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An t-é is giolla againn isé is fear cínn riain orainn.
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The person who is our guide it is he who is our leader.
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An t-é is fada cos isé is fada truslóg.
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The man who is long of leg it is he who is long of step.
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In this Irish construction cos and truslóg express manner, exactly as “of leg” and “of step” do in the English. Truslóg is the step which is taken when a person springs off one leg and alights on the other.
An t-é is mór caint ní h-é is maiṫ ciall go minic.
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Often the person who is great of speech is not the person who is good in sense.
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Is minic náċ é an t-é is uasal cáil is uasal méinn.
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It often happens that it is not the person who enjoys the noble name that has the noble disposition.
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The is which grammarians set down as the SIGN of the superlative, is in reality nothing but this relative is. An fear is mór caint is exactly the same construction as an fear is mó caint.
An fear is mór caint.
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The person who has much talk.
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An fear is mó caint.
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The person who has more talk (than anyone else), i.e., the man who has most talk.
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