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Eiḃlín | eiḋeann | feiḋil |
feill | geiḃeann | ġeiḃeann |
ġeiḃim | ġeiḃir | geiḃleaċ |
geiḃliġim | greim | leiġeas |
leiġeasaċ | meiḋir | meiḋg |
meiḋreaċ | teinn (=tinn) |
(a) The same diphthong occurs in:—éiriġ, éiriġim, éirġe, &c.; deiṁin, deiṁneaċ, deiṁniġṫe, &c.; and sometimes in éist, éisteaċt.
(b) Except when final, éiṁ is usually pronounced í in Desmond, but Ei in Dēsi.
deiṁeas | geiṁeal | geiṁleaċ |
reiṁse | reiṁis | geiṁreaḋ |
sceiṁle | teiṁeal |
(c) In Connaught the ḃ and ṁ in the above words are pronounced like “v”—e.g., Eiḃlín (ev-e-leen), ġeiḃim (like yevim), deiṁin (devin), deiṁeas (devass), geiṁreaḋ (gev-roo), &c.
69. When “u” accented is followed by Ḃ, Ḋ, Ġ, Ṁ, Ṫ, or by a protected liquid, it is lengthened in sound to ú.
árduġ(aḋ) | ciuṁais | ċuġam (C. ċugam) |
ċuġat (C. ċugat) | cuṁa | cuṁang |
cuṁdaċ | cuṁduiġ | cuṫaċ |
duḃa | duḃairt | duḃras |
duṫaċas | duṫaiġ | duṫraċt |
dluṫ | luġa | Mac Cuṁaill |
mínuġ(aḋ) | i muḋa | siuḃail |
iuḃar | ruġa | uḃall |
uḃla | uḋaċt | uġdar |