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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.

and Ġ.

38. Initial: and ġ broad have the guttural sound, already described (§ 35 (a)).

, 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 and ġ are silent.

Final: both and ġ (slender) are silent, except in Munster, where final slender and ġ are pronounced like slender g[1] (unaspirated).

(a) In Munster 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 e.g., capall an Ḃrianaiġ (= Ḃrianaig).

In Connaught and Ulster final 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 broad is entirely silent, except in the cases mentioned below.

(c) (broad) in the termination of the 3rd pers. sing, of the Imperative and the Imperfect Indicative is pronounced like ċ (broad).


  1. Ġ is silent in bríġ and ríġ, and is silent in níḋ.

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