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20. dh is silent after a long yowel sound in syllable auslaut. buadh, s0a, so clédh, grédh, cradh, gruaidh. In such instances as bliadh-ain glaodh-uch it resumes a glide value. So adh-bhar dvr’, our, Adh-amh ay. In riabhach, diabhal there is a parallel loss of bh, rive, divi. Of eourse with short i we should have had rouc dour, § 5,1; henee the Western pronunciation of diabhal jour goes back to di-, in the Dési Lat. ia became the Irish long diphthong ta, ddh 4, luck.

21. In cladh «ut, the writing from middle = clad, the pronunciation from claide.

22. dh in pl. ending -adha—i. curadha Kuri.

23. dh (also gh) in ‘secented syllable surrounded by short voiced elements gives i, Ei, $$ 6,1. 8,1. adhare, tadhg, meidhg, O. L. tredenus trinis.

24. dh and gh lengthen O. I. e through a to 4, 4. meadhchaint macnt, Thom. 4: sgadén, D. ee 44, O. L. med-im main, but mov : brén: séirt Ren. 69, p. 6. ened kna : blath T. G. 7, sned nits, sna, spleadhchas ee bregda br’as, braa, leaghadh ly4 melt. As dh lengthened ¢ to 4 here so must it have made a to 4 thus O. I, mad, mdd, modern ma, ddh A, ete.

25. dh=y contracts with i to 1. croidhe xri, so -idh the termination denoting an agent i. Also gh, slige sli.

26. dh with accenied o and following voiced element—ou. bodhar nour, odhar our, modhamhail moul § 5,1.

27. dh in auslaut before a slender vowel—v, budh é su yt, budh eadh é pu ya &, suyin €=budh shin é, ndr bhudh é an sganradh é narod yéx scaur €. Here budh, bad for old ba.

28. The prep. do (before a coloured vowel d’) prefixed to verbal nouns with a slender vowel anlaut becomes y, the root is regarded as beginning with do i. e. dk, and another do=> is prefixed. chum é sin do dh'éiliomh cun € sin a yéluv. So in all verbal uses of do in the imperfect preterite and conditional. Also with dé, dé dW’eiliomh 4 yéluv. d is however kept be- fore iarraidh, cuaidh sé diarraidh braonin beag bainne cUa