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In article <1992Nov23.085840.4181@memstvx1.memst.edu> connolly@memstvx1.memst.edu writes:
<In article <1992Nov20.200343.15269@rdg.dec.com>, cockburn@edieng.enet.dec.com (Craig Cockburn) writes:
<> Galore is from the Gaelic "gu leo\r" 
<> leo\r = (feminine noun) sufficiency, enough, a bellyful
<> gu  forms "gu leo\r" into an adjective
<> 
<> Adjectives in Gaelic generally come after the noun - maybe this is why
<> "galore" comes after nouns in English.
<
<Not having the Gaelic myself, I have infinite respect for anyone who does.
<Still, the question remains: granted that _gu leo\r_ is an adjective in
<Gaelic, we still don't know what _galore_ is in English, because it
<doesn't act at all like an English adjective.

I never saw Craig's article, which is strange, as it didn't have an
ocean to cross.  But I'm not prepared to grant that _gu leo\r_ is an
adjective.  _Gu_ is a preposition, so _gu leo\(i)r_ is a PP, literally
`to sufficiency'.

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