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vowels from the body of an Irish word is called syncope; and when the vowels have been elided the word is said to be syncopated.
34. The only difficulty in syncope is that it often involves slight changes in the other vowels of the syncopated word, in accordance with the rule caol le caol,
35. The following examples will fully exemplify the method of syncopating words.
(a) Nouns.
The genitive singular of—
| maidin (morning) | is | maidne | not | maidine | ||
| obair (work} | " | oibre | " | obaire | ||
| carraig (a rock) | " | cairrge | " | carraige | ||
| pinginn piġinn |
(a penny) | " " |
pingne piġne |
" " |
pinginne piġinne | |
| caḃair (help) | " | caḃra | " | caḃara | ||
| caṫair (a city) | " | caṫraċ | " | caṫaraċ | ||
| lasair (a flame) | " | lasraċ | " | lasaraċ | ||
| olann (wool) | " | olna | " | olanna | ||
| buiḋean (a company) | " | buiḋne | " | buiḋine | ||
| bruiġean (a palace)[W 1] | " | bruiġne | " | bruiġine | ||
