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2 Aspirated _Broad_: nearly like _r_ in _rear_; as, car _a turn_, ruith _ran_, lish; a righ _O king_, seirbhe _satiety_, reat_

The _plain_, _aspirated_, _broad_, and _suished in writing; but they may, for the most part, be known from the relative position of the letters

RULE--L, N, R, _have their _PLAIN_ sound when, in the same syllable, they are immediately preceded by a plain Liquid, or i of certain cases and tenses; in all other situations, they have their _ASPIRATED_ sound They have their _SMALL_ sound when, in the same syllable, they are preceded or followed by a s Liquid; in other situations, they have their _BROAD_ sound_

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H

H is never used as an independent radical letter When prefixed to a word beginning with a vowel, it is pronounced like h in _how_; as, na h-ighean _the virgins_, na h-oidhche _of the night_

The following schely and in their several combinations The first column contains the letters whose sound is to be exhibited; the prefixed figuresthe number of different sounds denoted by the same letter The second column explains the sounds by examples or by references The third column contains Gaelic words, with their translation, in which the several sounds are exehter_, ath _a ford_

{short that ar _to plow_, abuich _ripe_

2 a {long adhradh _worshi+p_, adhbhar _reason_

{short adharc _a horn_, adhart _a bolster_

3 a short si there e se _he_, gne _sort, kind_

{shortan de _yesterday_, ce _the earth_

3 e short mother duine _a h _a king_

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2 i short this is _areat_, ln _food_

{short hot} old lo bare_

3 o {long } (2) a roghnuich _to choose_

{short} roghuinn _choice_

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1 u {long } fool {ur _fresh_, sugh _juice_

{short} {ubh _an egg_, tur _quite_

DIPHTHONGS

1 ae (1) a (2) e laeth _days_

1 ai (1) a (1) i faidh _a prophet_, claidheamh _a sword_

2 ai (2) a (1) i saidhbhir, _rich_

3 ai (1) a faisg _squeeze_, tais _soft_

4 ai (2) a aire_ of an instrument

1 ea (2) e (1) a beann _a pinnacle_, meal _enjoy_

2 ea (1) e dean _to do, make_, bean _a woman_

3 ea (2) e easlan _sick_, fead _whistle_

4 ea (1) a ceard _an artificer_, geal _white_