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VOWEL SOUNDS.
(22) The vcwel digraph aO i« really one single vowel. It
is always long, and resembles oeu in tlie French word ' canir/
or the u in the English word ' curl.'
(23) The short sound of aO is reijresented by a and e
final and unaccented — (cionta, còrsa, feòla, àite, uile) ; a (ea)
short before dii, g]i, and unaccented ch — (òladh, snadh, lagh,
leagh, òglach, buileach) ; a in the article in all its forms — (a',
am, an, na. nan) ; and in most of the particles — (mar, an, am,
ag (a'), &c.) ; ai and oi, short, l»cfore the liquids /, n, r ; i in
the verb 'is,' in the conjunction 'is,' in the word 'tigh'; and
(t short before gh.
(24) In the diminutive suffixes ag (-eag) and -an, a has its
short open sound a (9) — (cùlag, caileag, caolan).
Vowel Digraphs and Triguaphs.
(25) The only proper and constant diphthong's in Gaelic
are ia and ua, in which both letters are always distinctly
sounded — (grian, uan).
(26) In the other vowel combinations, when flanked by
mutable consonants, only one of the vowels is sounded, the
others merely indicating or regulating the quality, broad or
slender, of the contiguous consonants — (gràidh, laigb, ceàird>
' The reiiuircfi mmnd is more purely met with in the French word 'beau' (}>'<).
(22) The vcwel digraph aO i« really one single vowel. It
is always long, and resembles oeu in tlie French word ' canir/
or the u in the English word ' curl.'
(23) The short sound of aO is reijresented by a and e
final and unaccented — (cionta, còrsa, feòla, àite, uile) ; a (ea)
short before dii, g]i, and unaccented ch — (òladh, snadh, lagh,
leagh, òglach, buileach) ; a in the article in all its forms — (a',
am, an, na. nan) ; and in most of the particles — (mar, an, am,
ag (a'), &c.) ; ai and oi, short, l»cfore the liquids /, n, r ; i in
the verb 'is,' in the conjunction 'is,' in the word 'tigh'; and
(t short before gh.
(24) In the diminutive suffixes ag (-eag) and -an, a has its
short open sound a (9) — (cùlag, caileag, caolan).
Vowel Digraphs and Triguaphs.
(25) The only proper and constant diphthong's in Gaelic
are ia and ua, in which both letters are always distinctly
sounded — (grian, uan).
(26) In the other vowel combinations, when flanked by
mutable consonants, only one of the vowels is sounded, the
others merely indicating or regulating the quality, broad or
slender, of the contiguous consonants — (gràidh, laigb, ceàird>
' The reiiuircfi mmnd is more purely met with in the French word 'beau' (}>'<).
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Hew Morrison Collection > How to learn Gaelic > (14) |
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Description | A selection of items from a collection of 320 volumes and 30 pamphlets of literary and religious works in Scottish Gaelic. From the personal library of Hew Morrison, the first City Librarian of Edinburgh. |
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Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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