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 by occurring in heavy syllables under the accent. With y from gh, dh, etc., to î and y glide to following vowel. aghaidh, îyə, radharc ʀîʀᴋ, ʀîyəʀᴋ, Tadg ᴛîɢ, cadhata(?) maith dhe cheapaire ᴋîᴛe ᴍȧ yə (gə) ᴄȧᴘṛə a good piece of bread and butter. ladb, badb, snaidm, adradh, etc. vid § 6. But rachainn : talamh D. R. 37, ʀȧᴄiŋ = western intonation, gadhar : séimh P. P. 140 is a non-Munster pronunciation.

7. a unaccented with w from bh, dh, gh, mh, to Ū. dearmad daʀŪᴅ. daʀŪᴅiŋ 1st per. imperfect, daʀōtiŋ 1st per. conditional. Here ō is adopted from -ighim verb futures, the t is a result of df=dh combination. S. R. So -amha or liquid + mha, bha, etc. in unaccented position. marbhadh ᴍȧʀŪ, marrugh Cass. 141, i. e. as if marughadh hence this and a good many other verbs have gone over to the -ighim conjugation, fut. ᴍáʀōəᴅ. berbhadh berŪ, a g-cualabhar ə ɢŪʟŪwṛ S. R. iomdha ᴍŪ. maiteamhnas, mohunas Cat. 23, contabhairt ᴋɴ′ᴛŪrt, but once ᴋauɴᴛŪrt Walsh (song) through exceptional stressing of the unaccented preposition. bunadhas ʙɴ′Ūꜱ, ladamhas ʟȧᴅŪꜱ, damhsa ᴅŪꜱə, greannmhar gr′aɴŪʀ deachmhadh dahŪ, pl, dahəhə, ceatramhadh kāʀhŪ. By analogy ᴋūgū (ū after a slender consonant) tr′īgū from mixed analogy of the numerals for ‘four’ and ‘five’. Talmhan, (gen.) ᴛȧʟŪɴ, beulmhach biȧʟŪᴄ a bridle bit, feolmhach fyōʟŪᴄ, murrghach ᴍᴜʀŪᴄ, searbh saʀᴜᴠ but searbhas saʀŪꜱ, cearbhach (from carbhas ‘carouse’?) ᴋaʀŪᴄ a drinking man, by popular etymology restricted to ‘card’-player. Also endings in —amhail Ūl i. e, Ūwəl. Cf. parallel of slender consonant signs to y after liquids, suirghe ꜱᴜrī, inghean inīəɴ.

8. a=ǡ, ā, before rr and r in position. bárr ʙǡʀ, barr W. cáirde pl. of cara, táirne sometimes used for tarraingthe. This lengthening influence of r extends to all the short vowels but is not always energetic. Thus airc ark. The svarabhakti vowel from r breaks position and in such examples as arbhar aʀŪʀ bh is vocalic. When the syllable is lightened