An An Irish English Dictionary With Copious Quotations From The Most Esteemed Ancient And Modern Writers To Elucidate The Meating Of Obscure Words

Author : Edward O'reilly
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333542153
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book An Irish-English Dictionary written by Edward O'reilly and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-09 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Irish-English Dictionary: With Copious Quotations From the Most Esteemed Ancient and Modern Writers, to Elucidate the Meaning of Obscure Words, and Numerous Comparisons of Irish Words With Those of Similar Orthography, Sense, or Sound in the Welsh and Hebrew Languages Independently of the claims which this language has upon the general scholar for consideration, and upon the descendants of the aborigines for protection, it merits the attention of the divine, the lawyer, the physician, and of all those who have to converse with the people, whose living and only language it is. It is the only medium through which instruction can be conveyed to at least four-fifths of the people of Ireland. The divine, therefore, who neglects this language, should Consider how far he is competent to discharge the duty he owes to those souls committed to his care.. The great utility of this language to the lawyer is proved frequently in the year. In every county, at every sessions, trials occur in which prisoners or witnesses can be heard only through the medium of an interpreter, probably but ill qualified for such an office, and who, by the mistake of a single word in the evidence, may cause the acquittal of a murderer, or the murder of an innocent. The consideration of a possibility of such an occurrence has caused Sir W. C. Smith, Bart., one of the Barons of the Exchequer, to study the Irish language, in which he has made great progress, and set a praiseworthy example to other gentlemen of the bar. To the physician several cases must have occurred where his scientific skill was baf ed by his ignorance of the language in which only his patient could clearly point out the nature of his complaint. And every person who has dealings in the country, has daily proofs of the incon Venience arising from a want of the language of the people with whom he has to converse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."