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10 ORTHOGRAPHY. [PART I.Note.— This rule and the preceding do not apply to theletter p. (See also p. 18, Par. 6, and p. 31.)4. In compound words, the initial consonant ofthe second word of the compound is aspirated(with a few exceptions) thus from ceann, a:head, and bpac, a garment, is formed ceannbpac,head-garment or canopy. (See also p. 84, Tar. 2.)5. The interjections a and O, as signs of thevocative case, aspirate as a; pip, man.6. An adjective agreeing with a noun has itsinitial consonant aspirated when the noun isnominative singular feminine, or genitive singularmasculine, or vocative singular of both genders ;and, according to O'Donovan, in the nominativeplural masculine, when the noun ends in a consonant;as b6 bdn, a white cow; cciic bdin, of awhite cat; a pip iii6ip, great man; a beanpeiiii, mild woman ; capaill bcina, white horses,(b and c are sometimes excepted see : p. 34.)7. The initial consonant of a verb is aspirated(1) in the infinitive mood by the particles bo anda ;as bo bdanab or a beanab, to do: (2), in thesimple past tense, active voice as bo; peap p6, hostood :(3) by tho particles nf, not, and md,if: as nf beio pf, she will not be; md peapemnp6, if he stands; (4), by the relative a, who,(expressed or understood) as an ce a; buaileapthe person who strikes. (See also pp. 58 and GO.)8. Tho simplo prepositions, with some exceptions,aspirate the initial consonants of nouns : asaip bdpp, on top; bo liiuliac, to a summit; paoigean, under affection.III.ECLIPSIS.1. A consonant is said to be eclipsed, or to suffereclipsis, when its sound is suppressed, and thosound of another consonant which is prefixed toit, substituted: thus in n-bdn, b is eclipsed by n,