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Examples: rioth ruc, i umlauted to u by the dark timbre of a gnitural, gen. raha, gaoth cec, gen. clho, luach, Denn 78, =luath, breach = breath ib. cleath ailpin a fighting wattle klac, gen. kleha, dath pac, gen. paha, cioth k{yjuc gen. kaha, sruth sruc, sruthin srucan gen. sruithe, crioth kruc gen. creatha kr'aha, cruth kruc, gen. crotha, guth Gcuc, gen. coho. So sgdth, C. M. O. 34, gruth, ib. 102, rath rac O. I. rad gratia, ag brath, P. P. 24, liath gen. léithe, brath, sgiath scutum
- scét, now @ hemispherical basket used in picking or straining
potatoes, leath lac, half, but fair i leith tar a le, blith, blath na sgeach BLic na sgic, rathmas? in good case, wealthy, from rath? racwis, tréth Trac, eadarthriéth dpr’uc dinner-time, but virah=mhiorath, Cat. 9, perhaps h was phonetic for c here.
15. In other auslauts is has the weak sound of h mentioned above tnith rx0, flath La. (Here tx is distinguished from KL by the L whieh in the KL combination is sounded with more resonance room in the guttural chamber), cath, fuath, dlith, ete.
16. th in inlaut between vowels = h. athair ahy’, (lithas tLahis, in Thom. contracted tuille gan tlis C. M. O., dthas ahis, bathas sahis, lahar, Cat. 9. So ppp. cumtha Kumaha folitighthe rotshs.
17. Adverbs of place which show an anlaut change between th or sh and s use the th or sh forms to denote rest in a place, s motion to. Motion from is denoted by the anlaut an-. thoir hr (or hir as h does not affect the vowel timbre) thiar hix, thnaidh hCig, (one of the many examples of auslaut g fonduess), theas has, in the East ete. chuaidh se siar hw0 sé sik he went westwards. fé dheas is 6 yas. sall is not found aud anann, anonn waun, is the reverse of anall, anann to yonder, thither, anall from yonder, hither.
18. An h appears to be developed occasionally after rr, probably the stroke of the vocal chords being again set in vibration after unvoiced r.
