).Cha 'n, 'eil, ann, and ach considered under last example.Burraidh has been connected by Pictet (cf. Zeitschr. fur Vergl.Spr., V. 330) with Skr. harvara (fool), Pers. harhar (foolish), Lat.barharus, Gr. Bup^upo^, burr- being for burr-, burb- ; but cf.Lat. burrae (trifles, nonsense).3. "Cha'n 'eil ann ach 'rurcacli " (he is but a Tuik, lit., there isnot in him but a Turk).Turcnch (a Turk)= Turcach, is a hybrid formed from Turk bythe addition of the Gaelic sutf. -axh.•i. "Cha'n'eil ann acli Sasunnach " (he is but a Saxon, lit.,there is not in him but a Saxon).Sasunnach (S&xon) = Sasunn-ach, formed from Saxon bj- doublingthe final a and adding the Gaelic suffix -ach.Ebel has observed (Z.- o.)-'!) that a/nd or ann is substituted inIModern Gaelic for Old Gaelic iiidid (in eo). The adverb annfrequently approximates to the prep, pronoun ann (in eo, incum), which sometimes leads to the one being mistaken for theother.Farther, it is to be remarked that, in the modern language,the accusative forms of the prep. i)ronouns of the 3rd pers. areused for both the accusative and dative forms. Hence ann, themodern form of the Old Gael, accusative ind (in eum), signifiesboth "in him" (in eo) and "into him" (in eum). Compare alsointe (in her, into her) and annta (in them, into them).