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Rh am hungry. Literally, hunger is on me. He is thirsty. Literally, thirst is on him.

The same idiom is used for emotions, such as pride, joy, sorrow, shame, &c. The following examples will illustrate the construction:—

Whenever there is a simple adjective in Irish corresponding to the English adjective of mental or physical sensation, we have a choice of two constructions, as:—