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Cat. 14, inchinn indhin, so also caillichin P. P. 162, siorraichin giobalach, croiche, 5. R. sgeiche, sgeichin, creiche gen. of creach T. G. 11, teiche, after long vowel féiche, in aunlaut cheana hana. So ch broad in some words, gach aon cheann cu hex caun, gach aoinneach cu haina gaXeingye Atkinson, Tri bior- ghaoithe, Gloss. imtheochad imdhiv, imp, droch- pro-, chucha cUhs, dorchadas porshanis, cide O'Neil =ciocha ki, a ci Com. song. nach only before predicates, nd before verbs. adeirim ni fuil, fearaibh nach é men besides him, adeirim nach eadh.

5. eh, c, broad changes a to a. geallach, creach, cearc, deare.

6. ch appears in anlaut of co, cu with suffixed pronoun. chugham cOm, chughat cOt, chuige ciga chuici ciko, chughainn cUn, ehughaib cUv, chucha cOha, Here there is a mixing with chum cx’ from dochum. chomh appears also with aspirated anlaut from some such confusion. chomh dona cUn buna, with assimilated nasal, chommdédr cUm0r. The lengthening is due to some position before a consonant anlaut.

7. ch (=dgh) beeomes y in rachthé rira rachad rip. ch slender to y in comairche, cloch na comairche KLOC Na KUMFT a curious stone in Mothil. It comes from the writing commairge, vid. W. in voc. Cf. for the pronunciation suirghe.

8. ¢ in cionnus =k, Kunis, ‘cindas pro ce indas’', Z* 357. But the pronunciation comes from co-indus.

9. e==k in coimead kimap.

10. ¢ is assimilated in citégcead KUkidp, in Portcladhach puRTLac from the similarity of sound of the groups fl and el.

11. ec is lost before the accent in cad é€ an pén, cad é an rud € ptrape.

12. ch is sometimes added at the end of a word maorgach = maordha, féineach = féin M. song, léireach — lér.

13. ch becomes hk and proveets b, tomehor aumpr’.