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 kõ:1rα:2, ‘conversation’, kõ:1rα:1t′α3χ, ‘conversationalist’, Di. cómhrádh, cómhráidhteach; ky1g′α2l, ‘distaff’, Di. cuigeal, coigéal; L′a1tro̤1mα3χ, ‘pregnant’, Di. leathtromach; ɔ:1gα2nα3χ, ‘rogue’, Di. ógánach; ri1d′α2gα3χ, ‘a small bush on which the Saviour is said to have been crucified and which in consequence never grows to any size, wild myrtle (?)’, Di. raideog, Hogan raideóg, raiteóg. Occasionally however we get 1 3 2 as in fα1dα3lα2χ, ‘slow’, Di. fadálach; Lα:1nũ:3nα2χə, ‘couples’, plur. of Lα:nũ:n′, Di. lánamhain.

The syllables have close stress after a short vowel and open stress after a long vowel. In forms like do̤nə, b′αNαχt, b′αrαd, bαtə the syllable-division is in the consonant but after a long vowel the consonant belongs to the following syllable, e.g. dα:-nə, dõ:-nαχ. When there are two consonants separating the vowels the division comes between the two, e.g. mαs-Lαχ, ʃit′-r′i:, ïŋ-lαχ. Hence the articulation of the second consonant is not generally anticipated in the first. See further § 437.

11. Stress of Compounds. In proper compounds as a rule the first element receives the stress, e.g. ·bαnəLtrə, ‘nurse’; ·iʃɔil′, ‘game’, = oss + feóil; ·k′ïNtα:rNαχt, ‘bareheaded’; ·L′ïnədαχ, ‘linen’, = líon-éadach; ·L′αsen′əm, ‘nickname’; L′αχɔræn′, ‘half-crown’; ·mw⅄:χriαχ, ‘tender-hearted’; ·ruəvir′ig′, ‘iron deposits in water’. Under this head come the prefixes α&#8209;, ‘re&#8209;’, O.Ir. ath&#8209;; α:rd&#8209;, ‘arch&#8209;’, O.Ir. árd; d′e:&#8209;, ‘good’, O.Ir. deg&#8209;; sɔ&#8209;, dɔ&#8209;, O.Ir. so&#8209;, do&#8209;, e.g. ·aχαgnuw, ‘to chew the cud’; ·αχli:, ‘relapse’, = ath + claoidh; ·æl′ïguw, ‘relapse’, = ath + leagadh; ·α:rdαspo̤k, ‘archbishop’; ·α:rdæɲəl, ‘archangel’; ·d′e:lo:r̥ə, ‘eloquent’; ·de:wɔluw, ‘sweet smell’; ·sɔçr′et′ə, ‘credible’; cp. the proverb b′i: din′ə so̤nə ·sɔχo:rL′αχ, b′i: din′ə do̤nə ·dɔχo:rL′αχ, ‘a lucky man is easy to counsel, an unlucky man difficult’.

When the second member of a compound stands in genitival relation to the first it receives the stress, e.g. αhər ·N′ï̃və, ‘serpent’; αrk ·ʃL′eivə, ‘lizard’; bwæL′ ·ʃeir′ə, ‘laughingstock’; b′ïN ·tiə, ‘gable’; i:çəN ·f′eil′ə, ‘the eve of a festival’, < oidhche cheann féile; kαrəʃ ·k′r′i:stə, ‘sponsor’; mαk ·aLə, ‘echo’; m′i: ·αuwrə, ‘the month of February’.