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§ 202 does not help us to decide the orig. forms, as intervocalic -s- simply drops in Ir. The combination goes back beyond Prim. Kelt. ; in Lat. it is a proper compound : mltigdre, remigdre, ndvigdre, etc.

Suff. -ho-; in paratoaf ' I prepare' 185 i ; crynhoaf ‘I compress, summarize ', v.n. crynhoi.

W. paratoaf < *parad-ho8-af < *pardto-sod- ' set ready ' < Lat. pardtus + *sod-, V sed- 63 ii ; cf. arhoaf 187 iii ; see also 74 i (1).

Suff. -j- ; this is added to nouns, and is largely used : taniaf 'I fire ' (tan ( fire ') ; glaniaf ' I land ' (glan ' shore ') ; soniaf ' I mention ' (son 'rumour ') ; meddylwfL think ' (meddwl ' thought ') ; rhodiaf ' I go about ' (rkawd ' course ') ; etc.

VERBAL NOUNS.

202. i. (i) The v.n. often consists of the stem of the verb with no ending: aieb 'to answer', vb. atebaf\ edrych 'to look', vb. edrychaf\ dangos 'to show', vb. dangosaf\ adrodd 'to recite', Ml. W. adrawb, vb. adroddaf\ anfon ' to send ', vb. anfonaf\ bwyfa ( to eat ', vb. bwytd-af ^etc. ; Ml. and Early Mn. W./o 223 i (2), Late ffoi ' to flee '. &emsp;