fuláir

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in sentences of the type ní fuláir dhuit teacht, it is necessary for you to come, you must come, 6531 ; sim. 514, 586, 607, 696, etc. Rarely without the prep. pron. (type : ní fuláir teacht), 3564, 5365. Always in the present tense, save in nír fholáir a dhearbhadh, etc., it would be necessary to prove that . . . , 3564. Spd. fuláir 18 times, foláir 6 times. Once the earlier form furáil is used : ní furáil duit slighe eile do ghlacadh, ‘ es menester que tomeys otro camino,’ 350. [Six forms of the word recognized in IGT, p. 149.]

Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an Chrábhaidh. Author: Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire. Editor: Thomas F. O’Rahilly.