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horn, adercéne gl. corniculum, Z2 274. After working of the accent law the vowel of the second syllable was reduced to ə and written a the consonant remaining slender. adhmad ‘brennholz’ Finck, and so connected with adannadh .|. adn‘ad (ann=n′ unaccented, cf. anmanna) ayn Cat. 3,9, and adhradh like Lat. ad-orare, ayrim Cat. 9 appear to have had broad dh. So Tadhg. Broad dh=y in accented auslaut in Manx, ᴍᴜ ɢʀai-ī is mis′ mo ghrádh is mise, Thos Kermode, Bradda Isle of Man. In unaccented position also dh broad=y, ex. -adha as nom. pl. ending=Ī, curada ᴋᴜʀĪ. But also=w. iomdha ᴍŪ (but the prep. imb- was unaccented here), bunadhas ʙɴ′Ūꜱ.

Examples:

2.

cill cîl luighead ʟîəᴅ
millteach mîltᴜᴄ laighean ʟîən
soillse ꜱîlsə foighnne ꜰîŋa
coill-te ᴋil-tə aibhne îənə
tuill-fead ᴛil-heᴅ doimhin ᴅîən
aighneas înis maidhm ᴍîəm
saidhbhreas ꜱîvriꜱ tadg ᴛîɢ
badhb ʙîʙ
cladhaire ᴋʟîər′ə
adhmad îᴍəᴅ
faghairt ꜰîərt
bfuighdhinn ᴠîŋ
coigthigheas ᴋîkīꜱ

3. d is assimilated (?) to g, b, m, n, in tadg, badhb, snaidm, adnadh, etc. Hence it should not be dotted in such situations. If one may depend on the present pronunciation of coigthigheas ᴋîkĪꜱ, kaikīs (?) Finck, coig- must be separated from O. I. cóic because î proceeds from a short vowel. Neither has it to do with Lat. quinque because of ᴋ.

4. Unaccented=ī, curadha ᴋᴜʀī from y;=Ū from w. Vid. bunadhas above. On separating double liquids y is not developed and the primitive vowel is preserved, cill, gen. cille kilə. It