The terminations _-n_ and _-g_ are diminutive in Welsh; as _dyn-yn_=_mannikin_, _oen-ig_=_lambkin_. They have the same power in Irish; as _cnoc-an_=_a hillock_; _duil-eog_=_a leaflet_. In Irish, currently spoken, there is no inflection for the comparative degrees;--there is, however, an obsolete form in _-d_, as _glass_, _glaiside_=_green_, _greener_. In Welsh the true comparative ends in _c_, as _main_=_slender_, _mainac_=_more slender_. A form, however, exists in _-ed_, meaning equality, and so implying comparison, _viz._, _mein-ed_=_so slender_. As expressive of an agent, the termination _-r_ is common to both languages. Welsh, _mor-[^u]r_=_a seaman_; _telynaur_=_a harpist_; Irish, _sealg-aire_=_a hunter_; _figead-oir_=_a weaver_. As expressive of "abounding in," the termination _-c_ (or _-g_) is common in both languages. Welsh, _boli[^u]ag_=_abounding in belly_; _toirteac_=_abounding in fruit_. In each language a sound of series _t_, is equivalent to the English _-ly_. Welsh, _mab-aidh_=_boy-like_. Irish, _duin-eata_=_manly_. Of the personal terminations it may be said, that those of both the Irish and Welsh are those of the other European tongues, and that they coincide and differ in the same way with those of the Gothic stock: the form in _m_ being the one more constant. For the theory of the personal terminations, the reader is referred to the Eastern Origin of the Celtic Nations, by Dr. Prichard. The present notices being indicative of grammatical affinities only, the glossarial points of likeness between the Welsh and Irish are omitted. s. 137. The Celtic tongues have lately received especial illustration from the researches of Mr. Garnett. Amongst other, the two following points are particularly investigated by him:-- {84} 1. The affinities of the ancient language of Gaul. 2. The affinities of the Pictish language or dialect. s. 138. _The ancient language of Gaul Cambrian._--The evidence in favour of the ancient language of Gaul being Cambrian rather than Gaelic, lies in the following facts:-- The old Gallic glosses are more Welsh than Gaelic. _a._ _Petorritum_=_a four-wheeled carriage_, from the Welsh, _peaer_=_four_, and _rhod_=_a wheel_. The Gaelic for _four_ is _ceathair_, and the Gaelic compound would have been different. _b._ _Pempedula_, the _cinque-foil_, from the Welsh _pump_=_five_, and _dalen_=_a leaf_. The Gaelic for _five_ is _cuig_, and the Gaelic compound would have been different. _c._ _Candetum_=a measure of 100 feet, from the Welsh _cant_=100. The Gaelic for _a hundred_ is _cead_, and the Gaelic compound would have been different. d. _Epona_=_the goddess of horses_. In the Old Armorican the root _ep_=_horse_. The Gaelic for a horse is _each_. _e._ The evidence from the names of geographical localities in Gaul, both ancient and modern, goes the same way: _Nantuates_, _Nantouin_, _Nanteuil_, are derived from the Welsh _nant_=_a valley_, a word unknown in Gaelic.