OF A

DICTIONARY

OF THE

LANGUAGE OF THE AIRE COTI,

OR,

ANCIENT IRISH,

COMPARED WITH THE

LANGUAGE OF THE CUTI, OR ANCIENT PERSIANS,

WITH THE

HINDOOSTANEE, THE ARABIC, AND CHALDEAN LANGUAGES.

BY

LIEUT. GENERAL CHARLES VALLANCEY,

AUTHOR OF THE

VINDICATION OF THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF IRELAND.

WITH A

PREFACE,

CONTAINING AN EPITOME OF THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF IRELAND, CORROBORATED BY LATE
DISCOVERIES IN THE PURANAS OF THE BRAHMINS, BY OUR LEARNED
COUNTRYMEN IN THE EAST.

AND

AN ACCOUNT OF THE OGHAM TREE-ALPHABET OF THE IRISH,

LATELY FOUND IN AN ANCIENT ARABIC MANUSCRIPT IN EGYPT.

Neque Mofes, nec libri Regum, nec Efaias aut Jeremias, Perfarum meminerunt, neque quifquam eorum, qui
vixerunt ante Cyrum. At in Daniele et Ezechiele Cyro coævis, et in libris Paralipomenon, et Efdræ, et
Nehemiæ, et Esther, &c. qui poft Cyrum fcripti funt, Perfarum eft frequens mentio. Anteà verifimile eft
Hebræa nomina ♫ Cuth et by Elam magnam Perfidis partem inclufiffe. In ea fententia fuit Josephus, qui
E' por et Expres fuiffe dicit Perfarum generis authores; et Cuthaos dici Samaritanos, quia è regione Cutha
tranflati funt, quæ eft in Perfide, et fluvius illic ejufdem nominis, (Bochart).

Eft quidem LINGUA HIBERNICA et elegans cum primis, et opulenta : fed ad eam ifto modo excolendam (ficuti
reliquas ferè Europe linguas vernaculas intra hoc feculum excultas videmus) nondum extitit hactenus, qui
animum adjiceret; nullum adhuc habemus hujus linguæ Lexicon, five per fe factum, five cum aliâ linguâ
comparatum.
(Epift. J. USSERII ARMACH. Archiep.).

Dublin

PRINTED BY GRAISBERRY AND CAMPBELL, 10, BACK-LANE

1802.

PRELAN

TO

V3

HIS EXCELLENCY

18-2

PHILIP EARL OF HARDWICKE,

LORD LIEUTENANT GENERAL, AND GENERAL GOVERNOR OF IRELAND.

MY LORD,

I do not mean to trouble your Lordship with

a panegyric on the virtues you are known to poffefs. The attempt, I am fure, would offend your delicacy, befides

"His praife is loft who waits till all commend."

I have the honor of dedicating this PROSPECTUS to your EXCELLENCY, in hopes of leaving a public memorial of the esteem and gratitude, with which I have the honor to be