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| An fear a ḃuailim. | The man whom I strike. |
| An fear a ḃuaileann mé. | The man who strikes me. |
| An buaċaill naċ mbeiḋ ag obair. | The boy who will not be at work. |
| An ḃean go ḃfuil an ḃó aici. | The woman who has the cow. |
| A gcaiṫim san lá. | All that I spend per day. |
| Sin a raiḃ ann. | That's all that was there. |
| Do sgairt a raiḃ láiṫreaċ. | All who were present burst out laughing. |
| An áit ’na ḃfuil sé. | The place in which he is. |
235. The relative a when governed by a preposition, or when it means "all that," unites with ro, the particle formerly used before the past tense of regular verbs, and becomes ar. This ar unites with the prepositions do (to) and le (with) and becomes dár and ler.
| Ar ċaiṫeas san lá. | All that I spent per day. | |
| An fear dár ġeallas mo leaḃar. or | The man to whom I promised my book. | |
| An fear ar ġeallas mo leaḃar dó. | ||
| An tslat ler buaileaḋ é. | The rod with which he was beaten. | |
236. The pronouns cé and pé unite with ro, but only with the verb is.
- Cé ’s ḃ’í féin? Who was she?
- Pé ’s ḃ’é féin? Whoever he was
237. Whenever the relative follows a superlative, or any phrase of the nature of a superlative, use dá (= de + a). Before the past tense of regular verbs dá becomes dár (= dá + ro)
- Ḃéarfad duit gaċ uile níḋ dá ḃfuil agam.
- I will give you everything that I have.
- Is é sin an fear is aoirde dár ḃuail riaṁ.
- That is the tallest man that I have ever met.
- Ní maiṫ leis aon níḋ da dtugas dó.
- He does not like a single thing I gave him.
