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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 nḃ lḃ
lg lm lṁ rb
rḃ rg rn rm
rṁ 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

  1. Aṫruġaḋ before the words indé, and amáraċ is always pronounced arú, this spelling might be adopted with advantage.

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