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becomes r but ʃ remains. These are ko̤r ʃi꞉s tʹinʹi, ‘put some fire on’; ər ʃαχrαn, ‘astray’.

Similarly r + ʃ gives rs as in ə fʹαr sən, ‘that man’.

§ 462. nʹ, Nʹ become N before t, d. Examples – bʹïN tiə, ‘gable’ (bʹiNʹ); ʃïN tαluw gα꞉fʹαχ, ‘that is spongy land’; kï̃vnʹαχə mʹə ʃïN didʹ, ‘I shall remember that of you’; rïN tuw ʃïnʹ əs kɔs ə dαkə, ‘you did that without any provo­cation’, = rinne tú sin as cos i dtaca, Di. taca (?); wo̤N de α χydʹ ɛədi꞉, ‘he pulled off his clothes’ (bhain).

§ 463. nʹ, Nʹ become n before ṟ, e.g. ʃαχtən ṟï̃və hα̃uwinʹ, ‘a week before All-hallows’; o꞉n ṟuə, ‘the Red River’ (name of a stream) = abhainn ruadh.

§ 464. tʹ, dʹ become t, d before t, d, e.g. gən bo̤Nt dɔ꞉, ‘without touching it’ (bwiNʹtʹ); vi꞉ ʃɛ α heʃαNt dŨw̥, ‘he was shewing it to me’ (tʹeʃæNʹtʹ); α꞉t tiə, ‘site for a house’ (α꞉tʹ); ærʹə ə hɔrt dŨw̥, ‘to take care of myself (to꞉rtʹ); hït tuw, ‘you fell’ (hitʹ), ko̤d de, ‘a part of it’ (kydʹ); əs mʹihid didʹ, ‘it is high time for you’ (mʹihidʹ).

§ 465. n becomes N before L, N, t and d, e.g. əNʹei N Lα꞉ Nʹe꞉, ‘after yesterday’; dʹerʹuw N Le꞉, ‘the end of the day’; əN Lα꞉ əwα̃꞉nʹ, ‘one day’, = aon lá; fα wo̤N Nə to̤ləχə, ‘around the bottom of the hill’ (bun); dαN tuw, ‘you remained’, = d’fhan tú; dʹαN də jiçəL, ‘do your utmost’.

§ 466. rʹ becomes r before Lʹ, lʹ, Nʹ, e.g. ər Lʹeç, ‘apart’; ər Lʹαr, ‘in a fix, astray’; kʹïN ə Nʹïr lʹei, ‘the head of the grey man’; to꞉r lʹαt, ‘take with you’; bʹi꞉ o̤bər lʹɔ꞉fə, ‘they require attention’ (obair); Nʹi꞉r lʹɛ꞉r lʹïm ə dUw̥, ‘the black was not clear to me’; αhər Nʹï̃və, ‘serpent’.

§ 467. lʹ + lʹ gives Lʹ, e.g. ə fʹαr ə çu꞉Lʹ LʹiNʹ, ‘the man who walked with us’, = an fear a shiubhail linn; tα꞉ ʃïnʹ kɔsu꞉Lʹ Lʹef, ‘that is like it’.

Similarly nʹ + nʹ gives Nʹ, e.g. ʃiNʹ NʹαhəNỹ꞉, ‘those are things...’.

§ 468. nʹ + lʹ gives NʹLʹ, e.g. Nʹi꞉ hα꞉Nʹ Lʹïm, ‘I do not like’, = ní h‑áin liom, cp. G. J. 1896 p. 146 col. 2. For other examples see § 254.

§ 469. lʹ, nʹ + ʃ give Lʹʃ, Nʹʃ e.g. mʹi꞉ Nə su꞉Lʹ ʃiər, ‘the