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 she is not strong. The ship is strong, the boat is weak. The child is brown-haired. The place is green. The young horse is safe and sound. Leave a sod of turf on the floor. There is not a sod of turf on the floor. Welcome. Warm day.

§ 111 Other examples of the sounds of :

§ 112. Many proper names involve the sound of ; thus,, give rise to the diminutives (little Art, Flann), hence the family names  (о̄ horth′-ă-gaun),  (о̄ floN′-ă-gaun), literally, grandson of little Art, Flann; the forms from which the ordinary O’Hartigan, O’Flanagan, are taken.

§ 113. The preposition “with” (= “along with”) is translated by (le, almost like le in let); as,, Art is with Conn. This  prefixes  to a vowel; as,  (horth), Conn is with Art.

§ 114. The preposition “to” (to a place) is translated by (gŭ) when no article follows; as, to Granard.