An English-Irish Dictionary (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from An English-Irish Dictionary: Intended for the Use of Students of the Irish Language, and for Those Who Wish to Translate Their English Thoughts, or the Works of Others, Into Language Intelligible to the Present Irish-Speaking Inhabitants of IrelandI have not taken all the words in Johnson's English Dictionary, for this would make the book too expensive: but, as a general rule, I have omitted only such as are of unusual occurrence in the Eng lish language, and therefore unnecessary for intercourse with the peasantry of Ireland.I have used some Irish words of English origin that are in com mon use among the people, and because the English and every other language did and does likewise.There is a great diversity of spelling among Irish scholars, as was the case with the English before Dr. Johnson's time, and is to some extent still: to remedy this I have done all in my power to adopt a uniform spelling. The changes I had to make from the prevailing confusion in the indiscriminate use of the terminations up and up, (113 and ms, ea and en of final letters, such as b and c, &c.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.