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< M.Ir. foessam; i꞉lʹαχ, ‘dung’, O.Ir. ailedu; i꞉nʹə, ‘Friday’, O.Ir. oine; i꞉v wãiç, drɔχi꞉v, ‘good, bad appearance’, O.Ir. óiph; i꞉viNʹ, ‘agreeable’, O.Ir. áibind, óibind; i꞉vəL, ‘starting of cattle with heat’, Di. aoibhill; ki꞉nʹuw (ky꞉nʹuw), ‘to cry’, O.Ir. cáiniud (Craig writes caonadh but I have only heard the form with nʹ); ki꞉rʹ hinʹuw, ‘blazing fire’, Di. caor, cp. ki꞉rʹ hinʹuw ɔrt, ‘the curse of blazes upon you’, O.Ir. cáir; kri꞉və, gen. sing. of kryuw, ‘branch’; mwi꞉lʹ, ‘superabundance, top’ (proverb əs mʹinʹikʹ ə winʹ ə kï̃vαd mαiç ə wi꞉lʹ dəN to̤bəʃtʹə, ‘a stitch in times saves nine’), Di. maoil; mwĩ꞉v, ‘to grudge’, O.Ir. móidem, cp. Nʹi꞉Lʹ ʃə ən wĩ꞉tʹə ɔrt, ‘it is not to be grudged you’; ʃi꞉lʹəm, ‘I think’, M.Ir. sáilim (ʃ for s, cp. § 354). In other than syllables with chief stress—αχli꞉, ‘relapse in illness’, = ath + claoidh, Di. claoidhim; kαsi꞉dʹ, ‘complaint’, O.Ir. cossóit. In the inflected forms of words containing ⅄꞉, ki꞉lʹə, compar. of k⅄꞉l, ‘narrow’, O.Ir. cóel; ki꞉çə, gen. sing. fem. of k⅄꞉χ, ‘blind’, O.Ir. cáich.
In a number of cases we find i꞉ and y꞉ side by side. For the younger people’s pronunciation of ⅄꞉ as y꞉, i꞉ see § 61. In a few words i꞉ is the only sound one hears, e.g. fi꞉wər, ‘edge’, O.Ir. faibur; tri꞉, ‘to subside’ (tα꞉ N tαt ə tri꞉, ‘the pain is subsiding’) < traogh, Di. traochadh, Macbain traogh, M.Ir. trágud. This word has been differentiated from trα꞉uw, ‘to ebb’, which corresponds exactly to the M.Ir. form. tri꞉ has followed the inflected forms of the verb, e.g. pret. r̥i꞉. gɔr ·ti꞉wə lʹɛ, ‘to depend on’ (tα꞉ mʹə gɔr ·ti꞉wə lʹαt fαn ṟo̤d ətα꞉ ə ji꞉ç ɔrəm, ‘I am relying on you for what I want’) Di. i dtortaoibh s. taobh (§ 416), but the simple word occurs both as tiuw and tyuw, O.Ir. tóib.
9. y.
§ 125. This symbol represents a modified form of i due to the influence of certain non-palatal consonants. Most commonly y is an unrounded form of German ü in Güte, i.e. the fore part of the tongue is slightly lowered from the i position and is moreover retracted. This y (y꞉) appears instead of ï, i after L, N, k, g, χ, ꬶ and arises under the same conditions as these vowels. Examples—gydʹ, plur. of gαd, ‘switch’; ꬶydʹ mʹə, ‘I stole’, Di. goidim; gyʃ gen. sing. of go̤s, ‘vigour’, M.Ir. gus; kyʃɔg, ‘windle-straw’, Di. cuiseog; kytʹαg, ‘lob-worm’, Craig cuiteog; χyrʹ mʹə, ‘I put’, M.Ir. ro chuir; Nyuw, ‘saint’, O.Ir. nóib; sNỹ꞉, ‘bier’, O’R. snaoi; sNỹ꞉mʹ, ‘knot’, M.Ir. snaidm. In other than syllables with chief stress—αmsky꞉, ‘untidy’, Di. amscaoidheach; ə Nαsky꞉, ‘gratis’, M.Ir. ascid; dʹarkyαχ, ‘scrutinising, attentive’ < dear-
