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exercise LIV
§ 316. dh and gh slender at the end of words
At the end of words ḋ and ġ slender are silent; but they lengthen the previous vowel or digraph if short. Thus:
| biḋ | is pronounced bí (bee) |
| tiġearna | is pronounced tíarna (tee'-ăr-nă) |
The short digraphs are lengthened thus:
| ai | is pronounced as if aí, that is, ee |
| oi | is pronounced as if oí , that is ee |
| ui | is pronounced as if uí, that is ee |
| uai | is pronounced as if uaí, that is oo'-ee |
§ 317. words
| buaiḋ | (boo'-ee), victory |
| Corcaiġ | (kŭrk'-ee), Cork |
| ċuaiḋ | (CHoo'-ee) went |
| cruaiḋ | (kroo'-ee), hard, not soft |
| suiḋ | (see), sit |
| uaiġ | (oo'-ee), a grave |
The digraphs ái, éi, ói, úi, are also affected by ḋ and ġ following : —
| brúiġ | (broo'-ee), bruise |
| dóiġ | (dhō'-ee), burn |
| fáiḋ | (fau'-ee), a prophet |
| léiġ | (lae'-ee), read |
But in words of more than one syllable this is not so noticeable; as, brúiġte (broo'-tŭ), bruised; dóiġte (dhō-tŭ), burned.
§ 319. In Munster, in words of more than one syllable, -iḋ and -iġ final are pronounced like -ig, if the accent is not on the last syllable.
| Corcaiġ | (kŭrkig), Cork |
| cruaiḋ | (kroo'-ig) |
| fáiḋ | (fau-ig) |
| léiġ | (lae'-ig) |
| réiḋ | (rae'-ig) |
| imṫiġ | (im'-hig) |
§ 319. Imṫiġ (im'-hee), go away; imṫiġ leat, be off with you!; réiḋ (rae'-ee), smooth, level
Ó Ceallaiġ ( kaL'-ee), O'Kelly
Ó Dálaiġ (dhaul'-ee), O'Daly
§ 320. Go buaiḋ, to victory, is now shorted to a bú (a-boo').
note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English