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(a) bonn, fonn, fionn are also pronounced like boun, foun, fyoun. Fonn, a desire, inclination = fúnn; fonn; a tune=foun. Cionntaċ is sometimes pronounced ciontaċ (=kyŭnthuk) in Desmond.
67. When aḋ or aġ (accented) is followed by a vowel or consonant the diphthong î is produced, likewise whenever ai accented is followed by a protected liquid, or by ḃ, Ḋ, Ġ, ṁ, + a vowel or liquid the same diphthong is produced.
î =the “i” in “high” “mine” &c, as pronounced in Ireland, except in the north.
| aḋaint | aḋaircín | aḋarc | |
| aḋarcóg | aḋart | aḋastar | |
| aḋnaim | aḋmad (C. áḋmad) | aḋlacaim | |
| aiḃneaċa | aġaiḋ | aiḃne | |
| aimsiġ | aiġneas | aiġṫe | |
| aiṁleisceaṁail | aimsir | aiṁleas | |
| baḋḃ | baintreaċ | blaḋm | |
| blaḋmannaċ | caill, caḋan, | caillfead | |
| caḋain | caḋal | cainnt | |
| caillte | caillteaċ | faġaim (C. | |
| claḋaire | faḋb | faġairt | fáġaim) |
| faill (C. aill) | Frainnc | Frainncis | |
| gaḋar | gaḋraiḃ | gaiḃne | |
| maiḋm | graiḋn | laiġin | |
| raġad (C. raċad) | mainnséar | raḋarc | |
| Ó Raġallaiġ | raġainn | ||
