Irish Lesson 81
PRONUNCIATION REVIEW
Pronounce the combinations "adh" and "agh" as (eye) when they are in accented or initial syllables.
Examples:
adharc (EYE-uhrk), horn; radharc (REYE-uhrk), view; fadhb (feyeb), problem; aghaidh (EYE-ee), face; laghad (LEYE-uhd), smallness; saghas (seyes), sort.
If an "i" or "e" follows the "adh" or "agh," an "i" will be needed between the "a" and the "adh" or "agh"; the spelling becomes "aidh" or "aigh." The (eye) sound is retained.
Examples:
taighde (TEYE-de), research; aighneas (EYE-nuhs), dispute; caighdeán (keye-DAW*N), standard; saighdiúir (seye-DYOO-ir), soldier.
The "i" is added, too, if a consonant after the "adh" or "agh" is to have its slender sound.
Examples:
aidhm (eyem), aim; maidhm (meyem), explosion. Make sure that the broad "m" sound in "adhmad" differs from the slender "m" sound in "aidhm."
If the "adh", "aidh" or "aigh" is at a word end and unaccented, the sound may be either (uh) or (ee). Examples:
samhradh (SOU-ruh), summer; samhraidh (SOU-ree), of summer; ceannaigh (KAN-ee), buy.
The group "agh" is rare at the end of a word. Where it occurs in misspelled Irish place names, it usually should be "ach".
For all the above rules, memorize the examples, not the rules.
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