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Dési. So also the other prepositions with do, aige do mhdthair for agad mh-,

5, d assimilates with J, m, and oceasionally r. ceudna kidno, érdlach, codladh Kova. a chodlfadh a new conditional couthuc, Bob, where h made position because being a non- vocalic addition the group W] was not divided § 2,2 VI. carr- gios, quadrages- has already been mentioned, with k in neascdid, cléibhe.

6. dis made unvoiced or provected to a tenuis by f=h in fut. cond. go ngoidfidh me cu xita mé, 8. KR.

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7. dh broad in anlant—v=gh broad iu the same situation, dhi ya.

8. dh slender in anlaut=y which is also—gh slender. a dheor a yor’.

9. dh slender in auslaut is often hardened to g. dhiaidh yig, suidh sig, verb. noun suidhe sl, luigh tig, verb. noun Li, garstin cruaidh on buaile aitinn krOig, faidh raig, aghaidh ayg, Cat. 3, Dési io, réidh r&ég, thuaidh hwOig, in fut. and preterite endings without a pron. caithfidh xihig, but caithfidh tt Kaha tu, bhfhuighbidh vig, Walsh, beidh beg, but beidh sé be s&, but cruaidh-cheart xrOcart, y lost after a long vowel sound,

10. -idh as ending of 2 pl. imperative = ogi, Des. -ig. buailidh sOlagi or swelagi. so as in so dhuit so yet, takes this ending sometimes in the pl. sogi yivsa = so dhibh-se.

11. The prep. de, dhe, generally after a vowel ye, ya, has its y oceasionally hardened to g, either a wrong restoration for d or an instance of g fondness in supposed auslaut, ridthe go leith de laethantaibh agus rdithe go leith doidhcheantaibh ach tri rdithe glan 6 san amach. raha cu lege tehy'ta dcis raha cu leg ihy’ta, Ph. H. ciipla pint ge sin, S. R.

12. dh in the ending of the preterite passive = c. crosag T. G. 6. This rule is universal except occasionally in songs imported from other dialect territories. leagadh in cladh uirthe