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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 Excerpt: ...seven shepherds. We venture, however, to lay down the following as the rules; and in writing Welsh the student may safely adhere to them. 492. Tin (masculine), tair (feminine), pedwar and pedair, pum, chwech, naw (with its compound deunaw), deg (with its comp. deuddeg, pymtheg), ugain (with its comp. deugain, trigain), can (with its comp.. deugan, trichan, $c), govern the radical sound. Un corff, one body. Pedwar owr, four men. Pum gwraig, five women. 493. Un, feminine, (except after 11 and rh), dau and dwy, govern the middle. LI and rh retain their rad. after un fem. Un ddynes, one woman. Dau ddyn, two men. Dwy ddjnes, two women. LI and rh. Un Haw, one hand. Un rAaw, one spade. 494. Tri and chwe govern the aspirate of the 1st. class (c, p, t); and the radical of the 2nd. and 3rd. (g, b, d; 11, m, rh.) Tri cAar, three friends. Tri phen, three heads. Chwe ttarw, six bulls. Tri owr, three men. Tri 6ys, three fingers. Chwe llevr, six lions. 495. Saith and wyth govern the middle of r, p, t; and the radical of the other consonants. Saith gorn, seven horns. Saith Jen, seven heads. Wyth dorth, eight loaves. Saith owas, seven servants. Saith 6ys, seven fingers. Wyth Hong eight ships. 496. Deng, and its comp. deuddeng and pymtheng, which are mostly used before words beginning radically with g, d, m, n, or a vowel, govern the nasal of rf; middle of r; and radical of m. Deng naiad, tfen sheep. Deng wr, ten men. Deng mis, ten months. (a) It is very probable that deng formerly governed g in the nasal, and that such phrases as deng wr, deng air, Sfc., were written deng ngwr, deng ngair,: . 497. Pum, saith, wyth, naw, deg, deng, ugain, can, with their compounds, govern the words blynedd and blwydd (a year) in the nasal; and the word diwrnod (a day) in the nasal, or r..
