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CHAPTER XII.
Combination of the Consonants.
The Helping Vowel.
124. There are certain combinations of consonants which do not coalesce, so that a short vowel (broad or slender, according as the consonants are broad or slender) must be pronounced between them.
The following are the combinations which do not coalesce:—
| cn | nċ | nḃ | lḃ |
| lg | lm | lṁ | rb |
| rḃ | rg | rn | rm |
| rṁ | rċ | nm | ṫn |
| ṫr | gn |
| gorm (=gorom) | colm (=colom) | dearg (dearog) |
| guirm (=guirim) | cuilm (=cuilim) | deirg (=deirig) |
| orm | arm | Cormac |
| ainm | carn | corn |
| dorn | Alba | borb |
| searḃ | seirḃ | fearg |
| feirge | cnoc | cneas |
| gnó | balḃ | Donnċaḋ |
| dorċa | marḃ | aiṫne |
| aṫruġaḋ[1] (=aṫarú) | airgead | margaḋ |
- ↑ Aṫruġaḋ before the words indé, and amáraċ is always pronounced arú, this spelling might be adopted with advantage.
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