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... consonant was never followed by a back vowel or a neutral consonant by a front one . A consonant normally had no influence on a preceding vowel ( such forms as meic ( c ) , mic , genitive of mac ( c ) ' son ' , are quite exceptional ) ...
... consonant was never followed by a back vowel or a neutral consonant by a front one . A consonant normally had no influence on a preceding vowel ( such forms as meic ( c ) , mic , genitive of mac ( c ) ' son ' , are quite exceptional ) ...
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... consonant , as it still does in Scottish Gaelic ( Manx Gaelic is not relevant here , since it uses a different orthography ) , it now represents / i / preceded by a neutral consonant ... consonant - clusters consist of consonants of 227.
... consonant , as it still does in Scottish Gaelic ( Manx Gaelic is not relevant here , since it uses a different orthography ) , it now represents / i / preceded by a neutral consonant ... consonant - clusters consist of consonants of 227.
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... consonant was identified with some Irish consonant , either palatal or neutral , it might often happen that a foreign consonant - cluster might consist , from the Irish point of view , of consonants of unlike quality . Such a cluster ...
... consonant was identified with some Irish consonant , either palatal or neutral , it might often happen that a foreign consonant - cluster might consist , from the Irish point of view , of consonants of unlike quality . Such a cluster ...
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THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND II | 11 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXTS | 31 |
TEXTS | 76 |
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