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26 ORTHOGRAPHY.
LITIREACHADH.
A consonant without the
h annexed to it is plain, as
bean.
Examples of the plain
and aspirated sounds of the
consonants are here sub¬
joined.
5. Key.
Fuaim Lom. Plain Sound.
b, blais, bluish, to taste,
baist, baisht, to baptise,
bligh, hie, to milk.
c, ceum, keum, step,
caol, kaol, a frith,
crom, krom, to bend.
d, dorn, dorn, a fist,
druigh, druey,to impress,
dit, dgeet, to condemn.
f, fasan, fausan, fashion.!
fill, feill, to fold.
freagair,/re&cr, to answer.
g, gradh, gradh, love,
gealag, gyalag, a grilse,
glac, glak, catch.
m, mor, morr, big.
marbh, man, to kill,
mil, meel, honey,
p, paidh, pae'y, to pay.
peasair, pesar, pease,
pronn, proivn, pound.
s, seas, shes, stand,
sabh, saav, to saw.
sin, sheen, to stretch.
t, tilg, teelig, to throw,
toll, towll, to bore,
traisg, traisk, to fast.
• A Greek letter.
t F aspirated, becomes silent, or
eclipsed.
Tha connrag gun h ri ’cul
lom, mar bean.
Tha samplairean de
fuaimean lom agus seidichtc
nan connragan iar an cur
sios an so.
5. luchair.
Fuaim Seidichte. Asp. Sound,
bh-fl bhlais, vlaish.
bh-® bhaist, vaisht.
bh-B bhlidh, vie.
ch-% (chi)*cheum, %eum.
ch-% (chi) chaol, %aol.
ch-^j (chi) chrom, %rowm.
dh-y dhorn, yorn.
dli-y dhruigh, yruey.
dh- dhit, yijt.
y'/t-t/'/iasan, asan.
fh-f/dll, eeil.
/A-/Areagair, reker.
gh-y ghradh, yra'dh.
gh-y ghealag, yealag.
gh-y ghlac, ylak.
mli-e mhor, vor.
mh-r mharbh, van.
mh-B mhil, veel.
ph-/ phaidh, fae’yh.
ph-/ pheasair, fesar.
ph-/ phronn, frovonn.
sh-A sheas, hes.
sh-A shabh, haav.
sh-A shin, heen.
th-A thilg, heelig.
th-A tholl, howll.
th-Ar thraisg, hraisk.
• Litir Ghreugach.
+ Tha /seidichte, samhach, no neul*
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