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< M.Ir. foessam;i꞉lʹαχ,‘dung’, O.Ir. ailedu;i꞉nʹə,‘Friday’, O.Ir. oine;i꞉v wãiç,drɔχi꞉v,‘good, bad appearance’, O.Ir. óiph;i꞉viNʹ,‘agreeable’, O.Ir. áibind, óibind;i꞉vəL,‘starting of cattle with heat’, Di. aoibhill;ki꞉nʹuw(ky꞉nʹuw), ‘to cry’, O.Ir. cáiniud (Craig writes caonadh but I have only heard the form withnʹ);ki꞉rʹ hinʹuw,‘blazing fire’, Di. caor, cp.ki꞉rʹ hinʹuw ɔrt,‘the curse of blazes upon you’, O.Ir. cáir;kri꞉və,gen. sing. ofkryuw,‘branch’;mwi꞉lʹ,‘superabundance, top’ (proverbəs mʹinʹikʹ ə winʹ ə kï̃vαd mαiç ə wi꞉lʹ dəN to̤bəʃtʹə,‘a stitch in times saves nine’), Di. maoil;mwĩ꞉v,‘to grudge’, O.Ir. móidem, cp.Nʹi꞉Lʹ ʃə ən wĩ꞉tʹə ɔrt,‘it is not to be grudged you’;ʃi꞉lʹəm,‘I think’, M.Ir. sáilim (ʃfors,cp. §354). In other than syllables with chief stress—αχli꞉,‘relapse in illness’, = ath + claoidh, Di. claoidhim;kαsi꞉dʹ,‘complaint’, O.Ir. cossóit. In the inflected forms of words containing⅄꞉,ki꞉lʹə,compar. ofk⅄꞉l,‘narrow’, O.Ir. cóel;ki꞉çə,gen. sing. fem. ofk⅄꞉χ,‘blind’, O.Ir. cáich.
In a number of cases we findi꞉andy꞉side by side. For the younger people’s pronunciation of⅄꞉asy꞉,i꞉see §61.In a few wordsi꞉is the only sound one hears, e.g.fi꞉wər,‘edge’, O.Ir. faibur;tri꞉,‘to subside’ (tα꞉ N tαt ə tri꞉,‘the pain is subsiding’) < traogh, Di. traochadh, Macbain traogh, M.Ir. trágud. This word has been differentiated fromtrα꞉uw,‘to ebb’, which corresponds exactly to the M.Ir. form.tri꞉has followed the inflected forms of the verb, e.g. pret.r̥i꞉.gɔr ·ti꞉wə lʹɛ,‘to depend on’ (tα꞉ mʹə gɔr ·ti꞉wə lʹαt fαn ṟo̤d ətα꞉ ə ji꞉ç ɔrəm,‘I am relying on you for what I want’) Di. i dtortaoibh s. taobh (§416), but the simple word occurs both astiuwandtyuw,O.Ir. tóib.
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§ 125.This symbol represents a modified form ofidue to the influence of certain non-palatal consonants. Most commonlyyis an unrounded form of German ü in Güte, i.e. the fore part of the tongue is slightly lowered from the i position and is moreover retracted. Thisy(y꞉) appears instead of ï,iafterL,N,k,g,χ,ꬶand arises under the same conditions as these vowels. Examples—gydʹ,plur. ofgαd,‘switch’;ꬶydʹ mʹə,‘I stole’, Di. goidim;gyʃgen. sing. ofgo̤s,‘vigour’, M.Ir. gus;kyʃɔg,‘windle-straw’, Di. cuiseog;kytʹαg,‘lob-worm’, Craig cuiteog;χyrʹ mʹə,‘I put’, M.Ir. ro chuir;Nyuw,‘saint’, O.Ir. nóib;sNỹ꞉,‘bier’, O’R. snaoi;sNỹ꞉mʹ,‘knot’, M.Ir. snaidm. In other than syllables with chief stress—αmsky꞉,‘untidy’, Di. amscaoidheach;ə Nαsky꞉,‘gratis’, M.Ir. ascid;dʹαrkyαχ,‘scrutinising, attentive’ < dear-
