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O of surnames. In gen. and pl, it is umlauted to Ī written í and uí from *avī, now however ī or Ī according to the foregoing timbre. árd makes derivatives aoirde and áirde, a h-aoirde cheart, C. M. O. is barr a dhá chluais anáirde. Maidrin Ruadh song.
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§ 25,1. ea=a. This a is the broad umlaut of O. I. slender-broad @ itself of various origins. Thus ben from ‘bend, fer from “firos. ‘The influence of the broad consonant working farther opened e to a@ slender-broad. seanbhean sano van, seanduine sanpino, but seandrui sauxprI and seanriabhach saunrtuc, the old grey cow's days, the cold weather at the beginning of April. lean lax, leath lac, leathcheann la-caun, a head bent to one side, half the head, in perpendicular section, ceatha kaha (gen. of cioth kuc,) bean feassa ban faso, greannmhar gr’anOr, ’seadh sa.
2. ea before labials and gutturals (including guttural L) = 4, eagla acr’s, preabadh pr'ina, eaglais : carthanach, T. G. 5. (but freagair tracr’ and dealbh daliv) Cluain gheal Meala Kiven yal mala (for 1 in meala, bealach ete. vid. Pedersen, Aspirationen i Irsk.) mo chreach mu crac, Sighle na geeare sila no gark, seacht sact, do breabaigh: ganguid Sheehy. dhearcas yaxxis, leaba lane, gen. lavn, gealaighe gatl, (gen. of gealach glac), sceach sgac, ceapaire karir‘a, neamh nyav, leamh l(y)ȧv, seach sic, isteach istac, seachaint, sacnt, sgeamhaighil sgavil howling of dogs, treabh tr’av. Here the dark timbre consonants radiated an umlaut into the word.
3. ea=au ander accent before mh and the heavy combinations inducing it. § 4,1. Unaccented = 0, before aceent==2 or nul. Thom. Des, accented ou, 0. feall fyauL, peann paux. A heavy liquid combination resolved does not induce anusvara and the original sound is preserved, peanna-chinn na cruinne pana cain, deallyadh, daurs, daur, sgannradh scaura, scaur (Ir, mr, in Arran, Pedersen, 23),
