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48 Grammatical and Etymological Analysis of Genesis I. 1-S.Rinn (made), now used as the pret. of the verb dean (do), isfor rinne (cf. Bedel's Translation) = -rvne in dorine (cf. Stokes'Glosses, p. 125) = -rigni (cf. dorigni in Z. 463) = rog^ni (fecit)3 per. sing. pret. act (with pref. ro) of the verb giiiu (I do) fromthe root gen = Indo-Europ. root gan, with which are connectedSkr. root ga7i, Zend zan (beget), Lat. and Gr. gen in Lat. gigno =gigeno, genus, genitor, natura (= *gnatura), Gr. 'e-yev-o/xiiv,ylyvofxai, yeVoy, Goth, kein-an (sprout), kun-i (race), O.H.G. china,A.S. cynd, Eng. hind, kin. The form gen of this root is commonto Gr., Lat., and Celt., one of many proofs of the close relationshipof these languages." An t-athar." Both the art. an and the noun athar have beenalready considered, but the t- inserted between the art. andthe noun in certain cases (cf. Stewart's Gramm., pp. 148-9) must benoticed here. The modern an t- was in 0. Gael, int, as, " intathirnemde " (the heavenly father), " intoin ball " (the one member).Cf. Z. 210. We thus see that t, which is now written as if itwere a euphonic letter, belongs in reality to the article." Na h-uisgeachan." Unlike t-, the h-, now regularly insertedbetween the article and the noun in certain cases (cf. Stewart'sGram., p. 149), is not organic, as is shown by its having beensometimes used and sometimes omitted in the ancient language.Cf. Z. 48. A similar irregular use of h- exists in modern Gaelicbetween certain prepositions and the nouns they govern, as," le h-uamhas " and " le uamhas," " le h-urrara " and " le urram."A (which) is the nom. of the rel. pron., the two modern formsbeing a for the nom. and ace. and «?i for the gen. and dat. of bothnumbers. An and a agree in form with the neut. forms of tlieart. an and a, and belong to the same stem.Fuidh (under) is faoi in Bedel's Translation.Faoi correspondsto the Gr. prep, v-rral, f representing an original v, and p beingdropped, as is u.sual, in Gaelic. Fo, the only form of this prep,used in Scottish Gael, is from a base va, corresponding {ji beingdropped), to Skr. upa, Zend ujki, Gr. i'tto, Lat. sub, Goth uf. CfRev. Celt, ii., 324.Os (above). The prep. 6s, of which uas is another form (o andua being identical), belongs to the same root as Skr. vaksh- invakshami (I increase), Gr. av^- in au^oj and av^ai/uj (I increase),au^r] (increase), Lith. anksz- in auksztas (high), Goth, vaks- invahs-jd (y^nx), Ger. wachsen. Ice. vaxa, A.S. luetxan, Eng. max.(Cf. Curtius' Grundz., p. 386). To this family of words belongs