Part 3 (1/2)

The sound of _ui_ is either made up of the sounds of both the vowels, or like that of _u_ alone

1 Made up of (1) _u_ and (1) _i_: _u_ long, _i_ short, as, suigheag _a rasp-berry_; _u_ short, as, buidheann _a coual or a Palatal, not quiescent, the _i_ loses its sound, and only qualifies that of the following consonant; hence,

2 Like (1) _u_ long: as, duil _expectation_, cuig _five_; short, as, fuil _blood_, muir _the sea_

OF THE TRIPHTHONGS

There are five Triphthongs, in each of which _i_ is the last letter: aoi, eoi, iai, iui, uai In these the two first vowels have the sa The final _i_ is sounded short; but before a Palatal or a Lingual, not quiescent, it loses its sound, and only qualifies that of the following consonant

AOI

1 Made up of _ao_ and (1) _i_; as, caoidh _lah _calves_

2 Like _ao_; as, caoineadh _wailing_, maoile _baldness_

EOI

1 Made up of (2) _eo_ and (1) _i_; as, geoigh _geese_

2 Like (1) _eo_; as, ers_

3 Like (2) _eo_; as, deoir _tears_, treoir _ability_

IAI

1 Like (1) _ia_; as, fiaire _more awry_

IUI

1 Like (2) _iu_; as, ciuil _of music_, fliuiche _more wet_ {10}

UAI

1 Made up of (1) _ua_ and (1) _i_; as, luaithe _quicker_

2 Made up of (2) _ua_ and (1) _i_; as, cruaidh _hard_, fuaim _sound_

3 Like (1) _ua_; as, uair _time, an hour_, cluaise _of an ear_

OF THE POWERS OF THE CONSONANTS

The simple powers of the consonants differ not lish Those called __, approach nearer in force to the corresponding _tenues_ _p_, _t_, _c_, than they do in English