Negative particle


(i) Use of cha (as normal in Scottish Gaelic)

MS cha dar - Cha d' éar (I, 7) - for nochar éar; but nochar used elsewhere in II.

MS cha dik - cha dtig (II, 22)

MS cha dikge - cha dtig (II, 24)

MS cha (cha) (not) [cancellations are in superscr.] banit - cha b' aithne (VI, 63)

MS cha di leggi - cha do leig (VI, 114)

MS cha nursin - Chan fhursann (IX, 71)

MS cha deacha - cha deachaidh (IX, 271)

MS cha chorry'mich - Cha chothromach (XI, 55)

MS cha nil - chan fheil (XI, 88)


With -r of perfective particle ro

MS Char 3ult ay - Char dhiúlt é (XIII, 61)

MS char hog - char thog (XIII, 99)



(ii) nocha


MS notcha daynik - nocha dtáinig (VI, 148)

MS Noct chay nayg - <nochan fhaigh> (VII, 35)

MS not char venyt - nochar mhín (VI, 134)

MS noc char farr - nochar fearr (VII, 51)

MS notchar hay - nochar sháith (XIII, 48)



(iii) ni 'n (intermediate form, consisting of Classical ni plus Scottish Gaelic marker of eclipsis)


MS <ne i'> (V, 8)

MS ney' deacha - ní 'n deachaidh (VI, 104)

MS ney' deach - ní 'n deach (VI, 110)

MS ney' danik - ní 'n dtáinig (VI, 130)



(iv) Retention of ní


MS ne 3eaat - ní dheach[aidh] (V, 4)

MS ne weicht - ní bhíodh (V, 19)

MS <n>e royet - <ní> roibhe (V, 28), Ne roive (VI, 25, 27)

MS Ne hy'nassit - ní h-<innesad> (VI, 19), Ni hy'nosit (VI, 35)

MS neir ayg sein - níor fhág sinn (VI, 100)

MS ne roif - ní roibh (VI, 132)

MS neir ymmit - níor iomad (VII, 2)

MS ne cws clae - ní cúis cleithe (VII, 62)

MS ne dor - ní d'fhuair (IX, 268)

MS (i)sne mesta - 's ní misde (X, 51)

MS neir wa'new - níorbh annamh (XIII, 7)