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ESHIRT.

In B. the endings of the pres. subj. are

Sg. Pl.
1. -íod -ímíd
-yd
2. -ír -í shiv
3. -í(g) -íd

IMPERATIVE MOOD.

Sg. Pl. Sg. Pl.
1. -(i)mísh -ímísh
-eam
2 (same form as -ig -ig -íg
stem generally)
3. -ach -(i)dísh -ídísh
Autonomous -tear, -tar -ítear

ASPIRATION.

(See An Cónggar, pt. 1, p. 16.)

The following words cause aspiration of the initial letter of the next word in the sentence:—a ‘his,’ ‘its;’ a ‘to’ or ‘for’; á ‘to his,’ or ‘for his’ or ‘for its’; a, relative particle prefixed to verbs; an ‘the,’ before the nom. and acc. sg. fem.; an, ‘the,’ before gen. sg. masc.; än, ‘one,’ ‘any’; ba, b’, cond., past ind., or past subj. of is; the preps. de, do, d’; do, t’, ‘thy (your)’ ; the prep. ; the conjcts. (if), and ó (since); mo, m’ (my), the prep. ó; any word used as a qualifying prefix, as, ana-vuar, ‘very big’; mí-viàsach, ‘unmannerly.’

The imperf. ind., cond., past ind. and past subj. forms of the verb, and any form of the verb when in relative position are regularly aspd., save (1) when preceded by ná, (2) when preceded by an eclipsing word, (3) in the autonomous forms, (4) in the case of is. An adj. following