The Scottish Celtic review

The Laii's of A u dan t in Irish. 39the coiTespoudini; form of the indicative as-beir (dicis) for -berii^.That form can bo traced back to -hhdrch, this to -hharas.Conjunctive-flexion is also in the rediqilicated future; e.g., nlIn'ni-so (non feres tu), Z. 452, 1091. Probably only the forms endingin a and c belong to the coTijunct flexion. On the other hand, Iam inclined to add the forms in ae and ai to the absolute flexion,which here is not sharply distinguished from the conjunct flexion,and, e.g., to trace liack fo-n-didmae-siu to a more primitivededamdsi (Rt. dam), Z. 4.52. At any rate, the 3rd sing, conjunctiveof the conjunct flexion, which will be treated next, has always an(I. Such forms as the inferred dedamdsi (from didnnae) correspondin their formation most closely to Gr. conjunctives, likeo. The 3rd sing, conjunctive present of the conjunct flexion.Original at represented hy Old Irish a.E.g., air-ema (suscipiat),Z. 441, -emrt = Lat. emat ; cia ut-hela (quamvis pereat, Rt. b(d,Ger. qual).Cf. Skr. bhardt, patdt, &c. (DelbrUk's Alt-Ind. Verb,p. 57). In direct contrast to this in the corresponding forms ofthe indicative are ar-fo-im (accipit; for em-it), at-bail (perit; forbal-it). Similarly, in the 3rd sing, of the reduplicated future ofthe conjunct flexion, e.g., for-cechna (praecipiet; rt. cam), to becompared in the formation to the Gr. jre