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18 OF PKONUxciATiox [Parti
3. Afpirated (q). Broad : like broad gh ; as ' dhruid*
didjijut, ' gradh' love.
4. Small : like fmall gh ; as * dhearc' looked.
5. ^àefcent ; as * faidh' a prophet y ' cridhe' the hearty
' X'&.did fayingy ' bualadh y?W>&/«^.
Rule. The confonatits c, g, t, d, have their SMALL found,
ivhen, in the fame JyllabJe^ they are preceded, or immediately fcl-
loivedy by a SMALL VOW L -, in all other Jituations they have
their BROAD found.
s.
1. Plain. Broad: \\k.& s \n fun y this ; as ^ {■^tz)^ a fcythe,
* cas' afoot, * suil' an eye, ' fcian* a knife.
2. Sfjudl. hike Jh in Jhow, ra/h ; as ' bris' to break,
' sèimh' quiet, ' fniomh' to tiL-ine, * Reidh' foundation.
3. Afpirated. Like h in him ; as ' Ihuidh'yà/, 'fhrann'
fnorted. Before / and n, it is almoft, if not altogether,
quiefcent •, as * fhlanuich' healed^ fhniomh' tivijied. 5 fol-
lowed by a mute confonant is never afpirated.
Rule. S has its small founds ivhen^ in the fame fyllable^
it is preceded or folhived by a SMALL FOfVLL, ivith or ivith-
Ciii an intervening Lingual. In all other fttuations it has its
BROAD found. Except. S is broad in ' is' am. It is fmall
in * fo" this, * fud' yon. It is customary to give s its broad
found in the beginning of a word, when the former word
ends with r, in which cafe the r alfo has its broad found,
as * cliuir linn' ive put, ' air fon' en account.
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(q) It is certain that tlie natural sound of d aspirated is that
of [the Saxon ^ or] th in thou ; as the natural sound of / aspira-
ted is that of th in think. This articulation, from whatever cause,
has not been admitttd into th. Gaelic, either Scottish or Irish ;
alth. ugh it is used in the kindred dialects of Cornwall and
Wales.