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14 N. FHOCLAIR GAIDHLIG AGUS BEURLA.
lo founds fometimcs like ee Englifti, as hbalrt^ a lacrlfice, hbradb,
iacrificing, dkbradh^ forfalclng, &c.
lU
III founds long infiu^bantas, worihinzQ, ftiuraJb^ fleering.
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Oi has tl;e o long, and i fhort, in hlgh^ a virgin, thir, purfuit, toir-
tachd^ to purfuc, b'old^ a vo\v,/c/ci, a turf, o;^e, youth : or fliort, as ;;fc,
yealih, /if/, vapour, /cw, rcfl, hifgcadb, burning.
UA
Ua founds long in cluas, the ear, buar, k\ne,fuar, cold.
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Ui founds the u long and the i fl^ort, in ulr, earth, /«///, a flail ; fhort
in full, blood, n;ijir, the fea.
VI. Of the Triphthongs.
A Triphthong is the union of three vowels in the famefyllable.
They are five in number ; viz. c:j, coi^iai, iui, luii; they are all found-
ed long, and feic'om occur but in words of one fyllable j lametimes they
cccur in the firfl fyllable of poll) fyllables.
AOI
1. Has a found Vike the diphthong ao, and an cbfcure i, as aoibbncas^
joy, cjsi?2, mild, laugh^ calves.
2. It has a nafal found, with the i fomewhat longer in nao'tmb^
faint?, viao'm^ fubflance, naoidbean, an infant, mnaoi, to a woman,
m^zidbeamb, upbraiding.
3. It founds like w/, in caoiJ^, walling, claudbcjtuh, overwhelming,
d.ici, wicked, laoidb, an hymn^fao'i, good.
EOI
Eoi founds like eo, and a fliort ?', as bcoir^ beer, feud, brave men,
trco'v^ firength, vigour. .
lAI
lal founds like ia, and an obfcurc l\ as an d'uigb, afterwards.
IUI