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Verbs are regular and irregular
The following example of the conjugation of a regular verb is taken from O'Brien, correct ed by O'Reilly, and approved by Scurry, &c. It will be unnecessary to exhibit the English, except in the manner already adopted.
meall deceive -- Active voice.
Imperative Mood
| Modern Mode | |
| meallaḋ sinn | |
| meall, deceive thou | meallaḋ siḃ |
| meallaḋ se, let him decieve | meallaḋ siad |
| Antient Mode | |
| meallam, meallamaoid, meallamais | |
| meall | meallaiḋe |
| meallaḋ | meallaidís, meallaid |
Indiciative Present Tense
| Modern Mode —meallaim I deceive, meallann tu, etc | |
| Antient Mode | |
| meallaim | meallaimar, meallamoid |
| meallair | meallaḃar, meallṫaoi |
| meallaiḋse | meallaid |
Past Tense
In this tense, and in the potential mood, the particle do is generally expressed before the verb; and always so if the initial letter by f, or a vowel.
| Modern Mode - ṁeall me, I deceived, ṁeall tu, etc | |
| Antient Mode | |
| ṁeallas | ṁeallamar, ṁeallam |
| ṁeallais | ṁeallaḃar |
| ṁeall | ṁealladar, ṁeallaid |
Future Tense
| Modern Mode— meallfaḋ me, I will deceive, meallfaḋ tu, etc | |
| Antient Mode | |
| meallfad | meallfam, meallfamar, meallfamaoid |
| meallfair | meallaḃar, meallfaiḋe |
| meallfaiḋ | meallfaid. |
Potential Mood
| Modern Mode - ṁeallfainn, I would deceive, ṁeallfaḋ tu, etc | |
| Antient Mode | |
| ṁeallfainn | ṁeallfaḋmaois |
| ṁeallfaḋ | ṁeallfaiḋe |
| ṁeallfaḋ se | ṁeallfaidís |
Conditional Mood
Eclipse the initial letter, if it be one capable of it. da meallfain, if I would deceive, etc, as in the Potential Mode.
Consuetudinal Mood
Present tense
Same in both modes. Meallaim, or meallann me, I usually deceive, meallann tu, etc.
Past Tense
| ṁeallain, I used to deceive | ṁeallamaois |
| ṁeallta | ṁeallaoiḋe |
| ṁeallaḋ | ṁealladois |
Infinitive Mood and Participles
The same in modern and antient modes.
| do, or a ṁeallad | to deceive | |
| Present. | ag meallaḋ | deceiving |
| Past. | iar meallad | having deceived |
| Future | ar ti meallaḋ | about to deceive |
The initials of the infinitive moode and the past participles are always aspiarated, but the latter may also be eclipsed, instead of aspirated.
The relatives are ṁeallas that deceives, ṁeall, that deceived; ṁeallfas, that will deceive; ṁeallaḋ, that used to deceive (see General Rule 5)
grammar of the irish language—mason—1842