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(a) bonn, fonn, fionn are also pronounced like boun, foun, fyoun. Fonn, a desire, inclination = fúnn; fonn; a tune=foun. Cionntaċ is sometimes pronounced ciontaċ (=kyŭnthuk) in Desmond.

67. When aḋ or (accented) is followed by a vowel or consonant the diphthong î is produced, likewise whenever ai accented is followed by a protected liquid, or by ḃ, , Ġ, ṁ, + a vowel or liquid the same diphthong is produced.

î =the “i” in “high” “mine” &c, as pronounced in Ireland, except in the north.

aḋaint aḋaircín aḋarc
aḋarcóg aḋart aḋastar
aḋnaim aḋmad (C. áḋmad) aḋlacaim
aiḃneaċa aġaiḋ aiḃne
aimsiġ aiġneas aiġṫe
aiṁleisceaṁail aimsir aiṁleas
baḋḃ baintreaċ blaḋm
blaḋmannaċ caill, caḋan, caillfead
caḋain caḋal cainnt
caillte caillteaċ faġaim (C.
claḋaire faḋb faġairt fáġaim)
faill (C. aill) Frainnc Frainncis
gaḋar gaḋrai gaiḃne
maiḋm graiḋn laiġin
raġad (C. raċad) mainnséar raḋarc
Ó Raġallaiġ raġainn