VERB ENDINGS.
The following table shows the endings of the regular verbs in (i)m [A] and ím [B] as they occur in the text.
| Class A. | Class B. | |||
| PRESENT INDICATIVE. | ||||
| Sg. | Pl. | Sg. | Pl. | |
| 1. | -im | -míd | -ím | -ímíd |
| 2. | -ir | -(e)an shiv | -ír | -íon shiv |
| -yn shiv | ||||
| 3. | -(e)an | -id | -íon | -íd |
| -yn | ||||
| Autonomous -tear, -tar. | -ítear | |||
| IMPERFECT INDICATIVE, OR CUSTOMARY PAST. | ||||
| Sg. | Pl. | Sg. | Pl. | |
| 1. | -ing | -mísh | -ímísh | |
| 2. | -há | -ach shiv | -íoch shiv | |
| -ych shiv | ||||
| 3. | -ach | -dísh | -íoch | -ídísh |
| -ych | ||||
| Autonomous -tí | -ítí | |||
FUTURE TENSE.
Note:—In regular verbs in -im the principal sign of the future is an h added to the stem (as a general rule the stem of the verb can be formed by removing the ending of the pres. ind. sg. 1). If the stem ends in c, p or t, the h has no effect on the pronunciation, and is not written ; for example, bacuim, fut. sg. 1 bacad; cahim, cahad; titim, titead; s is pronounced somewhat stronger in the future, and is written ss, as fásim, fássad. If the stem ends in b, d or g the effect of the h is to unvoice these, so that they become, respectively, p, t, c; for example, preabuim, fut. sg. 1 preapad; troidim, troitead; tóguim, tócad. Some verbs have a special stem for the future as,
