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Rh Occasionally in a few words F changes in the second state to F, and in one case to H. S rarely changes to Z. There is one change of D to N (like what is called the nasal mutation in Welsh). This is in the word dôr, earth, which after the article an is nôr.

In the following tables cases of the use of mutations are shown. It is to be noted that e, his, is one of the words which govern the second state, and ow, my, the third state, and agan, our, the first state, while the particle ow of the present participle governs the fourth state.

Examples of the use of the first, second, and third states:

Examples of the use of the fourth state:—