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Parti.] AND ORTHOGRAPHY. Ò
I
1 has two founds.
1. Both long and iliort, like ee Infeem : long ; as * mm'
fvioctk, ' righ' a king : fiiort ; as * min' tfiea/j ' crith' ireni'
blifjg*
2. Short and obfcure, like i in this,- as ' is' <7w, art, &g.
O
O has three founds.
1. Both long and fhort : long, fomewhat like o in
more ; as ' mor' great, ' or' golci, ^ dochas' expeSfathn :
fhort, like o in hot ; as ' mo' my, * do' tky, * dochann'
2. Both long and fliort : long, nearly like o in old; as
* lom' ^.7r^, * toll' a hole : fhort •, as ' lomadh* making bare^
' tolladh' boring.
3. Both long and fliort, like ( %) z (e) : long; as * fogh-
lum' to learn: fliort ; as * roghuinn' choice j ' logh' to forgive,
U
U has one found, both long and fhort, like oo in fool :
long ; as * ùr* fre/h, ' ùraìch' to renew : fhort ; as ' ubh an
egg, * urras' afure/y.
OF THE DIPHTHONGS.
There are thirteen Diphthongs reckoned in Gaelic ; ae,
ai, ao ; ea, ei, eo, eu ; ia, io, iu ; oi ; ua, ui. Of thefe,
ao, eu, ia, ua, are always long : the others are fometimes
long, fometimes fhort.
Ae.
The found of ae Is made up of ( i ) « long, and (i ) ^ fhort.
This Diphthong hardly occurs, except in ' Gael' a Gaul or
Highlander, and * Gaelic' the Gaelic language, (f)
The
(e) That is the second sound a?signed to a.
\f) The plural of ' la' or ' latha' a day. is sometimes written
« laeth' i