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 The y: of the plural ending əNỹ: is generally overlong as also a preceding long vowel if the ə is absorbed, e.g. α:Nỹ:, plur. of α:, ‘luck’, Di. ádh; eir′i:Nỹ:, ‘Irishmen’; f′α:Nỹ:, ‘fathoms’, from f′α:, Di. feadh; g′r′ɛəsi:Nỹ:, ‘shoemakers; krα:Nỹ:, plur. of krα:, ‘torment’, Di. cradh; kyN′ʃk′l′ɔ:Nỹ:, ‘disturbances’, Di. coinsgleo; k′ɔ:Nỹ:, ‘mists’, Di. ceó; k′αləgu:Nỹ:, ‘lullabies’, Di. cealgadh; sNũ:Nỹ:, plur. of sNũw, sNũə, ‘complexion’, Di. snuadh; ʃL′i:Nỹ:, plur. of ʃL′i:, Di. slighe. The ending of the first person sing. of the pres. ind. of verbs of the second conjugation (&#8209;i:m) has an overlong i: as m has been substituted for m′.

10. Stress. Word-stress always falls upon the first syllable of a simple word, e.g. ·drαNtαn, ‘droning’, Di. dranntán, infin. ·drαNtαnαχt; go̤r, ‘sitting of a hen’, Di. gor, ·go̤rαχəs, ‘cuddling round the fire’; sp′αl, ‘scythe’, M.Ir. spel, ·sp′αlədɔr′, ‘mower’, ·sp′αlədαrαχt, ‘mowing’; to:n′, ‘podex’, ·to:nαkαn, ‘a short stumpy fellow’, also the gait of such a person, cp. Cl. S. 30 vii ’04 p. 5 col. 3. The suffixes &#8209;αn < &#8209;án, &#8209;αχ, &#8209;αχt < &#8209;ach, &#8209;acht have very strong secondary stress as also all syllables containing long vowels or vowels that were originally long. The relative stress of syllables may be denoted by figures under the syllables, 1 = chief stress. When we have two syllables with strong secondary stress, the first of the two is usually the stronger. Examples – α1nα2s, ‘sore straits’, α1nα2stə, ‘distressed’, Macbain has anasta, ‘stormy’, < anfhadh; α:1rN′ɛ2ʃ, ‘furniture’, Di. áirnéis; bα1tæ2L′t′ə, ‘wap’ (§ 9); bwi1α2χəs, ‘thankfulness’, Di. buidheachas; bα:1t′i:2n′, ‘a mossy pool of water on a bog’, = báitín from M.Ir. bádud, ‘to drown’; b′α1Nα2χti:3, ‘blessings’, = beannachtaí; b′α1rα2d, ‘cap’, Di. birréad, plur. b′α1rα2di:3; b′ɛə1ləstα2n, ‘big foolish talker’, = béalastán; b′r′i1ŋlɔ2d′αχ3, ‘dreaming’ (subst.), cp. Di. brionglóideach; dα1məNtα2n, dα1məNtɔ2r′, ‘seducer’, = damantan, &#8209;óir; du:1r̥α2χtα3χ, ‘earnest, zealous’, Di. dúthrachtach; d′iə1gα1Ntə, ‘devout’, Di. diaganta; d′r′əu1wlα2s, ‘licentiousness’, d′r′əu1wlα2sα3χ, ‘licentious’, Di. dreabhlas; iə1sα2χtα3χ, ‘given to borrowing’, Di.