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3. m in some words darkens long and short o to.0 and u, §§ 18,8. 13,5. _ 4 mn in anlaut, na wo, naoi xe; né nO, nathair nimhe now. sometimes diyided an athair nimhe, natrix.

5. Inlant conadh, ceudna kidxa, im bliadna a miliono this year, conach Kunac. Auslaut bdén, bean, cion, kun.

6. m slender; neart nart, ut; double, buinnedn swindn from bun +- y? So taithniomh ranuv.. The difference between nn==h and »-+-y was so slight that the sounds are inter- changeable. Auslaut sin sin, but sun after a broad vowel, an instance of umlaut working forward. ’

7. nar in muna Maro.

8. mn assimilated with liquids except m. aonrudh rerun, sganradh scaura, bainrioghan saurix, branradh sraura Hiberno-Eng. “brand a tripod to support a griddle, a gridiron, ‘things ‘d be like iron gates med’ 8S. R. anlan auty’; aindedr ane’; pénaire beans, rUnra and pUra S. R, from poinre by contraction. dilneacht Aluct, an rés 2 R6s, mionla ménla miro wits, eanlaidh Taro.

9. m in aon assimilates with ch broad. ar aon chor er cr’, nin aon chomhairle nin r cOrlo, 8. R. ar aon chuma er ©. cua,

10. n= na owing to the svar. developed in sean-bhean sanovan, So in an-= very, also am- = un in ainbhfios anavis. So seana-stoc, but seanduine sanpina.

11. nin the prep. in does not usually fall out nor suffer assimilation in the Dési. suém an dia, Denn, diil an psailm ib. in lub coille, M. song, not 7 Utd, in seambirin in a little room, ib. an toige = id’dige, in drom a céile, 8. R. but a'fhan an cholan im dhiaidh yax 3 cotn’ m yitog, ib.

12° m is inserted to break the hiatus between preps. and vocalie anlauts of pronouns. This at present purely sandhi m or v éyexvottxéy derives origin from the nasal auslaut of ré-n, le n-dl to be drunk, to drink=Jle n-a él,