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54. Accent.—Syllables are classed as Accented and
Unaccented. The Accented Syllables are those which
are spoken with a certain stress on the voice, which is
absent from the Unaccented Syllables. In words of
more than one syllable, the accent is on the First Syllable.
•Certain small words of a connecting or indicating nature,
as, an (the), air (on), are never accented. Some words of
frequent occurrence are accented or unaccented according
to the circumstances in which they occur; and some¬
times words having Long vowels when Accented, have
Short ones when Unaccented, e.g.—
lha e bea0. \|je jg Jittle—e unaccented and short.
Is he little. J
55. Diphthongs.—Two Vowel Sounds coming together
without an Intervening Consonant or Hiatus, spoken
with but one impulse, and seeming to glide into one
another, or, in other words, forming one syllable, are
called Diphthongs. They may be classified as follows :—
56. I.—Diphthongs of which i is the second element.
Cha ’n 6.
Not he.
Cha bhi e.
Not be he.
Na bi feargach.
Not be angry.
| He is not—k accented and long.
| He will not be—Bhl accented and long.
' j-Be not angry—Bi unaccented and short.
LONG,
ainihne
O and i.
doimhne
doibh
cloimh
V and i.
craoibh
doill
oighre
U and i.
tuill
duibhre
SHORT.
daimh
caibeal
troimh
coimeas
caibe
oibre
cuip
suipeir
B