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419. As well as the regular Past Tense, d’iṫeas, &c., there is another Past Tense, viz., duaḋas, in use.

SINGULAR. PLURAL.
1. duaḋas duaḋamar
2. duaḋais duaḋaḃar
3. duaiḋ sé duaḋadar

RIĠIM, I REACH.

420. This verb is nearly obsolete, its place being taken by the regular verbs sroiċim and sroisim.

Its Past Tense is inflected like tánag.

1. rángas, ránag rángamar
2. rángais rángaḃar
3. ráinig sé rángadar
421.
Verbal Noun.

roċtain or riaċtain.

Riġim has a special usage in the phrase riġim a leas, “I need,” (whence, riaċtanas, need, necessity: riaċtanaċ, necessary: from the verbal noun.)

MARḂAIM or MARḂUIĠIM, I KILL.

422. This verb is quite regular except in Future and Conditional.

Future, maróḃad, marḃóċad, maireóḃad, mairḃeóċad or muirḃfead (with usual terminations).

Conditional, ṁaróḃainn, ṁarḃóċainn, ṁaireoḃainn, ṁairḃeóċainn or ṁuirḃfinn, &c., &c.

Verbal Noun.

marḃaḋ or marḃuġaḋ, to kill or killing.