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o, before a broad vowel, like c in can, as earn,
a heap of stones.
before a small vowel, like k in keen, as ci:m,
heads.
eh, before or after a broad vowel, is like ch
in loch, as chuir, put; deoch, a drink.
oh, before or after a small vowel is like the
Greek chi as pronounced in Scotland, as
chi, shall see; deich, ten.
0, ftt the end of a syllable is like chk, as mac,
aon. Exceptions, chunnaic, ionraic, oirdheirc,
e"iric.
chd, is like eft in loch with k added.
d, before a broad vowel is like d in door, as
dorus, door.
d, before a small vowel is like d in dew, as
dean, do.
dh, before or after a broad vowel has no sound
in English exactly like it.
dh, before or after a small vowel is like y in
formity with the spelling of the rest of the
language. 6eoandstorf ai-e also the more correct
as representing the Old Gaelic foruis seo
yield, as dhibh, of you; fe":dh, deer (pi.)
f , is like/ in English.
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fh, at the beginning of a word is silent, except The
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Orthography generally adopted in 'his Dictionary
is that used by the best scholars of
in the words fhuair, fhathast, whan it is
like h in hat.
tiie
g, before a broad vowel is like g in go, as present day.
gal-h,
take.
g, before a small vowel is like g in give, as
INFLECTIONS.
g
exactly like it.
n, befo v f a small vowel is like n in rew. as
neach, aper.-ion.
nn, after a broad vowel has no sound exactly
lifceitin English.
nn, after i is like n in pinion.
n, after c, g, m, t, is usually like r, ascnarah,
decay, digest; guiomh, dted, action; mnathau,
women; iim, envy; but correct speakers
pronounce it n.
p, like pin English.
ph, at the beginning of a word is like f as phill,
returned.
a, before or after a broad vowel is like s in English.
s, before or after a small vowel is liko sh, as sin,
stretch ; tais, soft.
ah, at the beginning of a word is like h, as shin
(pro. been,) stre'ched.
t, before or after a broad vowel ii like t in tone,
as tog, rais-e ; lot, a wound.
fc,
before or after a small vowi-1 in like the
first element of ch in chin, as teino. flre.
th, at the beginning of a word is like h, as ihig,
come.
th, in the middle and end of a word is silent, as
bathar, pro. ba-ar,
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poods ; baLh (pro. la)
drmcn.
1, n, r, are the only letters that are do'i'lod iti
'he mi ldlr> of f, word. No letter is douoiud &t
the begiriiiing of a word.
ORTHOGRAPHY.
The chief exceptions to the above rules fremet
with in writing are :
Suently
s, is ; so, this ; sud, yonder ; ged, although ;
and tigh, a house.
We have continued the usual way of spelling
is and ged throughout this work, but there is
an increasing tendency to spell "so" SCO,
"sud' 1 siod, and "tigh" taigh, so we have
adopted these forms as b.'iag more in uni-
before .Nouns of both genders beg. lining with
every letter of the Alphabet, an;l m sacu relation
with Prepositions aa to bnn- oat all the
possible forms.
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