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(e) Ea = í + broad glide in: inġean,^[1] doilġeas, faiṫċeas, inḃear, coitċeann(ta). Refer to § 71.

84. Ea (unaccented). The e is a glide, and the a=the second a in “capall,” (Ulster, Munster and Connaught).

aistear	seisean	feiseanna
creideann	aingeal	cairdeas
páirceanna	áiteaċa	ṁilleas

AI.

85. Except in the cases mentioned below, ai, accented, has the short sound of the first caol vowel, preceded by a broad consonant and, followed by a slender one (Ulster, Munster, and Connaught).

aigneaḋ	ais	ait
aiteas	ainm	aistear
saic	tais	aibiġ
faic	ainnir	daingean
aingeal	aisce	taisce

(a) In Ulster, Munster, and Connaught ai=e in air, aige, aici; (and in raiḃ in Munster and Connaught).

(b) In Ulster ai in the following words:=“e” in “error,” “enter:” aire, faire, airgead, baile, ainm, aiṫne, aimsir, ṫainic (Craig).

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1. In these words it is not really the ea which = í, but the “helping vowel” (§ 124) which develops between the two consonants; thus—doiliġeas, iniġean, faitiċeas, &c. The helping vowel is lengthened by the absorbed silent consonant, and the ea is really the broad glide.

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