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... Irish . For gnou and Gnouan postulate gnoyo - s , a form probably related to gnó , while Irish gnóe goes a step further and represents gnou - io - s . In this group of words the proper names are specially instructive , and we have ...
... Irish . For gnou and Gnouan postulate gnoyo - s , a form probably related to gnó , while Irish gnóe goes a step further and represents gnou - io - s . In this group of words the proper names are specially instructive , and we have ...
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... Irish verb alim , ailim , oilim ' I nurse or nourish , I bring up or educate ' . If this be its origin it may mean either ' one who nourishes , a foster parent ' , or ' one who is nursed , a foster child ' . Compare Alt , genitive Ailt ...
... Irish verb alim , ailim , oilim ' I nurse or nourish , I bring up or educate ' . If this be its origin it may mean either ' one who nourishes , a foster parent ' , or ' one who is nursed , a foster child ' . Compare Alt , genitive Ailt ...
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... Irish -i - cno- has been reduced to -in , and -i - cn - io- to -îne , as in Féchín and Féchíne , forms of the name of St. Féchín of Fore : -ín is a very living termination in Modern Irish , and therefore in Anglo - Irish likewise . It ...
... Irish -i - cno- has been reduced to -in , and -i - cn - io- to -îne , as in Féchín and Féchíne , forms of the name of St. Féchín of Fore : -ín is a very living termination in Modern Irish , and therefore in Anglo - Irish likewise . It ...
Contents
PAGE | 23 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS | 113 |
THE STUDY OF MODERN HISTORY IN GREAT BRITAIN CONSIDERed | 139 |
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