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buiḋean bruiġean fuiġleaċ
guiḋe muinntir fuinnseog
cuiṁne críostuiḋe scéaluiḋe

For longer list refer to § 72.

The “i” of “ui” is short in scéaluiḋṫe, críostuiḋṫe, &c, the not being a vowel or liquid.

(a) buiḋeaċ =baoċ Munster.
buiḋeaċas =baoċas

Amuiġ=Amuí in Connaught, but amu in Munster. (Second syllable stressed in both cases).

IO.

91. In the digraph io, when under tonic accent, “i” is the vowel, o the glide, except in the cases mentioned below (Ulster, Munster, Connaught):—

Giolla fionna Sionainn
crios lios fios
slios bior mion
giota mioscais pionna
piostal
siolla=s i O lla.

92. When io, under tonic accent, is followed by a labial or a guttural, the “i” becomes a glide, and “o” the vowel (Ulster, Munster, Connaught).

liobar liobarnaċ sioc
siopa pioc iomaire
liom slioċt rioċt
tiocfad tiobraid mioċair
sciob gliogar
Also biolar and (f)iolar.
gliocas=glíocas.