An Irish-English dictionary - National Library of Scotland

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REMARKS ON THE LETTER D.
THE letter D or Ouip, which is so called from ouif\, the oak tree, is n-n
liy our n;r:imiii;iri:uis among the cpuA'ó-coni'Oine, or hard consoua
it, it lUll- uiidcr the denomination of light consonants, called in Irish coiij-oiiie-e,.\-ocpot)K\ In ]( and
T arc wiitt'ii iuilillerently; as CijWT) or c or 14C, them, etc. And tin- iii liil
the Gictkf and Latins: as Gr. 0UÍ6 and ourf, neque, etc.; and Lat. /laut/ and/iuiii, lehquit m 1 ; ^ ' '
iKo to
mí and
quokuuus, etc. In the Greek language the third rank of the mute con^omnt-i is T, D, and Th, tlip niiddli- c()Il^nll,lnt, D,
respectively coiTcsponding to T and Th. Now it is to be observed, tbxt in the lubh language any ííord beginning with
T, will, in its variations, admit both D and Th; as ciipiiJi, a lord; Lit. Ii/raiinu^, and G. Tvpafi'os \