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Rh

Although is used as the eclipsing letter of, the sound of  is not heard, but the simple consonant sound ; therefore it would be more correct to say that  is eclipsed by.

Rules for Eclipsis.

(a) The possessive adjectives plural—, our;, your; and , their—eclipse the initial consonant of the next word, as , our Lord; , your horse; , their boat.

(b) The article eclipses the initial consonant of the noun in the genitive plural (both genders):, (the) hands of the men.

(c) A simple preposition followed by the article