...with the fubfequentNoun " aoibhneis," to which ia exp the fenfe of the original it really belongs. e does not agree with the Noun, for it modifies not the Noun but the Verb. It does not characteriae the object on which the operation is performed ; but it combines with the Vrrb in fpecifying...

...Verb, it does not agree in Gender, Number, or Case, with the Noun ; as t>o pm me aii rcuii gejt, / made the knife sharp. Here the Adjective does not...the Noun, for it modifies not the Noun, but the Verb ; and the expression is equivalent to I sharpened the knife. But to express / made the sharp knife,...

...noun, for it modifies the Noun, distinguishing that knife from others. 'Rinn mis' * an scian geur' / made the knife sharp : here the Adjective does not...Verb. It does not characterize the object on which the operation is performed ; but it combines with the Verb in specifying the nature of the operation performed....

...the noun ; as, bo jtiijft ti)e At) f 51*t> seujt, I made the knife sharp, or I sharpened the knife. Here the adjective does not agree with the noun, for it modifies not the noun, but the verb. But to express, / made the sharp knife, we say, bo pjtje me At) rslAt) ¿evjt : wherein the adjective...