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so far retained, that the adventitious letters are passed over, with an almost imperceptible flexion of the voice.

In like manner d and ġ, which, always in the beginning of words, and frequently in the middle, have a clear and strong sound, are very commonly used at the end, merely to give a fuller vowel cadence to the termination; as, neartuġad, to strengthen, rig, a king.

ORTHOGRAPHICAL TABLES.

Familiar words of one syllable.

Aspirated consonants.

Mo mac, my son
mo bàs, my death
ro beag, very small
an bean, the woman
mo beul, my mouth
mo bonn, my sole
mo meall, my knob
mo mian, my desire
mo biad, my meat
an mias, the dish
cnáim, a bone
sliab, a mountain
naom, a saint

neam, heaven dub, black deilb, a form

sgéim, beauty uaim, a grave

tarb, a bull

dam, an or

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criad, clay

fuact, cold
tuaid, north
fliuć, wet
dríuċt, derv
liaiġ, a physician
noċt, night
mo ceann, my head
mo súil, my eye
mo cos, my foot
mo śrón, my nose
ruad, reddish
uct, the breast
grad, love
fiad, deer

deoė, a drink

laċt, milk
mead, Meath
nuad, new
maġ, a field
beać, a bee

fiać, a crow
eać, a horse
crod, a portion

seact, seven
oct, eight

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deić,

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Long Diphthongs.

Glóir, glory

stróic, a slice móin, turf

reult, a star

meur, a finger

deur, a tear

feur, grass

geug, a branch

grian, the sun siar, west

cliar, clergy

pian, pain ciall, sense

éad, jealousy

céard, a trade

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taom, a fit

sraod, sneezing caor, a sheep taos, dough

blaosg, a husk

laoġ, a calf lae, of a day céir, wax

féil, a vigil féin, self réid, ready

céim, a degree fuar, cold

cluas, ear gruag, hair fual, urine uan, a lamb cuan, a bay cruać, a rick cuać, a cuckoo cuag, a daw fáil, a ring sráid, a street

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coill, a wood cloid, a hedge

toit, smoke oisg, an ewe teas, heat deas, south fear, a man ceann, a head sean, old

geal, white breac, speckled

gean, love

fearg, anger dearg, red

leact, a tomb

ceis, a sow

ceist, a question

sail, a beam

staid, a state

sailm, a psalm cailc, chalk cairt, paper straif, white thorn cait, of a cat

slait, of a rod

Triphthongs.

caoin, fine aois, age maoil, bald naoi, nine

aoi, an island

beann, a high top

speal, a scythe

aoib, courteous feoil, flesh stiuir, a rudder ciuin, gentle

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súist, a flail

c, g, m, and t before n. déirc, alms

Gne, a kind

cno, a nut

mna, of a woman

do mnaoi, to a woman

tnút, envy

cnap, a knob

cnoc, a hill

cnob, a maggot

cnáib, hemp

cnaoi, a consumption

cnead, a wound

gnát, a custom

gniom, an act

gnod, business

gnúm, a notch

Promiscuous.

mi, a month lar, middle ban, white gorm, blue an tsúil, the eye a llam, her hand druim, the back na gcos, of the feet a cosg, to restrain gul, weeping truag, pity fuirm, form toil, will dúil, expectation sgian, a knife

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aon, one

tirm, dry bo, a cow

or, gold plúr, Aour

bfuil tu? are you raib me, I was

ainm, a name

beid me, I will be lorg, a trace glás, green crann, a tree fág, leave so, this sin, that siad, they ruinn, a division chum, to

a ngár, near a bfad, far

garg, fierce faoi, under

suas, up

síos, down suid, sit

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leann, ale

léig,

ug, an egg beoir, beer

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léig, read a dul, to go

linn, with us lib, with you

Familiar words of two syllables,

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ab-ać, a dwarf
fear-dact, manhood

bat-ais, crown of the head ag-aid, the face

fab-rad, eye-lids
rad-arc, sight
am-arc, look

sgorn-ać, throat
broll-ać, breast
corr-méar, fore finger
dub-ain, kidney
uac-tar, instep

ream-ar, fat

in-cinn, brain

sgam-og, lungs dub-liat, spleen

fait-ne, a wart fiab-ras, a fever crit-eac, ague tact-ad, strangling cut-ać, furious lob-rad, leprosy claim-e, itch marb-aė, deadly srot-fa, sneezing bruct-ać, belching codl-ad, sleeping com-rad, conversation eisd-eact, hearing ciall-aig, sensible beod-act, briskness meob-air, memory çuim-ne, recollection

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