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| Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 07:02 pm: |
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In affirmative dependant sentances, i take it gur and gurb are a synthesis of go (the conjunction) and ro, and gur + ba, respectivly. Is there any case of gur been from the prepostion 'go' -'to'. I see no reason that there should, or even could be, but I'd like to clarify where copula form coincide with other words, so I can analyse them correctly. |
Lughaidh
Member Username: Lughaidh
Post Number: 1518 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 01:23 am: |
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As far as I know, their origin is completely different. If they look alike nowadays, it's only by chance. The conjunction "go" derives from "kom" in Pre-Historical Irish (Dennis will correct me if I'm wrong), while the preposition "go" derives from "kos". That's why the mutation isn't the same after them: urú after the conjunction, h- prefixed to vowels after the preposition (it was a gemination in Old Irish). Tír Chonaill abú!
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