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<text><body><div><p><span>THE ELEMENTS OF EUCLID.</span></p>
<lb n="1"/>
<lb n="2"/><p><span>Translation into Irish commenced by</span>
<lb n="3"/><span>John O'Donovan.</span></p>
<lb n="4"/>
<lb n="5"/><p><span>III.</span></p>
<lb n="6"/>
<lb n="7"/><p><span>30.</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>I measg na bhfioghairí ceathar-thaobhach, </span>
<lb n="9"/><span>cearn is ainm di sin ag a bhfuil a taobha </span>
<lb n="10"/><span>uile coimhionann agus a cúinní uile dron-</span>
<lb n="11"/><span>uilleannach.</span></p>
<lb n="12"/>
<lb n="13"/><p><span>[Cearn, a square.]</span></p>
<lb n="14"/>
<lb n="15"/><p><span>31.</span>
<lb n="16"/><span>Cearnfhada .i. é sin ag a bhfuil a chúinní </span>
<lb n="17"/><span>uile dron-uilleannach, achd nach bhfuil a </span>
<lb n="18"/><span>thaobha uile comh-fhada.</span></p>
<lb n="19"/>
<lb n="20"/><p><span>[Cearn-fhada, rectangle.]</span></p>
<lb n="21"/>
<lb n="22"/><p><span>32.</span>
<lb n="23"/><span>Cam-chearn is ainm do'n fhioghair ag a </span>
<lb n="24"/><span>bhfuil a taobha uile comh-fhada achd nach </span>
<lb n="25"/><span>bhfuil a cúinní dron-uilleannach.</span></p>
<lb n="26"/>
<lb n="27"/><p><span>Cam-chearn, rhombus.  The word ceathar-thaobhaigh is</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>to be understood after fioghair.  Note that O'D. does not</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>write caim-chearn as some writers would have done.   To</span>
<lb n="30"/><span>apply the rule caol le caol where the voice does not</span>
<lb n="31"/><span>apply it, is to justify the worst that can be said about</span>
<lb n="32"/><span>Gaelic orthography.]</span></p>
<lb n="33"/>
<lb n="34"/><p><span>33.</span>
<lb n="35"/><span>Cam-chearnfhada .i. fioghair ag a bhfuiil na </span>
<lb n="36"/><span>taobha atá os comhair a chéile comhfhada, acht </span>
<lb n="37"/><span>ní'l a taobha uile comhfhada, ná a cúinní </span>
<lb n="38"/><span>dron-uilleannach.</span></p>
<lb n="39"/>
<lb n="40"/><p><span>[Cam-chearnfhada, rhomboid.]</span></p>
<lb n="41"/>
<lb n="42"/><p><span>34.</span>
<lb n="43"/><span>Gairthear …</span></p>
<lb n="44"/>
<lb n="45"/><p><span>35.</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>Dron-línte comh-riarmhara, umorro, .i. </span>
<lb n="47"/><span>línte atá 'san mion-dromchladh céadna, </span>
<lb n="48"/><span>noch, dá dtarraingfidhe iad go do-chríoch-</span>
<lb n="49"/><span>nuighthe, nach dteagmhóchadh le a chéile go </span>
<lb n="50"/><span>bráth.</span></p>
<lb n="51"/>
<lb n="52"/><p><span>[Comh-riarmhar, parallel.]</span>
<lb n="53"/></p>
</div>
<pb n="83"/>
<div><lb n="54"/><p><span>1.  Deónuighthear gur féidir dron-líne do </span>
<lb n="55"/><span>tharraing ó aon phonc go aroile.</span></p>
<lb n="56"/>
<lb n="57"/><p><span>[Deónuighim, I concede, grant.  Deónughadh, a con-</span>
<lb n="58"/><span>cession.  Instead of aroile, a chéile is now used.]</span></p>
<lb n="59"/>
<lb n="60"/><p><span>2.  Gur féidir dron-líne chríochnuighthe do</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>tharraing chum aon fhaid 'na líne dhírigh.</span></p>
<lb n="62"/>
<lb n="63"/><p><span>3.  Agus gur féidir ciorcal do thiom-</span>
<lb n="64"/><span>tharraing ó aon lár le haon fhad ó'n lár</span>
<lb n="65"/><span>sin.</span></p>
<lb n="66"/>
<lb n="67"/><p><span>[Tiom or tim</span>
<lb n="68"/><span>(do + im), a prefix meaning "round," as in timcheall,</span>
<lb n="69"/><span>tiomchuairt or timthriall, a circuit, tiomchaint, circum-</span>
<lb n="70"/><span>locution.  Lár is hardly applicable to a point, it rather</span>
<lb n="71"/><span>means a central space.  The term ceart-lár, already</span>
<lb n="72"/><span>used, is better.  Perhaps ponc láir would be better still.]</span></p>
<lb n="73"/>
<lb n="74"/><p><span>Soiléirsí.</span></p>
<lb n="75"/>
<lb n="76"/><p><span>1.  Neithe comhaontuigheas leis an nídh</span>
<lb n="77"/><span>céadna comhaontuighid le n-a chéile.</span></p>
<lb n="78"/>
<lb n="79"/><p><span>[Soiléirse, a thing that is evident (soiléir), an axiom.</span>
<lb n="80"/><span>Comhaontughadh means rather to agree than to be equal.</span>
<lb n="81"/><span>Coimhionann has already been used in the sense of </span>
