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 mórán is the usual form, as the word principal&shy;ly comes before the stress, but mɔ꞉rαn, mo꞉rαn are the emphatic forms. Cp. §.

This is the same sound as the previous one, only long.

ɔ꞉ usually represents O.Ir. oó [sic] in accented syllables, e.g. bɔ꞉, ‘cow’, O.Ir. bó (but note gen. plur. Nə mo꞉); ə dɔ꞉ləuw, ‘always, still’, Di. i dtolamh (?); dɔ꞉uw, ‘to burn’, M.Ir. dóud; fɔ꞉d, ‘sod’, O.Ir. fót; gə fɔ꞉Lʹ, ‘still, yet’, M.Ir. co foill; glɔ꞉r, ‘noise, sound of talking’, M.Ir. glór; kɔ꞉rʹ, ‘proper, meet’, O.Ir. cóir from which kɔ꞉rʹuw, ‘to mend’; kɔ꞉r̥ə, ‘chest’, Di. cófra, kɔ꞉tə, ‘coat’, Di. cóta; krɔ꞉ (mwikʹə), ‘sty’, O.Ir. cró; krɔ꞉gʹαn, ‘a foot, small heap of peat set up to dry’, krɔ꞉gʹuw, ‘to foot’, Di. gruaig&shy;eadh; ɔ꞉g, ‘young’, O.Ir. óc; ɔ꞉l, ‘drink’, O.Ir. ól; ɔ꞉r, ‘gold’, O.Ir. ór; ɔ꞉kædʹ, ‘oppor&shy;tunity’, Di. ócáid; plɔ꞉dʹ ɔrt, ‘confound you’ suggests pláigh, ‘plague’; pɔ꞉g, ‘kiss’, O.Ir. póc; pɔ꞉kə, ‘pocket’, Di. póca; pɔ꞉suw, ‘to marry’, Di. pósadh; pɔ꞉r, ‘seed’, pɔ꞉ruw, ‘to breed’, Di. pór; rɔ꞉gəNtə, ‘roguish’; rɔ꞉pə, ‘rope’; skrɔ꞉bαn, ‘crop of birds’, Di. scrobán; skɔ꞉r̥ə in bə skɔ꞉r̥ə lʹïm ə və buiLʹtʹə, ‘it would be beneath my dignity’; skɔ꞉gʹ, ‘neck of a bottle’, Di. scóig; smɔ꞉lαχ, ‘thrush’, Di. smólach; sɔ꞉ in sɔ(꞉)çrʹetʹə, ‘credible’; sɔ(꞉)hikʹʃi꞉, ‘intel&shy;ligible’ (similarly dɔ꞉ in dɔ꞉rαNə, ‘hard to deal with’); sɔ꞉kəl, ‘ease’, Keating sócamhal (cp. Derry People 30 v ’04, ionnus nach robh suaimh&shy;neas na sócal aici); stɔ꞉kαχ, ‘lad’, Di. stócach; stɔ꞉l, ‘stool’; strɔ꞉kuw, ‘to tear’, Di. strócadh; srɔ꞉fαχ, ‘sneezing’, O’R. srófur&shy;tach; trɔ꞉kirʹə, ‘mercy’, O.Ir. trócaire.

It is perhaps worth while noting that, when ɔ꞉ comes to be flanked by palatal conso&shy;nants, no change occurs, e.g. kʹɔ꞉lʹ, gen. sing. of kʹɔ꞉l, ‘music, song’; dʹɔ꞉r, ‘tear, drop’, gen. sing. dʹɔ꞉rʹə.

ɔ꞉ occurs in syllables with both chief and secondary stress as the result of o (ó) followed by dh, gh, which have become quiescent, e.g. sɔ꞉, ‘happiness’, Di. sógh, cp. the proverb Nʹi꞉ fʹjuw sɔ꞉ Nαχ wiLʹαnuw α꞉nṟɔ꞉, ‘no content&shy;ment is worth anything that will not weather adversity’; dɔ꞉riNʹαχ, ‘severe, distress&shy;ing’, Keating do&shy;ghraing&shy;each but fõ꞉wər, ‘autumn’, cp. § ; fαdɔ꞉, ‘to kindle, make into a blaze’, M.Ir. fatód. This termi&shy;nation ‑ɔ꞉ has been extended to several other words, ɛəlɔ꞉, ‘flee, escape’, Wi. élud; tʹɛəLtɔ꞉, ‘saunter’, Di. téaltógh; mʹαl̥ɔ꞉, ‘inter&shy;ruption, delay’, Di. has meathlódh s. meathladh; Lʹɛərɔ꞉, ‘glimmer of sight’ (?).