The Scottish Celtic review

58 Analysis of Patrick's Hymn.Huasalaihrach, gen. plur. o{ uasalathii- (patriarch) = uasal-athir.Uasal (= VMS-al, noble) is from the prep, uas = os, cognate withSkr. vaksh in vakshdvii (cresco), Gr. au^- in au^w (I increase), Goth.vahs-jd (wax), Lith. duksz-tas (high), Ice. vaxa (to increase), Eng.wax. Cf. Curt. Gr. Etym., 386. Athir (father) is cognate withLat. pater, Gr. ttot))/), Skr. pitar, Goth, fadar, O.H.G. fatar,Eng. father. Cf Curt. Gr. Etym., p. 270. Athir is an r-steni,but is here declined in the plur. like the c-stems.Itairchetlaib (in predictions, prophecies) = i-tair-chetlaih, %being the prep, in (with n dropped before the tenuis i), andtairchetlaib the dat. pi. of taircetal, also fairchital (cf Z. 881),of which fair = do-air (Z. 880), and cetal or cital is from the rootcan (n being dropped before the tenuis). Can, from which canim(I sing) is derived, is cognate with Lat. cano, cantus, Gr. kuv inKavd^w (I sound), Skr. kan- in kan-kan-i (bell), kvan (to sound).Taircetal is a neut. «-stem.Fdtha ior fdthe, gen. pi. otfdith (prophet), gen. fatho, an i-stemcognate with Lat. rates. Cf Goid., p. 15.5.Hipraiceptaib (in precepts) = hi-p)raiceptaih, the prep, /a' = i = in{n being dropped before the tenuis p), and j^raicejitaib, the dat. pi.oi jnxiicept = Lat, praeceptum.Abstal (of apostles), gen. pi. oi apstal, from Lat. apostolus.Inhiresaib (in fedth8)=zin-hh'esaib,the prep, m and hiresaib foriresaib, the dat. pi. of ires (faith) = iress (cf Z. 10) = air-ess, the pref.air and ess = sess (?) from root sfa, cognate with Skr. sthd, Gr."(TTrjfit, Lat. sis