<lb n="82"/><span>"equal."]</span></p>
<lb n="83"/>
<lb n="84"/><p><span>2.  Má chuirthear meithe ionanna chum</span>
<lb n="85"/><span>neithe ionann, beidh an t-iomlán ionann.</span></p>
<lb n="86"/>
<lb n="87"/><p><span>[Má cuirthear</span>
<lb n="88"/><span>dhá ionann i gceann dá ionann leith ar leith, is ionann</span>
<lb n="89"/><span>an dá iomlán.  "If two equals are added to two equals</span>
<lb n="90"/><span>respectively, the two wholes are equal."  Ionann here</span>
<lb n="91"/><span>used instead of coimhionann, equal.]</span></p>
<lb n="92"/>
<lb n="93"/><p><span>3.  Má bhaintear neithe ionanna ó neithibh</span>
<lb n="94"/><span>ionanna, beidh an iarmairt ionann.</span></p>
<lb n="95"/>
<lb n="96"/><p><span>[Iarmairt, remainder.  </span>
<lb n="97"/><span>Má baintear dha ionann ó dhá ionann, leith ar leith, is </span>
<lb n="98"/><span>ionann an dá iarmairt.]</span></p>
<lb n="99"/>
<lb n="100"/><p><span>4.  Má chuirthear neithe ionanna le neithibh</span>
<lb n="101"/><span>neamh-ionanna, beidh an t-iomlán neamh-</span>
<lb n="102"/><span>ionann.</span></p>
<lb n="103"/>
<lb n="104"/><p><span>5.  Na neithe atá dúbail an neith chéadna, </span>
<lb n="105"/><span>táid coimhionann le n-a chéile.</span></p>
<lb n="106"/>
<lb n="107"/><p><span>[He is called Conn = goir-</span>
<lb n="108"/><span>thear Conn de.  He became a priest, rinneadh sagart</span>
<lb n="109"/><span>de.  He turned Turk, d'iompuigh se 'n-a Thurcach.</span></p>
<lb n="110"/>
<lb n="111"/><p>
<lb n="112"/><span>"Do mhair sí</span>
<lb n="113"/><span>'n-a hóigh, agus fuair sí bás 'n-a sean-fhear."</span></p>
<lb n="114"/>
<lb n="115"/><p><span>Dúbail then is used adverbially, to indicate amount or</span>
<lb n="116"/><span>extent.    Tá an tSion-</span>
<lb n="117"/><span>ainn míle ar leithead 'san áit sin, the Shannon is a </span>
<lb n="118"/><span>mile broad at theat place; bhí sé lá agus oidhche ó'n mbaile,</span>
<lb n="119"/><span>he was from home (for) a day and a night.  But tá sé</span>
<lb n="120"/><span>n-a lá, it is day (i.e., daylight).</span></p>
<lb n="121"/>
<lb n="122"/><p><span>6.  Na neithe noch is leath an neith chéadna, </span>
<lb n="123"/><span>táid coimhionann.</span></p>
<lb n="124"/>
<lb n="125"/><p><span>7.  Na neith chomhaontuigheas le n-a chéile </span>
<lb n="126"/><span>.i. a líonas go beachd an spás céadna, is </span>
<lb n="127"/><span>ionann iad.</span></p>
<lb n="128"/>
<lb n="129"/><p><span>[Comhaontuigh now in the sense of "coincide."  Go</span>
<lb n="130"/><span>beacht, exactly.]</span>
<lb n="131"/><span>8.  Tá an t-iomlán níos mó 'ná páirt de.</span></p>
<lb n="132"/>
<lb n="133"/><p><span>9.  Ní féidir do dhá líne dhíreacha spás do </span>
<lb n="134"/><span>thimchealladh.</span></p>
<lb n="135"/>
<lb n="136"/><p><span>[Learners often use is féidir le with is féidir do.</span>
<lb n="137"/><span>Ní féidir leis teachd a bhaile, he feels it impossible to </span>
<lb n="138"/><span>come home.  Ní féidir do teacht a bhaile, it is (physi-</span>
<lb n="139"/><span>cally) impossible for him to come home.]</span></p>
<lb n="140"/>
<lb n="141"/><p><span>10. Tá gach uile dhron-uille chomh mór le </span>
<lb n="142"/><span>n-a chéile.</span></p>
<lb n="143"/>
<lb n="144"/><p><span>[Is ionann leithead do gach uile dhron-uillinn.]</span></p>
<lb n="145"/>
<lb n="146"/><p><span>11.  Má thárluigheann líne dhíreach le dhá </span>
<lb n="147"/><span>líne dhíreacha eile, is-an chuma go ndéan-</span>
<lb n="148"/><span>faidh sí an dá choinne inmheadhónacha, atá ar</span></p>
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<pb n="84"/>
<div><lb n="149"/><p><span>an taoibh chéadna dhi i bhfochair a chéile, níos </span>
<lb n="150"/><span>lugha 'ná dhá dhron-uillinn,— má tharraing-</span>
<lb n="151"/><span>thear na línte díreacha so ar a n-aghaidh, </span>
<lb n="152"/><span>teagmhóchaid fá dheóidh le n-a chéile ar an </span>
<lb n="153"/><span>taoibh sin i n-a bhfuil na coinní atá níos </span>
<lb n="154"/><span>lugha 'ná dron-uille.</span></p>
<lb n="155"/>
<lb n="156"/><p><span>Dar liom, ní soiléirse so.</span>
<lb n="157"/><span>Mac Léighinn.</span></p>
<lb n="158"/>
<lb n="159"/><p/></div></body></text></TEI>
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