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In the last two examples the foreign slender group -ns- was regarded as broad, otherwise only broad groups produce this sound.

2. Unaccented au from amh=. damhsa ᴅŪꜱe, amhail aul but fearamhail farŪil, modhamhail by contraction ᴍoul. Near the accent anusvâra is not developed and the syllable is treated like all other detoned cases. druimfhionn, ᴅʀɪmɴ′.

3. ll, mm, nn (rr) being resolved on receiving a vocalic suffix the primitive vowel is retained. ball ʙauʟ but ar balla chrith er ʙal′ə cr′i gleann gen. gleanna glaɴə. cam from cambo-=camm, cama chlis ᴋȧᴍəclis, crann, but crannaibh ᴋʀaɴiv, mionn pl.

4. rr in auslaut and r in position lengthen. ferr fāʀ and fǡʀ gearr gāʀ, gǡʀ. In position dorus but dóirse, súgradh. When the combination is broken the original sound remains is fearra dhuit is faʀə ʏot or ʏᴇt, máire ghearra mǡr′ə yaʀə, súgradh ꜱᴜɢr′

§ 5.1. ou. With broad consonants. Accented short o+w arising from ll, mm, nn, in auslaut, arising from gh, dh, mh, before a voiced element, and short a or o+w from bh before a voiced element, combine to ou.