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In the following examples the words underlined are pronounced alike in Munster and Connaught.
60. Whenever a or ea (both short), occurring in the first syllable of a word is followed by ḂA, ḂR, ḂL, ṀA, ṀR, or by a protected liquid (except r), the a or ea is pronounced “ou”—i.e., like the “ou” in “house” or the “ow” in “how.”
N.B.—ṁ PRODUCES A NASAL DIPHTHONG.
In Dēsi the protected liquids produce a strongly nasal diphthong in the above cases, and the diphthong itself is somewhat like a—ou.
| aḃa | aḃaċ | aḃainn | aḃrán | |
| am | ann | annsa | annsaċt | |
| aṁrán | aṁarc | aṁas | aṁastar | |
| aṁlaiḋ | aṁras | blanndar | calltar | |
| ball | bantraċt | beann | canncar | ceann |
| caḃair | cam | canntlaċt | claḃra | cleaṁnas |
| ceanntar | ceannsa | dall | dranndal | |
| crann | daḃaċ | fallsa | fallsaċt | |
| dranntán | dream | fealltaċ | franncaċ | |
| fann | feall | gaḃaim | gaḃal | |
| gaḃa | gaḃann | gall | gallda | |
| gaḃar | gaḃlóg | ganndal | geanncaċ | |
| gaṁain | gann | geallta | geaṁar | |
| geall | geallfad | laḃraim | laḃras | |
| laḃair | laḃairt | leaḃarlann | mall | |
| leaḃar | leaḃarlán | leaḃrán | meaḃal | meaḃlac |
| manntaċ | meaḃair | meallfad | meallta | |
| meaḃraċ | meall | |||
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