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exercise XII
§ 95. Sounds of the diphthongs eo and iu
Each of these diphthongs has a long sound a short sound. The long sounds of eó and iú:
| eó | is sounded as (yō) |
| iú | is sounded as (ew) |
NOTE—In the beginning of words, eó sounds like ó. In many other cases, also, we can represent this sound most easily by the same symbol ō.
§ 96 Words
| casúr | (kos'-oor), a hammer |
| ceól | (k-yōl), music |
| crann | (see §78), mast of a ship |
| driseóg | (drish'-ōg), a briar (Munster drish-ōg') |
| eórna | (ōr'-Na), barley |
| inneoin | (in'-ōn), an anvil |
| leór | (lōr), enough |
| seól | (shōl), a sail |
| tóg | (thōg), lift, raise |
§ 97. Leór is most often heard in the phrase go leór (gŭ lōr), enough.
note that
phonetic
symbols
are
not
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pronounced
as in English
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