within, Gen. vi. 14.
[78] Deas, applied to the hand, signifies the right hand. So in Hebrew,
ימין
signifies the right hand and the South.
[79] Iar, as a Preposition, signifies after or behind. In like manner in Hebrew,
אתר
signifies after, or the West.
[80] Probably co luath equally quick, with equal pace.
[81] The probable analysis of seadh is, is é, it is, pronounced in one syllable, 's e. When this syllable was used as a responsive, and not followed by any other word; the voice, resting on the final sound, formed a faint articulation. This was represented in writing by the gentle aspirate dh; and so the word came to be written as we find it. In like manner ni h-eadh is probably nothing else than a substitute for ni he, it is not.
[82] This mode of incorporating the Prepositions with the personal pronouns will remind the Orientalist of the Pronominal Affixes, common in Hebrew and other Eastern languages. The close resemblance between the Gaelic and many of the Asiatic tongues, in this particular, is of itself an almost conclusive proof that the Gaelic bears a much closer affinity to the parent stock than any other living European language.