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Fogus, } Am fogus; } near.
H-uig' agus uaith; to and fro.
Iolar, } Ioras; } below there, below yonder.
Le leathad; _by a descent_, downwards.
Leis; _along with it_, down a stream, declivity, &c.
Mu 'n cuairt; _by the circuit_, around.
Ri bruthach; _to an ascent_, upwards.
Ris; in an exposed state, bare, uncovered.
Seachad; past, aside.
Sios, a sios; downwards.
Suas, a suas; upwards.
{113} s.h.i.+os; below there, below yonder.
Shuas; above there, above yonder.
Tarsuing; across.
Thairis; over.
Thall; on the other side.
Uthard; above there, above yonder.
Deas[78]; south.
Gu deas; southward.
A deas; from the south.
Iar[79], } Siar; } west.
Gus an aird an iar; westward.
O'n iar; from the west.
Tuath; north.
Gu tuath; northward.
A tuath; from the north.
Ear, Oir, Soir; east.
Gus an aird an ear; eastward.
O'n ear; from the east.
_Adverbs of Manner._
Air achd; in a manner.
Air a' chuthach, } Air boile; } distracted, mad.
Air chall; lost.
Air chir; aright.
Air chor; in a manner.
Air chor eigin; in some manner, somehow.
Air chuairt; sojourning.
Air chuimhne; in remembrance.
Air eigin; with difficulty, scarcely.
Air fogradh; in exile, in a fugitive state.
{114} Air ghleus; in trim.
Air iomadan; adrift.
Air iomroll; astray.
Air iunndrain; amissing.
Air lagh; trimmed for action, as a bow bent, a firelock c.o.c.ked, &c.
Air leth; apart, separately.
Air seacharan; astray.
Air sgeul; found, not lost.
Amhain; only.
Amhuil, } Amhludh; } like as.
Am bidheantas; customarily, habitually.
Am feabhas; convalescent, improving.
An coinnimh a chinn; headlong.
An coinnimh a chuil; backwards.
An deidh, } An geall; } desirous, enamoured.
An nasgaidh; for nothing, gratis.
An tir; in pursuit.
Araon; together.
As an aghaidh; _out of the face_, to the face, outright.
As a cheile; loosened, disjointed.
Car air char; rolling, tumbling over and over.
Cia mar; _as how_, how.
C' arson; _on account of what_, why, wherefore.
C' ionnas; _what manner_, how.
Cha, cho; not.
Comhla[80], mar chomhla, } Cuideachd; } together, in company.
C'uime, for what, why.
Do dheoin, a dheoin; spontaneously, intentionally.
Dh' aindeoin; against one's will.
Do dhth, a dhth; a-wanting.
Do rreadh; really, actually, indeed.
{115} Fa leth; severally, individually.
Gle; very.
Gu beachd; _to observation_, evidently, clearly.
Gu buileach; _to effect_, thoroughly, wholly.
Gu dearbh; _to conviction_, truly, certainly.
Gu deimhin; _to a.s.surance_, a.s.suredly, verily.
Gu leir; altogether.
Gu leor; _to sufficiency_, enough.
Gun amharus; _without doubt_, doubtless.
Gun chaird; _without rest_, incessantly, without hesitation.
Leth mar leth; half and half.
Le cheile; _with each other_, together.
Maraon; _as one_, together, in concert.
Mar an ceudna; in like manner, likewise.
Mar sin; _as that_, in that manner.
Mar so; _as this_, thus.
Mar sud; _as yon_, in yon manner.
Mu seach; in return, alternately.
Na, Nar; let not,--used optatively, or imperatively.
Nach; that not, who not, not?
Ni; not.
Ni h-eadh[81]; it is not so.
Os aird; openly.
