The following Subftantives may serve as a sped men of Galic nouns compounded: Cam-beulach, Campbell, Fa-fcriobhadh, an appen Du-glaffach, Douglafs, Geur-leanbhin, perfecuti Craobh-fheanachais, ge- Idhol-aoradh, idolatry. Obair-bharrachd, fupere. Uile-chumhachdach, Alrogation. mighty... Of compounded Verbs. All active compounded nouns may be refolved into verbs, and may be conjugated by the examples given, like regular verbs; others are declined by means of the auxiliary; and many verbs which in other languages are compounds, in the Galic have the compofitive prepofition immediately following the verb; thus, athnuadhuchadh, renewing, is the active fubftantive compounded of ath again, and nuadhuchadh, making new, is refolved into a verb; thus, athnu adhicham, I renew, &c. dh'athnuadhich mi, I renewed; athnuadhuchidh mi, I fhall renew, &c. In these verbs which admit of the flection & after their initial confonants, the fame is introduced in both parts of the compounded verb, where the confonants are not immutable. The n in the fecond part of the paft tenfe, dh'ath-nuadhich, is immutable, and therefore has no h; but in this verb, athghinam, I regenerate; dh'ath-ghin mi, I regenerated, it is perceptible. Geur-leanbhin, perfecution, is conjugated by the auxiliary; thus, tha mi geur-leanbhin, bha mi geurFambhin, &c. Verbs have fome component particles after them, in this manner, fnamham, I fwim; fnamham tharis, I fwim over, across, thus, "Mar ghlas-fgiath, roi thaomadh nan nial, OSSIAN. Of the Adverb in Compofition. As all primitive, fo all compounded adjectives and participles are used adverbially, by prefixing the fyllable go; thus, impoichte, converted; neo-impoichte, unconverted; go neo-impoichte; criodhol, hearty, chearful; neo-chriodhol, disheartened, forrowful; go neo-chriodhol, forrowfully, in a forrowful manner. AN |