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 stac in ti, ib. anm gach tir shows » of the prep. kept be- fore gach.

18. m slender + y is almost 4. an iubhar n yOr, or nUr, andiu nyuv or n‘vv; in anlaut more clearly ny, neamh nyav, breaking of e before a broad labial, but neamh-. from neb- neph- na- or nav-, nar- according to the following anlaut.

19. mm broad and slender constitute heavy groups in auslaut. So single n broad or slender in position. mn broad developes anusvira in this situation, »m slender gives y. Those induced consonants are fixed in position but on resolution of a heavy auslaut group, or with loss of accent, the original vowel is retained. ceann, gleann kaun, glauy, but gen. glana, cinn kain, but binne bina, elann but clanna Gaedhel KLUNo GEL. Svar. fionna-bhroig, P. P. 94, fionna gheal ib, 226, fionna bhean t-séimh, O'Neil, Keatynge, ranna suilt, P. P. 150, fonn Foun.

20. os, n. thdnga haxa and han-ca, S. R. teilligts tana, seang saun, but seanga-chuirp saNo-cirp, P. P. 212, aingceis anis, aingeal anu’, 'T. G. 4. Often in auslaut tiirling TOrlin, aisling aslin, fairsing rarsin. Here n is plainly heard fas also in inlaut before a consonant, déimbeidhinn-se 4 megsa. An anlaut N, n, arises from nasal affection of g. ingeall a naut, i ngabhal na croiche 2 Nout wo Krtha, 8. R.

21. gn= cn’, gn. gné cn'0 § 18,3, gnaoi Gy’l, or rather GnI, aigneadh agne.

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§ 55,1. 2 dental-guttural==1. The tongne is pressed softly against tho upper teeth or gum while the guttural chamber is made wide as in position for a deep U. The sound can be best attempted by starting it from such a vowel. Its guttural character is attested by the fact that it affects vowels as the other guttural consonants, by its colouring the irrational vowel to vu, and by the fact that children sometimes sound a helping u before it in anlaut. Thus lag (?) a young eel is pronounced wu.0adc or wutuwac by children.