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Aimsigh focalScríobh focal Gaelige Torthaí ón cuardachD [] : Amharc i gcomhthéacs D |
(DAIR, the oak tree), the fourth letter of the Modern Irish alphabet; it is eclipsed by N, eclipses T and resists aspiration after N; is sometimes prosthetic as in (D)ADAMH, DÉIDEARBHADH, {et cetera}; it sometimes interchanges with g, i and t, in early Irish with N, and slender {dative} with R; DH interchanges with GH and TH, as OIGHRE, ice, {also, alias} heir for OIDHRE; AIMREARDHA, AIMSEARTHA; initial {dative} is {often} a relic of Original do or de; as OPPOSED to s (So-) -st has a negative value; e, {genitive} DAOR, DAOI, DUAITHNLDH, DOBHARTHA, {et cetera} (See Do-). | |
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', contr, before vowels and FH -SH vowel, for do, DC, preps., e, {genitive}, D'AILL, to or off a Cliff; for do, {possibly} {pronoun} (which sometimes becomes T'); e, {genitive} D' (T') ATHAIR, thy father, do D', (AD') MHOLADH, praising thee; {also, alias} for do, verbal particle, {perfect} tense, aet, and pass., and verbal noun. | |
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