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 (c) =  in  and.

(d) =  in, &c. (Ulster and Connaught).

(e) In Munster is silent in.

38. : and  broad have the guttural sound, already described (§ 35 (a)).
 * , slender, is like an English “y.”
 * , slender, has not quite the sound of the English “y,” the colour of is distinctly heard.


 * both and  are silent.


 * both and   are silent, except in Munster, where final slender  and  are pronounced like slender  (unaspirated).

(a) In Munster and slender at the end of the verb-stem, or verb inflection, are silent (just as in Connaught) when a personal pronoun immediately follows, otherwise they are like.

at the end of Surnames—e.g., is silent; except in the patronymic form in —e.g.,

In Connaught and Ulster final  has the sound of a very light “w” in all words ending in  or, whether verbs, nouns, verbal nouns, or genitives—e.g.,  (mill-oo),  (ten-oo),  (Kir-oo), &c. In Munster (and in Aran) final broad is entirely silent, except in the cases mentioned below.

(c)  in the termination of the 3rd pers. sing, of the Imperative and the Imperfect Indicative is pronounced like (broad).

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