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| sainnt | saiḋḃir | saiġdiúir | Taḋg |
| Ṫaiḋg | saiḋḃreas | taiḋḃse | taiḋḃseaċ |
saiḋḃir=sev-ir in Desmond and sîr in Dēsi: maiġistir (= máis-tir), aḋḃar (= aw-war or our).
(a) In Ulster, aḋa and aġa are pronounced like é (sometimes like the German ö)—e.g., aġaiḋ=é-í; aḋarc=é-ŭrc; gaḋar, claḋaire, slaġdán, raḋarc, aḋastar, &c.
(b) In Connaught aiḃne=av=ne, gaiḃne=gav-ne, &c. Aimsir=am-shir, cainnt=kant.
(c) N.B.—When “ai” occurring in the genitive sing. or nom. pl. is followed by a protected liquid the diphthong î is not developed. The sound is í, except in Dēsi and Clare—e.g., caim (cam): crainn (crann); gaill (gall); baill (ball); daill (dall), &c.; saill=saíll.
(d) In Surnames— aḋa=ú: Ó Donnċaḋa, Ó Foġlaḋa, Ó Murċaḋa: also in the words, bunaḋas and bunaḋasaċ (=bunús, bunúsaċ); buaḋa=bú-a; ealaḋa=alaí.
-aḋa the old termination of the plural of nouns of the fourth declension—í. The termination í or aí is now almost universally adopted—e.g., málaí instead of málaḋa.
(e) There is no diphthong in such words as: láġaċ, faġáil, Seaġán, &c, in which one of the a’s is long.
68. When ei (short), in a stressed syllable, is followed by Ḋ, Ġ, ḃ + a vowel or liquid; or by a protected liquid, the diphthong Ei is produced. Ei differs from î in having a little more of an é colour in the beginning of it.
