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aċ, when it is the termination of a noun, denotes a person or personal agent: as Éireannaċ, an Irishman; Albanaċ; a Scotchman.
aċt is an abstract termination, like the English ‑ness: milis, sweet; milseaċt, sweetness.
- N.B.—The termination ‑aċt is usually added to adjectives.
aiḋe, uiḋe, iḋe, are personal terminations denoting an agent: sgeul, a story; sgeuluiḋe, a storyteller; cos, a foot; coisiḋe, a pedestrian.
aire, ire, are also personal terminations denoting an agent: cealg, deceit; cealgaire, a deceiver.
aṁail, a termination having the very same force as the English like or ly: fearaṁail, manly; flaiṫeaṁail, princely, generous.
as, eas, or sometimes s alone, an abstract termination like aċt: maiṫ, good: maiṫeas, goodness; ceann, a head; ceannas, headship, authority.
ḃar and ḃre have a collective force: as, duille, a leaf (of a tree); duilleaḃar, foliage.
ḋa, da, or ta, is an adjectival termination which has usually the force of the English ‑like: mórḋa, majestic; órḋa, golden; gallda, exotic, foreign (from gall, a stranger, a foreigner).
