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falls away in detoned position and the syllable suffers the usual reduction. eochaill ōhḷ ‘Youghal’ (!) ch=h.
§ 7,1. ai, with slender consonants. y developed from mm, nn, (=ŋ) or mm ng in position contracts with i of root under the accent to ai. The groups are written: -imm, -inn, -imch, -int, etc., cuimhin which should belong to the foregoing is umlauted to ai by nasal influence.
| binn | baiŋ | simplidhe | saimplī |
| clainn | ᴋʟaiŋ | timchioll | haimpḷ |
| cruinn | ᴋʀaiŋ | ling | laiŋ |
| impreamhail | aimpṛŪəl | linn | laiŋ |
| intinn | aintiŋ | trinseach | trainꜱᴜᴄ |
| rince | ʀaiŋkə | saint | ꜱaint |
| im | aim | slim | slaim |
| suim | ꜱaim | rimn | ʀaiŋ |
| grinn | graiŋ |
| crainn | ᴋʀaiŋ |
| aoinnech | aiŋe |
| coint (Fr. Conte) | ᴋaint, ᴋoint, |
| caincin a retroussé nose, | ᴋaiŋcīn |
| cingcis | kaiŋkīs |
| cuimhin | ᴋain |
2. A vocalic addition induces separation of double consonant groups and preserves the root sound. binn but binne biŋə. Nouns of the o declension ending in mm, nn, belong here in gen. voc. sing. and nom. pl. ceann, gen. cinn kaiŋ. Pronouns and prepositional pronoun compounds are excepted sinn siŋ, Desmond, Thomond, sīŋ. linn with us, liŋ but linn a pool, laiŋ. § 5,5.
3. Nasal influence cancelled by breaking pausa=ī cuimhneamh ᴋĪnuv=regular accented intonation Thom. Des. § 3,2 c.
Near the accent=ə or ŋ, druimfhinn ᴅʀɪmŋ.
§ 8,1. ᴇi with slender consonants. A yariant of the preceding. Following ei (=e) the y from gh mh bh dh slender
