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beurfad, beurfair, &c., like molfad (par. 265).

In early modern usage there was no f in this Tense, or in the Conditional. The rule was that when a short vowel in the Present became long in the Future stem no f was added. This rule is still observed in the Futures ending in ‑óċad or ‑eoċad.

Conditional.

ḃeurfainn, &c., like ṁolfainn (par. 266).

Verbal Noun breiṫ, gen. breiṫe or beirṫe.

345. This verb is of very frequent use in the idiom “beir ar”; lay hold on, catch, overtake; e.g., rugaḋ orm, I was caught. Ní ḟuil breiṫ air. There is no laying hold on him (or it).

TAḂAIR, GIVE or BRING.

Principal Parts.

Imperative.	Future.		Participle.	Verbal Noun.
taḃair	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	ḃeurfad tiuḃrad taḃarfad	taḃarṫa tugṫa	taḃairt

	SINGULAR.	PLURAL.
1.	—	taḃraimís, tugaimís (taḃram)
2.	taḃair	taḃraiḋ
3.	taḃraḋ or tugaḋ sé	taḃraidís, tugaidís (or ‑adaois)
	Autonomous, taḃarṫar, tugṫar.