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sonant group or through the resolution of pausa. dlaoi (?) dlathach, adj. na dlathaibh P. P. 178. snamach=snam-mach from snaid-m ꜱɴîm, claoi .|. cladh, ᴋʟī, klai Finek, pl. ᴋʟahᴜᴄə. Sometimes an a appears by false analogy rig pl. rathacha D. R. 98. ‘arms’.

16. a==ō (from aw) in gabháilt=going, moving, causing to move. gabhailt na gaoithe; ō C. M. O. 17, gabhail leo : pósadh ib. 10. This verbal noun has three pronunciations, ɢᴜvȧl, as much hay as one may carry in the arms, ɢwǡlt, the usual verbal noun, and ɢōlt, going. So adhbhar: Sport in Dunne, Carrick-Shock song. Also namhad:ō ib. A lengthening from r in position, thórsta 3 sing. fem. prep. pron. from tar, M. song. So 3 pl. torsta : tabairt : óg P. P. 136.

ᴇ, e,

§ 11,1. ᴇ is the é sound after a broad consonant. It is usually written ao sometimes ae and represents the O. I. diphthongs oi, oe, ai.

2. e appears only in auslaut as it forms a digraph with the timbre index of a following consonant. Before a broad consonant written ea and sounded a, before a slender consonant ei and sounded e.

3. e accented=e. aige, əge. For ag O. I. oc the pronominal form masculine is used.

4. e unaccented==ə. báidhte ʙǡtə, tar-se ᴛaʀsə, léthhe lēhə.

5. e unaccented with y from gh, mh, ch after liquids and t contracts to ī. This long vowel then drew to itself the accent. § 2,2 I. eirghe ᴇir′ī′, gainmhe ɢanī, suirghe ꜱᴜr′ī′, inghean, inī′əɴ, doilgheas ᴅolī′ꜱ, coitcheann ᴋotīən, faitcheas ꜰȧtī′ꜱ, dairghe ᴅarī′, comuirce ᴋᴜᴍṛī′. Cf. § 10,7.

§ 12,1, ɪ, i.

ɪ is the i sound after a broad consonant. It is usually Written ui, oi, and in often the i umlaut of a broad vowel, fuil coille ꜰᴡɪl ᴋil′ə.

2. i=i. mise, ithe, binib T. G. ‘Venom’ .|. savage spite.