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mdla macro. Auslaut and inlaut from mm, mb; cam Kaus, am aum, tomchur aumrr’.

2. m slender; mil mil, mithid mihip (d is often a dental in auslaut). Inlaut and auslaut, cimil kim], ainm anm, timchioll hoimpu’ haimp.’.

3. mh broad in auslaut = v. cuimhneamh xInuv, sdmh sav, deanamh déxuy, diana, talamh racuv, mh slender = v, nimh niv.

4. mh broad after 1, r in the auslaut of an accented syllable becomes 0 in conjunction with a svar. vowel from those consonants. ionmhas inUs, ionmhain inOn, seinmhint sinint, greannmhar gr'anUr, diolmhanach ditOnuc, talmhan TaLOy gen. of ratuv, wllmhughadh oLUa from oLuv. So after ch in deachmhadh, deachu, Cat. 13.

5. mh is absorbed after a long vowel sound. ndémha nA, 7 tri na laa = lémhabh, Cat. 40, so from this a sing. was made, a la his hand, Cat. 42, dream na deas limha gen. LAT. G. Mumha mC Munster, caomhnach xexuc, T, G; 10, ciumais kis, or kiwis; with a slender vowel it becomes y and contracts to 1; nimhe ni, coimheasgar xiscr’. So in Mumha, ndmha, lamh? the lengthening was caused by contraction with w. Except in greannmhar this termination -mhar appears as -vr’. glérmhar, ceolmhar, eudmhar, seunmhar, In karOr mOor ti a large rambling old house, there is probably some such word as Calvaria, cealbhair. nana lat is probably bana leat not b’anamh, sndimhte is swato, ita from mavidheamh, clidhamhail x.Uol, modhmharach mOruc, C. M. 0, °

6. m in chum=n. chun, Cat. 17, also chuiy (not in the Dési) the prep. pronoun for prep. as aige for ag,

7. mh with broad vowels in accented position gives au. samha sau or sauwa § 4,2; unaccented==0. -amhail -01, greann> mhar gr'anUr, with svar. from nn.

8. mh slender in anlaunt=v. ba mhian liom. su view lum,=bh in the same situation. The anlaut and auslaut sounds of mh and bh have fallen together just as those of dh and gh.