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ORTHOGRAPHY.
I, n, and r are always
plain, and the only Gaelic
consonants doubled in a
syllable, as*
To/?, a hole ; sannt, i
Obs. 1. — The aspirated
sounds of eight of the conso¬
nants are represented in the
foregoing key by the five single
letters v, x, y, f, and h, which,
being evidently too few to pre¬
vent ambiguity, are never used
to represent the secondary or as¬
pirated sounds of any of the con¬
sonants in Gaelic orthography.
Obs. 2.—A consonant joined
in the same syllable with a, o,
or u has a broad sound, and a
consonant with i or ei has a
small sound.
Sc, sg, sm, sp, st are
never aspirated in the be¬
ginning of a word.
SYLLABLES.
A syllable is a single
sound, a word, or part of a
word, as a, ant; male in
maker.
There must be at least
one vowel in every syllable.
A word of one syllable is
called a Monosyllable, as
pen.
A word of two syllables,
is called a Dissyllable; as,
er-ror.
LITIREACHADH. 27
Tha /, m, agus r a ghna
lom, agus is iad na h-aon
chonnraganGaelig asheasas
dubailt ann an smid ;* mar,
desire ; torr, a heap.
Faic. 1.—Tha fuaimean seid-
each ochd de na connragan, iar
an riochdachadh annsan iuchair
roimh so, leis na cuig litrichean
singilt v, x, V<f ’us h, agus iar
dhoibh sin a bhi gu soilleir ro
bheag gu da-sheadh a sheach-
nadh; cha do ghnathaicheadh
riamh iad, gu fuaimean seideacb,
aoin air bith de na cbnnragan
a riochdachadh, ’an litireachadh
Ghaelig.
Faic. 2.—Tha fuaim leathan
aig connraig naisgte ’san aon
smid ri a, o, no h, agus fuaim
caol aig connraig ’san aon smid
ri i no ei.
Cha sheidichear sc, sg,
sm, sp, st ’an tus focail, uair
air bith. ■
SMIDEAN.
Is i smid fuaim singilt,
focal, no pairt a dh-fhocal;
mar, a, balg, agus mead
’am meadar.n
Feumaidh an car a ’s
lugha aon fhuaimrag a bhi
anns gach smid.
Theirear Aon-smid ri
focalaomsmid; mar,peann.
Theirear Darsmid ri focal
da smid; mar, mear-achd.
• For the secondary sounds of /, n, r, see list of irregular nouns of the first
declension.