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and vocalization of v after a liquid in auslaut syllable § 10,7. So níor, píob, riogdha rica, síol, síor, sios, cionddh T. G. 90. As after the long diphthong ia so here a consonant relic is absorbed. biodhgadh bica biodhbha: fior-lag Sheehy, fioghair, fior, Cass. 139, Cliodhna klixd S. R.

iu.

§ 34. iu short and long. Short=v with foregoing slender consonant. fiuchadh fyuca ebnilition, bord an sgiulpa (sgiolptha?) SgULPS ‘snatch-mess’, sgiub sgus pluck, carry off, pine pyuk a ‘morsel, tiubaist tusist, indiu əŋuv, with narrowing of lip- unding until a spirans was produced, minv Cat. 10.

§ 35. i long, an old diphthong, now=4, yi after a labial. mihais kiis, fu fyi, sitir sir, T. G. 71, paisitinta pasinto ee Norms passioun, siticre sikra dingadh dics, siubhal or StL.

§ 36. iui= with a slender following consonant. linireach ar'vc T. G. 6, Sitir stir’ the river ‘Suir’, militin T. G. 23, in 43, puisitinidhe pwisini a kitten, ginis gis, ciftin kin. and vocalization of v after a liquid in auslaut syllable § 10,7.


§ 37,1. oi short and long. Short=o with slender follow- ing consonant. foithin Frohn, cois Kos, coiseéim Kisgém with c preserved but to g because sc=sg except in auslaut. mi iarfainn ach naoi g-coiscéim chum dul de léim tar geata, ni I) 4c NE Gisgém cy’ pot da lém har gata Seaghan O Bríste leathair song, cowsgim. So doi-=do- before a slender consonant. doirtim vortm. Also foi-, fo-, foirbthe Forafe, roith roh, sgoith sgoh. The aspirate quality of the th in such auslauts announces itself by the explosive character of the vowel when in pausa or by the appearance of the aspirate before a vowel. a bheith h-acharnach, Bob, go raibh maith agat cu rev maho cut. soitheach sohuc, (but sathach Denn, 61, like innsa for innso), coitcheann xotian, leit, T. G. 7. doilbheas : dorcadh ib. 6.

2. oi umlauted=i. In this condition it often interchanges