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... syllables exercise upon one another . The modern Irish rule , " caol le caol , leathan le leathan " ( slender with slender , broad with broad ) , exists even in Old Irish , though less ... syllable decides the modification 4 I. Phonology .
... syllables exercise upon one another . The modern Irish rule , " caol le caol , leathan le leathan " ( slender with slender , broad with broad ) , exists even in Old Irish , though less ... syllable decides the modification 4 I. Phonology .
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... syllable after the radical vowel has disappeared ( § 88 ) . 18. The slender vowel either stands ( always in the form of an i ) with the vowel of the preceding syllable or wholly supplants that vowel . Thus arises a series of improper ...
... syllable after the radical vowel has disappeared ( § 88 ) . 18. The slender vowel either stands ( always in the form of an i ) with the vowel of the preceding syllable or wholly supplants that vowel . Thus arises a series of improper ...
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... syllable often becomes roi : Old Irish ad - roi - gegrannatar , persecuti sunt . This oi often remained after the reduplicative syllable had ceased to be used . It was then no longer correctly under- stood , and on this account came to ...
... syllable often becomes roi : Old Irish ad - roi - gegrannatar , persecuti sunt . This oi often remained after the reduplicative syllable had ceased to be used . It was then no longer correctly under- stood , and on this account came to ...
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... syllables of words of more than one syllable become shortened : bethad gen . sg . of beothu life , for prehistoric bivatat - as , answers to the Greek BιórηTOS ; túatha , nom . pl . of túath people , answers to the Gothic thiudos . In ...
... syllables of words of more than one syllable become shortened : bethad gen . sg . of beothu life , for prehistoric bivatat - as , answers to the Greek BιórηTOS ; túatha , nom . pl . of túath people , answers to the Gothic thiudos . In ...
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... syllables o , a , u interchange especially before r , l , n , m , Conchobor , Con- chobur ; corcor , corcar , corcur , purple ; forcital , forcitul , precept ; dénom , dénam , dénum to do , and so on . = = 28. An inclination for certain ...
... syllables o , a , u interchange especially before r , l , n , m , Conchobor , Con- chobur ; corcor , corcar , corcur , purple ; forcital , forcitul , precept ; dénom , dénam , dénum to do , and so on . = = 28. An inclination for certain ...
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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