| No. 7.—Vol. V.] | DUBLIN, OCTOBER 1st, 1894. | [Price 6d., post free. |
| [No. 55 of the Old Series.] |
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EASY LESSONS IN IRISH.
(The First Part is now issued in book form: see advertisements.)
EXERCISE LII.
ḋ AND ġ CONTINUED.
§ 317. Before ḋ and ġ silent the short vowels are pronounced as if long.
| a | becomes | á; | as | maġ (mau), a plain. |
| i | „ | í | „ | Briġid (bree′-id), Brigid. |
| o | „ | ó | „ | boḋar (bō′-ăr), deaf. |
| u | „ | ú | „ | cruḋ (kroo), a horseshoe. |
§ 318. Exceptions.
oḋ, oġ, followed by a vowel, are usually pronounced ou in the South and West; as, boḋar (bou′-ăr), roġa (rou′-a), choice.
§ 319. It is only in the accented syllables of words that a is lengthened to á. In words like madaḋ, where the accent is on the first syllable, the ḋ is simply silent in Munster Irish; but in the other parts of the country this termination -aḋ is pronounced (oo); thus:—
| madaḋ, a dog (modh′-oo, | Munster | modh′-ă). |
| bualaḋ, a beating (boo′-ăl-oo, | „ | boo′-ăl-ă). |
| madaḋ ruaḋ, or, in Munster, madraḋ ruaḋ, is often used for a fox; the proper word is sionnaċ (shiN-ăcH). | ||
§ 320. Cuir cruḋ nuaḋ ar an láir. Cuir bróg nuaḋ ar Art óg. Ní ḟaca mé Briġid ag an tobar; ḃí an madaḋ óg agus an cú mór, agus an laoġ ruaḋ ag an dún. Atá Euḋmonn dall agus boḋar. Fuair an madaḋ bualaḋ trom ó Niall. Ní ḟaca an sionnaċ an cú ag teaċt.
§ 321. The dog did not see the deer on the mountain. The mountain was high, and the deer was young, and there was tall grass growing on the mountain. I have a horse-shoe in my pocket. Hugh is not deaf. The dog was astray on the mountain.
EXERCISE LIII.
ḋ AND ġ CONTINUED.
§ 322. When ḋ and ġ are silent, as they are in the end and middle of words, short digraphs are lengthened thus:—
| After silent ḋ or ġ |
ai | is pronounced as if | aí, | that is, | ee | |
| oi | „„ | oí | „ | „ | ||
| ui | „„ | uí | „ | „ | ||
| uai | „„ | oí | „ | oo′-ee |
§ 323. WORDS.
| buaiḋ (boo′-ee), victory. | oiḋċe (eeh-yĕ), night. |
| Corcaiġ (kŭrk-ee), Cork. | suiḋ (see), sit. |
| cruaiḋ (kroo′-ee), hard, not soft. | uaiġ (oo′-ee), a grave. |
| § 324. | Are often | ||
| Words like | pronounced | ||
| croiḋe | (kree′-ĕ), | heart, | kree |
| luiḋe | (Lee′-ĕ), | lying, | Lee |
| suiḋe | (see′-ĕ), | sitting, | see |
| buiḋe | (bwee′-ĕ), | yellow, | bwee |
