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(c) ċ = p in iomċar and timċeall.
(d) ċ = h in ċugam, ċugat, &c. (Ulster and Connaught).
(e) In Munster ċ is silent in droċ.
Ḋ and Ġ.
38. Initial: ḋ and ġ broad have the guttural sound, already described (§ 35 (a)).
- ḋ, slender, is like an English “y.”
- ġ, slender, has not quite the sound of the English “y,” the colour of g is distinctly heard.
Medial: both ḋ and ġ are silent.
Final: both ḋ and ġ (slender) are silent, except in Munster, where final slender ḋ and ġ are pronounced like slender g[1] (unaspirated).
(a) In Munster ḋ and ġ slender at the end of the verb-stem, or verb inflection, are silent (just as in Connaught) when a personal pronoun immediately follows, otherwise they are like g.
G at the end of Surnames—e.g., Ó Dálaiġ is silent; except in the patronymic form in aċ—e.g., capall an Ḃrianaiġ (= Ḃrianaig).
In Connaught and Ulster final ḋ broad has the sound of a very light “w” in all words ending in aḋ or eaḋ, whether verbs, nouns, verbal nouns, or genitives—e.g., milleaḋ (mill-oo), teineaḋ (ten-oo), cuireaḋ (Kir-oo), &c. In Munster (and in Aran) final ḋ broad is entirely silent, except in the cases mentioned below.
(c) Ḋ (broad) in the termination of the 3rd pers. sing, of the Imperative and the Imperfect Indicative is pronounced like ċ (broad).
- ↑ Ġ is silent in bríġ and ríġ, and ḋ is silent in níḋ.
