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exercise LXXVIII

§ 453. Irregular Words C

Some few words are irregularly pronounced because some consonants in them are not pronounced fully.

§ 454. Thus in a few words the three consontants ngn are contracted to N in pronounciation.

congnaḋ not (kŭng'-nă but (koon'-ă) help
iongnaḋ not (ŭng'-n/a or iNG'-nă) but (oo'-Nă), wonder
diongnaḋ not (diNG'-nă) but dee'-Nă)

In Connaught kooNoo, eeNoo, deeNoo.

§ 455. In many words

dṫ are pronounced t (t = d + h )
gṫ are pronounced c (k = g + h)
ḃṫ, ṁṫ are pronounced f (f = v + h)
are pronounced mp  

Thus

séidṫe is pronounced as séite
leagṫa is pronounced as leaca
líoṁṫa is pronounced as líofa
O'Duḃṫaiġ is pronounced as (ō dhuf'-ee)
O'Coḃṫaiġ is pronounced as (ō kŭf'-ee)
iomċur is pronounced as (ŭmpur)
timċeall is pronounced as (timpăL)
lúṫṁar is pronounced as lúfar

§ 456. The names of rivers are feminine

an Ḃóinn (ăn Wōn) the Boyne
an Ḟeoir (ăn yōr) the Nore
an Ḃearḃa (ăn war'-wa) the Barrow
an Laoi (ăn Lee) the Lee
an Ḟeaḃail (ăn ou'-ĕ) the Foyle
an Life (ăn Lif'-ĕ) the Liffey
an Éirne (ăn aer'-nĕ) the Erne
an Ṁuaiḋ (ăn Woo'-ee) the Moy

 

 

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16

 

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