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 is a tendency to put the tonic accent on the second vowel.

In ; and the stress on the second vowel is very marked.

(c) When grammatical inflections are added the sound usually = —e.g., but  also spelled  &c.

106. preceded by a broad consonant; as the  in this digraph is always long it is unnecessary to write a on it.

107. In Modern Irish the vowel occurs only at the end of words—e.g., &c.: in all other positions the digraph  is used instead of, and  instead of. The normal sounds of and  are exactly those of  and  respectively (§12, c, d, e).

+ a vowel or liquid; or by a protected liquid