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tach; kõ꞉₁rα꞉₂, ‘conver­sation’, kõ꞉₁rα꞉₂tʹα₃χ, ‘conversa­tionalist’, Di. cómhrádh, cómhráidh­teach; ky₁gʹα₂l, ‘distaff’, Di. cuigeal, coigéal; Lʹα₁tro̤₂mα₃χ, ‘pregnant’, Di. leath­tromach; ɔ꞉₁gα₂nα₃χ, ‘rogue’, Di. ógánach; ri₁dʹα₂gα₃χ, ‘a small bush on which the Saviour is said to have been crucified and which in con­sequence never grows to any size, wild myrtle (?)’, Di. raideog, Hogan raideóg, raiteóg. Oc­casional­ly however we get 1 3 2 as in fα₁dα₃lα₂χ, ‘slow’, Di. fadálach; Lα꞉₁nũ꞉₃nα₂χə, ‘couples’, plur. of Lα꞉nũ꞉nʹ, Di. lánamhain.

§ 478. The syllables have close stress after a short vowel and open stress after a long vowel. In forms like do̤nə, bʹαNαχt, bʹαrαd, bαtə the syllable-division is in the consonant but after a long vowel the consonant belongs to the following syllable, e.g. dα꞉-nə, dõ꞉-nαχ. When there are two conso­nants separat­ing the vowels the division comes between the two, e.g. mαs-Lαχ, ʃitʹ-rʹi꞉, ïŋ-lαχ. Hence the articu­lation of the second consonant is not generally antici­pated in the first. See further § 437.

§ 479. In proper compounds as a rule the first element receives the stress, e.g. ·bαnəLtrə, ‘nurse’; ·iʃɔilʹ, ‘game’, = oss + feóil; ·kʹïNtα꞉rNαχt, ‘bare­headed’; ·Lʹïnədαχ, ‘linen’, = líon-éadach; ·Lʹαsenʹəm, ‘nickname’; Lʹαχɔrænʹ, ‘half-crown’; ·mw⅄꞉χriαχ, ‘tender-hearted’; ·ruəvirʹigʹ, ‘iron deposits in water’. Under this head come the prefixes α‑, ‘re‑’, O.Ir. ath‑; α꞉rd‑, ‘arch‑’, O.Ir. árd; dʹe꞉‑, ‘good’, O.Ir. deg‑; sɔ‑, dɔ‑, O.Ir. so‑, do‑, e.g. ·αχαgnuw, ‘to chew the cud’; ·αχli꞉, ‘relapse’, = ath + claoidh; ·ælʹïguw, ‘relapse’, = ath + leagadh; ·α꞉rdαspo̤k, ‘arch­bishop’; ·α꞉rdæɲəl, ‘archangel’; ·dʹe꞉lo꞉r̥ə, ‘eloquent’; ·dʹe꞉wɔluw, ‘sweet smell’; ·sɔçrʹetʹə, ‘credible’; cp. the proverb bʹi꞉ dinʹə so̤nə ·sɔχo꞉rLʹαχ, bʹi꞉ dinʹə do̤nə ·dɔχo꞉rLʹαχ, ‘a lucky man is easy to counsel, an unlucky man difficult’.

§ 480. When the second member of a compound stands in genitival relation to the first it receives the stress, e.g. αhər ·Nʹï̃və, ‘serpent’; αrk ·ʃLʹeivə, ‘lizard’; bwæLʹ ·ʃeirʹə, ‘laughing­stock’; bʹïN ·tiə, ‘gable’; i꞉çəN ·fʹeilʹə, ‘the eve of a festival’, < oidhche cheann féile; kαrəʃ ·kʹrʹi꞉stə, ‘sponsor’; mαk ·aLə, ‘echo’; mʹi꞉ ·αuwrə, ‘the month of February’.