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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. 1859 Excerpt: ... Y-rA, " easier," " easiest;" pogur, nfor roirse, (better p0l5re. also neArA), roAic, reAriri, ir peAriri, "good," "better," " best" (or, is better still;) olc, ineArA, ir tneArA, " bad," " worse," " worst)" mor i "great," mo, " greater," ir rno, greatest;" crtrcA, " soon," cfircA6e, " sooner," p-cdrcA6o, "soonest;"tnp)c, "often," roioic6e, "oftener," p-tnriicpje, " oftenest." There maybe two or three other irregular adjectives which I cannot call to mind. OF NUMERAL ADJECTIVES: OP NUMERALS APPLIED TO PERSONS ONLY. 27.--PRONOUNS. A pronoun is a substitute for a noun; there are six sorts of pronouns, namely, personal, relative, demonstrative, possessive, indefinite, and interrogative. Vowels, being the last letter of monosyllables, need no accent, as they are, with few exceptions, long, as, le, lA, lo, rie, me, t1i, cu, cu (e, A, o, t, u, " ay," " aw," " owe," " ee," " 00"). t Se, ri, no, nA&, in the active voice, also in the nominative case; but e, i, To, &b, in the passive voice and accusative case. Plural. Nom, TAb, or Ab. fAb-fAt), or Ab-fAt). Acc. Ab. Ab-iAr1. Abl. uA8e. Ha8c A-iat). S, Fern. Singular. Plural. Nora, f and, sAe. flAb, or ib, Dat. b' i, Aer. b6b. " Abl. b', or uir, '/rora -6i A. her. Irish has its affixes, rA, re, n-n, inn, rei," &e.; so has Latin, met, pie., te, se, &c., memet, " myself," suople, " his own self," lute, "thyself," sese, " himself; "Greek abounds in affixes, and so have all languages; the English has a variety of them. Any atte...