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Sounds of the Vowels.
| The Irish vowel | is sounded like | in the words | |
| á long | au | naught | |
| as in bád (baudh), boat | |||
| a short | o | not | |
| " glas (gloss), green | |||
| é long | ae | Gaelic | |
| " cré (kĭr-aé), clay | |||
| e short | e | let | |
| " te (t'ye), hot | |||
| í | ee | feel | |
| " máilín (mawil-een), little bag | |||
| i | i | hit | |
| " fir (fir), men | |||
| ó | ō | note | |
| " mór (mōr), big, large | |||
| o | ŏ, ŭ | dŏne or mŭch | |
| " doras (dhur-us), a door | |||
| ú | oo | tool | |
| " glún (gloon), a knee | |||
| u | u | bull or put | |
| " ursa (ursu), a door-jamb | |||
A short vowel at the end of an Irish word is always pronounced.
The Digraphs.
4. The following list gives the sounds of the digraphs in Modern Irish. The first five are always long and require no accent. The others are sometimes long and sometimes short, hence the accent ought not to be omitted.[1]
- ↑ Since but few words, and these well-known, have eo short it is not usual to write the accent on eo long.
