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1]. bh in -tbhk of dat. pl. is mostly silent. However fearaibh is the Dési pl. in all cases. air beoibkh — air mairibh Cass, nA glasiv .!. nd i geleasaibh Crowley, Uibh Eire Iverk a place name, d’annamnuiv, eat. 11, grothiv ib. 14.|.geroidhthibh, a dtri parsaniv, ib, 19, ar veoiv ib. 20, ansna vireniv ||. bfiréinibh ib. 21, dar ngniorhiv, ib. 28 .|. gniomharthaibh, o veruyiv .!. mharuighthibh, ib.

12. bh is often absorbed after a long vowel in auslant; maidhm sléibhe mim sl@, neascédid cléibhe a boil on the liver naskd klé, my Father, Currach bhealaigh an tsléibhe a place name in the Desi, krac valy’ tle or klé. So Sliabh in place names Sliab Ruadh sli rOa, so Sliab geruinn sli crain but sliv no man Sliab na mban.

13, bh is assimilated before a pronoun, @ raibh tw o re TU, but ni raibh rev, lost in tuarasgbhail turiscal, faghbhail rail. Assimilated in is taolayg ataoim=taobh lag, Ren. 69 p. 8.

14. bh=g in do sgriobh sgrig, ppp. sgrito with usual shortening before -te.

15. The w from gh is hardened to v in auslaut of ogh an egg and tiugh thick. Also by the same hardening andix developed nivy, the voice-stream was continued until the lips had passed from rounding to spirant approach.

Dentals. t

§ 49,1. ¢ broad and slender=r and t. As in the ease of p, T is produced by pressing the tongue against the upper teeth; for t and d the tip of the tongue touches the hard gum about a quarter of an inch above the roots of the upper teeth and contact is so gradually broken that a slight spirans may be heard after the consonant. This spirans took the place of the consonant in western Trish, hence t, d is there spoken as ch, j in English.

2. tin anlaut; tabhairt, tormustorm'is, stubborn pettishness.