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Elements of Gaelic Grammar

by Alexander Stewart

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P.

1. Plain. Like p in English; as, poll a pool, pill return.

2. Aspirated. Like ph or f in English; as, a’ phuill of the pool, phill returned11.

B.

1. Plain. Like b in English; as, baile a town, beo alive.

2. Aspirated. Like v in English, as, bhuail struck. In the end of a syllable the articulation is sometimes feeble, and often passes into the vocal sound of u12; as in marbh13 dead, garbh rough, dabhach a vat.

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