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 broth’ said of a suitor a girl won’t look at); α꞉nṟɔ꞉, ‘misery’, M.Ir. andró; bα꞉nṟi꞉n, ‘queen’; ko꞉nṟαχə, ‘coffins’ (§ ); ko̤nṟuw, ‘bargain’, O.Ir. cundrad (gen. sing. ko̤Nərə); krα꞉nṟə, ‘corn on the foot, knot in wood’, Di. crannra; Lʹïnṟuə, ‘a complaint of the stomach’, Di. lionn&shy;ruadh; Lʹïnṟαχ a contract&shy;ed form of LʹïNʹərαχ, ‘bright’, Di. loin&shy;neardha; o̤nṟikʹə, ‘upright’, O.Ir. inricc (I have also heard o̤Nrikʹə from younger people); skα꞉nṟuw, ‘to frighten’, Di. scannradh; smʹɛənṟə didʹ, ‘it is fortunate for you’, < M.Ir. mo-genar (also smʹɛərə § ). See further § . But Nʹrʹ occurs in to̤m̥αχə Nə Nʹrʹiʃαg, ‘the bramble-bushes’ (driseóg); vi꞉ ʃɛ α Nʹrʹαsuw, ‘he was hunting them’ (dreas&shy;ughadh).

n represents an older ngn in ku꞉nuw, ‘assistance’, O.Ir. congnam; i꞉nuw, ‘wonder’, < ingnáth, ingnád. n appears for nʹ in ə fʹαr sən, ‘that man’, owing to lack of stress (§ ). Also dαhən mʹə (?) beside dαhinʹ mʹə, ‘I recog&shy;nised’, cp. Cl. S. 19 ix ’03 p. 3 col. 1. αnəm, ‘soul’, O.Ir. anim, is a new formation after the oblique cases, gen. sing. anma, partly due doubtless to a desire to keep the word separate from ainm, ‘name’. ku꞉nælʹ, ‘perishing with cold’, in tα꞉ mʹɛ ə mə χu꞉nælʹ, Di. cúnáil, Lα꞉ ku꞉nαlαχ, ‘a perishing day’, may possibly represent the old infin&shy;itive congbáil retained in this partic&shy;ular sense. The ordinary infin&shy;itive is kyNʹæLʹtʹ.

A voiceless n with strongly breathed off-glide is frequent in futures and substan&shy;tives, e.g. kαn̥ə mʹə, ‘I shall talk’; Lʹαn̥ə mʹə, ‘I shall follow’; Lʹiən̥ə mʹə, ‘I shall fill’; Lʹo꞉n̥ə mʹə, ‘I shall sprain’; mu꞉n̥ə mʹə from mu꞉nəm, ‘mingo’. bʹrʹαn̥uw, ‘expect’, Meyer breth&shy;naigim; kro̤n̥i꞉m, ‘I miss’, Di. crun&shy;thuighim, croth&shy;nuighim; kʹrʹαn̥uw, ‘terror, to terrify’, Di. creath&shy;nughadh, pret. çrαn̥i꞉çrʹαn̥i꞉ [sic], kʹrʹαn̥iαχ, ‘terrible’, Meyer crith&shy;naigim; sro̤n̥uw, ‘to scatter, spread’, Di. srath&shy;nuighim.

Nʹ is a palatal n corresponding in formation to Lʹ. The younger genera&shy;tion substi&shy;tute Nʹ for nʹ par&shy;ticular&shy;ly after conso&shy;nants, e.g. fɔrʹəmʹNʹiʃαχ, ‘steady’; gïvNʹə, ‘smiths’; suivNʹαχ, ‘at rest’. Craig following the speech of the younger people writes nn for nʹ in many words, thus beál&shy;tainne, M.Ir. beltene; cluinnim, M.Ir. cluinim, O.Ir. ro&shy;cluine&shy;thar; fear&shy;thainn, M.Ir. ferthain; gloinne, M.Ir. glaine, gloine; sínneadh, M.Ir. sínim. From most speakers one hears forms such as diNʹə,