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... preceding or following a broad vowel ( a o u ) , have the broad pronunciation corresponding to that in German , after or before a slender vowel a liquid pronunciation . S in this case has the sound of the English sh . In like manner ch ...
... preceding or following a broad vowel ( a o u ) , have the broad pronunciation corresponding to that in German , after or before a slender vowel a liquid pronunciation . S in this case has the sound of the English sh . In like manner ch ...
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... preceding syllable . But there are exceptions , e.g. máthair , mother , bráthair , brother ; Old Irish máthir , bráthir . e and i , of what- ever origin , are slender vowels . 17. Infection by slender vowels is the commonest form . In ...
... preceding syllable . But there are exceptions , e.g. máthair , mother , bráthair , brother ; Old Irish máthir , bráthir . e and i , of what- ever origin , are slender vowels . 17. Infection by slender vowels is the commonest form . In ...
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... preceding syllable are transformed to e and o : fer , Latin vir ( for pre - hist . vir - as ) ; fetar , scio ( root vid ) ; cloth , famous , for pre - hist . clut - as , Grk . Kλvtós ; bond , sole of foot , for pre - hist . bund - as ...
... preceding syllable are transformed to e and o : fer , Latin vir ( for pre - hist . vir - as ) ; fetar , scio ( root vid ) ; cloth , famous , for pre - hist . clut - as , Grk . Kλvtós ; bond , sole of foot , for pre - hist . bund - as ...
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... preceding vowel ( § 74 ) : dét tooth , Cymr . dant , Skr . danta ; bréc , brécc lie , Skr . bhramça to fall , to deviate , to lose the way ; lécim I leave , Latin linquo ; mí month , g . mís , Latin mensis . In the borrowed word ífern ...
... preceding vowel ( § 74 ) : dét tooth , Cymr . dant , Skr . danta ; bréc , brécc lie , Skr . bhramça to fall , to deviate , to lose the way ; lécim I leave , Latin linquo ; mí month , g . mís , Latin mensis . In the borrowed word ífern ...
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... preceding vowel , then the 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 ...
... preceding vowel , then the 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 ...
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ainm asbert aspiration Ave Maria Lane bith Book bráthir cach Cambridge Warehouse cech cechtar College Condla conj conjugation conjunctive consonant Cymr dative Demy 4to deponent donaib dond Edited fáith fetar flexion forms genitive Gloss Goth Grammar Greek Indo-Germanic infinitive initial sound inna Irish Language Latin LL.D M. R. JAMES M. T. Ciceronis M.A. Crown 8vo M.A. Demy 8vo Middle Irish Modern Irish moltar nasal Neuter nouns ocus Old Gaulish Old High German Old Irish original P. G. TAIT Paradigms particle perf Plural pre-hist prep preposition pres pret preterite pronoun radical syllable reduplication root Royal 8vo S-future S-preterite Sanskrit slender vowel stems Stokes suffix sunt terminal sound túath University of Cambridge verbs vowel words