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 syllable before the new accent suffers the same reduction as the syllable after the ictus in O. I. amadán ᴍᴜᴅǡɴ, diombáidh dᴍ′ǡ, coileán ᴋɪlǡɴ, or ᴋl′ǡɴ, taisbéan ꜱᴘǡɴ or ꜱǡɴ garrán ɢʀǡɴ taréis ‘after’, Tr′ēsᴛr′ēs [sic].

Note. A long vowel cannot attract the accent over a heavy consonant group; iompo auᴍᴘō, caindleoir ᴋainl′ōr′.

II. A heavy syllable unaccented has a like effect. salach sʟȧᴄ, beannacht ʙɴ′ȧᴄᴛ, marcach ᴍᴜʀᴋȧᴄ, uireasba risə, currach ᴋʀaᴄ. Where there is no such heavy consonant group the accent retains its legitimate position. marcaig ᴍȧʀᴋɪg.

Regarding the power of the heavy termination —ach to effect disturbance of the accent there is distinction between its uses as nominal and adjective suffix. As noun suffix it usually bears the accent, bacach, ʙᴜᴋȧᴄ, a lame one, a beggar but ʙȧᴋᴜᴄ lame. In pausa even the adjective termination may be accented, as gortach in the following example:

Fiodh-dún na gcrann thá baile beag ann gortach, baile beag briste is a thóin leis an uisge is mná gan feiscint ann.

IV. Pro- and enclitic particles distinguish strong and weak forms according to stress and relation to the pausa position, leo, leotha, lé, léithe, sin, sin, ꜱᴜɴ, and ꜱɴ′, ann, auɴ and ɴ′. cé (=cia) kē and ke, mé mē and mə tú, ᴛᴜ and ᴛə tar, har dar and ᴛṛ. agus, is.

V. ag in conjunction with pronouns is enclitic agam əɢᴜᴍ agat əɢᴜ′ᴛ aige aici aɢé, əᴋí, aguinn eɢɪŋ, agaibh, əɢɪv, acu əᴋᴜ′. So umam (= imb- i to u before a labial) ᴜ′ᴍᴍ′ and əᴍᴜ′ᴍ. orm órᴍ′ oceassonally in pausa ərᴜᴍ. ni’n aon phoca orm nīn ᴇ ꜰóᴋə rᴜᴍ, Tom Lannon. Similarly oiread but an dá oiread ɴ′ ᴅǡ ru′ᴅ.

VI. Under the accent certain consonants doubled in