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OUTLINES OF GAELIC ETYMOLOGY.
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as, out, es‑: as-eirigh, as-creideamh, eas-bhuidh, éi-rich. Compound­ed with air: uireas­bhuidh; with to‑, teasairg; with to-for- in tuair­isgeul; with to-fo-ar in tuarasdal; with to-fo- in tuasgail.
eadar, between; eadar-sgaradh.
iar, after; in *iarfaighim, now feòraich; iarogha.
in, in; with to- in tional and comh-thional. With a double nn in ionnsuidh.
inn‑, ionn‑, to, Gaul. ande‑: in fionnogha; with to- in tionn-sgainn, tionndadh (Zeuss). Confused with in, ind, above.
im‑, iom‑, about: iomair, iomradh, imich, iompaidh (*imb‑sh). Compound­ed with com in caochladh; with to- in timchioll, tiomsach, tiomnadh.
od‑, ud‑, out, Eng. out: obann, obaidh. Compounded with aith- in ìobairt; with di- in dùisg; with fo in fògair; with to- in tobar, tog.
con‑, comh‑, co‑: coimhead, comaidh, caisg, cogadh. Compound­ed with im- in iomchorc; with con in cogais (O. Ir. concubus); with to-aith- in teagasg, teagamh.
di‑, de, de: dìmeas, dìoghail, dìomhain, dìreach; also deach, dèan,
do‑, to: this is the unaccented form of to‑.
fo, under: in foghnadh, foghlum, falach, fulaing. Compound­ed with to- in tòrachd, tuisleadh (to-fo-ess‑) tuarasdal (to-fo-ar-as‑), tuasgail (to-fo-as‑).
for, far, super: in forail, forradh, fàrdorus, farmad, furtachd. Compound­ed with to in tormach, tuair­isgeul.
fri‑, ri, to, *vṛt, Lat. versus; it appears as frith, fris: in freagair, fritheil, freic­eadan (frith-com‑).
ro‑, before: in robhas, rosg, rabhadh, radharc. Compounded in rug (ro-ud‑).
tar, across, tairm‑: in teirig, toirmisg.

Stem Suffixes.

The following are the most important suffixes used in Gaelic for stem formation:—

1. o‑, â‑, as in cùl (*cûlo‑), aitreabh, cas (*coxâ).

2. tro‑, tlo‑, trâ‑, tlâ‑: criathar, krei-tro‑, anail, (*ana-tlâ), sgeul, cineal.

3. jo‑, jâ‑, ijo‑, ijâ‑: eile, suidhe, (*sod-i-on). See no‑, ro‑, tjo‑, sqio‑.

4. vo‑, vâ‑, uvo‑, uvâ‑: tarbh (*tar-vo‑), each (*ek-vo‑), beò, (bi-vo‑).

5. no‑, nâ‑, ṇno‑, eno‑, ono‑: làn, slàn, duan, domhan, leathan (letano‑s). It is secondary in iarunn; cf. tighearna (*teg-er-nio‑).