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in § 7, 1. cinn kīŋ, tinn tīŋ, Dēsi ai, tain. So from i to ī in pronouns and prepositional pronouns where in the Dēsi the radical sound is preserved. sinn sīŋ, Dēsi sin, linn līŋ, Dēsi liŋ. i becomes i in righte vid. § 2, 3.
ó
§ 18, 1. ó=ō is written before broad consonants and in auslaut. Before slender consonants ói=ō, for long vowels are not easily umlauted, bó ʙō, ól ōʟ, tóg ᴛōɢ, omós and fomós, omoas, Cass. 145, córda ᴋōʀᴅə, tósdalach = toicheastalach ᴛōꜱᴅʟ′ᴜᴄ, ótis ōᴛis, ar nós na luiche lóg aon oidhche ər ɴŪꜱ ɴə ʟɪhə ʟōɢ ᴇɴ Īhə a pregnancy of one night, spólla ꜱᴘōʟə D. R. 40, trócaire ᴛʀōᴋər′ə, lón ʟōɴ T. G. 5 should be ʟŪɴ. Vid. § 18, 3. flós ꜰʟōꜱ Lat. flōs T. G. 87. trionóid from Lat. trinitātem. pionnós T. G. 3.
2. ó from a by lengthening in position. Chiefly Des. sámplaig : criochnóir T. G. 4. In the Dēsi ꜱauᴍᴘ-, ómbrach:ó T. G. 23. (Fr. ambre) seomra sōᴍʀ′ə, Dési sauᴍʀ′ə; so ómhanda : seolta P. P. 120 cómhradh : beo táid, ib. 308.
3. ó near n took a dark tint and became Ū. The following and some other words show this peculiarity. nó, nóra, stróinse móin gen. móna (pl. muinteacha meithe S. na Sróna.) fuindeóg spónóg ꜱᴘŪɴŪɢ Eng. ‘spoon’, tempul fhenóch a place name, nós S. R. pónaire ᴘŪərə S. R. bunóc an infant, crón, cróna. triúrar (=triur fhear) ag crú na cróna triúrar ag tochus a d-tóna agus dheunudh aoinne amháin a(n)gnó where cróna, tóna, gnó are ᴋʀŪɴə, ᴛŪɴə, ɢɴ′Ū, crónán, seóinín sūnīn one of Eng. descent from Seán or Seón ‘John’, óinseach, ’nneósad I will tell, nóinín, rón a seal pl. rónta, Com. song. dóintí? springiona great jumps, S. R. óinmhid Ūɴiᴅ, Bob, brón, brónach:cumha, Anna. lonradh:smúit Sheehy, aimdheóin iŋūn, inneóin an anvil also iŋūn, nóment:cúrt Denn, 86, Cill mogimóg a place name, cnó, trathnóna ᴛʀǡᴄɴŪɴə, sgeóin sgūn.
Without n; mór, O. I. már and mór, Welsh mawr, comp.
