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ḃád, ṁaide, niṁneaċ, Muiṁneaċ, cuiḃe, duiḃe, láṁ, folaṁ, talaṁ, duḃ.
(a) b frequently resists aspiration after m—e.g., am briaṫar; ná bí ’am boḋraḋ.
(b) b is generally unaspirated in leanbuiḋe (from leanḃ, a child).
(c) ḃ in ḃur[1] is silent in Munster, but lengthens the “u” to ú.
(d) ḃ in easḃaiḋ banḃa, baḋḃ teasḃaċ, is pronounced unaspirated (i.e., as b) in Munster.
(e) In Munster ḃ=v in the following words:—saiḋḃor, doilḃir, soilḃir, seirḃe, seilḃe, aoiḃinn, aiḃneas, and a few other.
(f) ḃ=f in tairḃe.
Ċ.
37. When broad, ċ has a guttural sound not heard in English. This sound is produced in the same position as ġ (§ 35 (a)), the only difference between the two sounds is that ġ is voiced, ċ voiceless.
Initial ċ (slender) has the soft sound already described (§ 35 (c)). Ċinn, ċeol, ċím, ċéim, ċéile.
In all other positions ċ slender has this soft sound when followed by a vowel, except in Munster, where ċ slender (medial and final) =h. Fiċe, droiċead, Míċíl, doiċeall.
(a) In the future and the conditional of verbs of the second conjugation “ċ” is usually silent—e.g., árdóċad=árdód, baileoċair=baileoir; but the combination—ċṫ—is pronounced ġf, or simply f: ċeannóċṫá=ċeannófá.
(b) ċ in ċeana is pronounced as an ordinary h.
- ↑ Ḃar is the correct spelling, but ḃur has come into general use during the last few years.
