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a nail, Dēsi ᴛariŋə. So (once) táirne for tarraingthe, péirse Eng. ‘perch’ C. M. O. I.
4. That rr has a tendeney to develope h is shown by double forms like orra ortha, siorraidhe and siorrthaidhe. ortha is no doubt the etymologically correct form from *-shōs but became confounded with rr because that group gave off an h.
5. r is a fruitful source of metathesis. cearthadh gan lucht, O. I. cethir, Sheehy, munartla a sleeve, brollach is ʙoʀʟᴜᴄ M. song. So from l, cuilceach ᴋʟikȧᴄ for cluiceach from cluig-theac bell-house, another name is used in cluicill Dheaglain ᴋʟɪkil yīaɢʟǡn .|. cluig-chill Dēcalāni in Ardmore in the Dēsi. trasna = tarsna, bratlin ʙȧʀḷīn, craosach, of ruddy face, is not connected with craos but is metathesis from caorsach, Catharlach, Caralegh, Dunne. Hence ‘Carlow’ with -ow imitated from Danish ‘Wicklow’. In the Dēsi Catharlach ᴋȧhʀ′ʟᴜᴄ, anbhruith aɴʀ′hə. It is hard to discern whether unvoiced r should be written hr or rh. Hence liathróid is often written liarthóid and cf. cearthadh above.
6. uathbhásach is Ūʀꜰǡꜱᴜᴄ, triur is tr′ūʀʀ′ = triur-fhear.
7. r is sometimes dropped in creidim kedim, so iomarcradh is iomarcadh always. Also chondairc is ᴄɴɪk.
s
§ 58,1. s is never voiced. Broad=ꜱ, slender=s. It occurs in anlaut and protected in inlaut, otherwise it becomes h. solus ꜱoʟiꜱ, searb saʀᴜᴠ, is is; probably this is but the relative form as. In enclitic particles it changes its timbre according to the foregoing vowel, annsin ɴ′ꜱᴜɴ (here accented), an fear sin ꜱɴ′, but an fear sin annsin sin, mise tusa ᴛᴜꜱə, an old change. Hence the writings seo so, san sin. sin a mere enclitic, not demonstrative, = ꜱɴ′; thád siad go dona, thád sin ꜱɴ′, they are in a bad way so they are.
2. ó shoin is ō ᴄin, cá shoin ᴋǡ or ᴋȧ ᴄin. § 10,1.
3. s of the article kept after preps. in, la, etc. has spread to other preps. in the pl. fésna, trísna, dosna, desna (gesna). A wrong division of the prep. in from the article
