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... Aspiration , § 59-68 ; Assimila- tion , § 69-73 ; Compensatory lengthening , § 74—77 . Intercalation of Vowels , § 78 ; Metathesis , § 79–80 ; Contraction , § 81-85 . Terminal sound , § 86-106 ; Aspiration , § 91-96 ; Eclipsis , § 97 ...
... Aspiration , § 59-68 ; Assimila- tion , § 69-73 ; Compensatory lengthening , § 74—77 . Intercalation of Vowels , § 78 ; Metathesis , § 79–80 ; Contraction , § 81-85 . Terminal sound , § 86-106 ; Aspiration , § 91-96 ; Eclipsis , § 97 ...
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... aspiration . The typographical marks of aspiration in Old Irish are for c and t , an h following ( ch ) , or an Old Greek rough breathing placed over the letter ; for s and f , a dot ( s ) . In Modern Irish aspiration is uniformly ...
... aspiration . The typographical marks of aspiration in Old Irish are for c and t , an h following ( ch ) , or an Old Greek rough breathing placed over the letter ; for s and f , a dot ( s ) . In Modern Irish aspiration is uniformly ...
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... ASPIRATION . 59. c and t become ch and th by aspiration , if they stand between vowels or originally did so : lóche lightning , Goth . lauhmuni ; loch lake , Latin lacus ; fiach debt , féchem debitor , Goth . veils holy ; bráthir ...
... ASPIRATION . 59. c and t become ch and th by aspiration , if they stand between vowels or originally did so : lóche lightning , Goth . lauhmuni ; loch lake , Latin lacus ; fiach debt , féchem debitor , Goth . veils holy ; bráthir ...
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... aspiration does not take place : rélad manifestatio ( suffix -tu ) , gen . rélto ; cumsanad quies , gen . cumsanto ; césad passio , gen . césto . Sometimes t takes the place of two dentals which have come together after suppression of a ...
... aspiration does not take place : rélad manifestatio ( suffix -tu ) , gen . rélto ; cumsanad quies , gen . cumsanto ; césad passio , gen . césto . Sometimes t takes the place of two dentals which have come together after suppression of a ...
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... Aspiration early came into use in pronunciation with b , d , g , and m , between vowels ( bh , dh , gh , mh ) , but first finds written expression in later manuscripts . The first trace is to be found in words borrowed from the Latin ...
... Aspiration early came into use in pronunciation with b , d , g , and m , between vowels ( bh , dh , gh , mh ) , but first finds written expression in later manuscripts . The first trace is to be found in words borrowed from the Latin ...
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17 Paternoster Row ainm aspiration bith bráthir cach Cambridge Warehouse cechtar cloth Condla conj conjugation conjunctive consonant Crown 8vo Cymr dative Demy 8vo deponent donaib dond edition Editor English Notes Fellow of Trinity flexion German Gloss Goth Grammar Greek Indo-Germanic initial sound inna Introduction Irish Language language late Fellow Latin LL.D London Middle Irish Modern Irish nasal Neuter nouns ocus Old High German Old Irish original P. G. TAIT Paradigms particle perf Plural pre-hist prep preposition pres present Press pret preterite Price pronoun radical syllable reduplication root S-future S-preterite Sanskrit School slender vowel St Catharine's College St John's College stems Stokes suffix terminal sound translation Trinity College túath University of Cambridge verbs volume vowel words