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Rh The Insertion of.

The following is a pretty general rule for the insertion of before vowels:—

"Particles which neither aspirate nor eclipse, and which end in a vowel, prefix to words beginning with a vowel. Such is the case with the following:—, with;, her; , to; , second; , six; , three; , the (in the nom., acc., and dative plural, also in the gen. singular feminine);  before adverbs; the ordinal adjectives ending in , &c."—Gaelic Journal. 

CHAPTER IV. Attenuation and Broadening.

Attenuation is the process of making a broad consonant slender. This is usually done by placing an immediately before the broad consonant, or an  after it. Thus if we want to make the of  (big), slender, we place an  before the ; thus. If we wish to make the of  (the termination of the 1st person singular future) slender, we write  &c.

Broadening is the process of making a slender consonant broad. This is often done by placing a immediately before the slender consonant, or an  after it; thus the verbal noun of derived verbs ending in  is formed by adding : before adding the  the  must be made broad; this is done by inserting 