Phonological

i) Delenition

MS toye - tuaidh (rather than thuaidh) (I, 1)

MS des - deas (rather than dheas) (I, 5)


(ii) Palatalisation


MS gurmist - gcuirmis (II, 4) - see note and ref. to IDPP

MS Co westmist - go bhfeasmaois (VII, 39)

MS 3a da'mist - dha déanmaois (XVI, 12 etc.)


(iii) Homorganic consonants coming together and giving plosive

MS lwm pen - liom péin (II, 9)

MS er feanow pail - air fianaibh Fáil (VIII, 15)


(iv) Preaspiration

MS a tarring clochk - a' tarraing cloch (IV, 27)

MS ho<cht> - shoc (XIII, 59)


(v) Dissimilation

MS marrome - m' anam (III, 15)

MS marru' - m' anam (IV, 35)

MS awnyt - amhra (VIII, 35)


(vi) Reduction of unstressed pretonic syllables

MS er a waill - air do bheul (V, 14)

MS a 3nait - a ghnáth (VI, 11)

MS Smor a cheyt - 's mór do chaoiche (X, 57)

MS a leyvin - do léighinn (XI, 2)



MS 3naait - [do] ghnáth (IV, 21)


(vii) Loss of unstressed final syllables

MS 3oif - gheobh[adh] (I, 19)

MS Feafryt - Fiafruigh[idh] (VII, 29)

MS fa ka'nyn - Fath[adh] Canann (X, 82)

MS keilt - Caoilt[e] (X, 64)

MS cheill - chéil[e] (XI, 60)

MS der - deir[eadh]


(viii) Addition of final syllables

MS hoirryt – thoir[each] (I, 9) ['in the east']


(ix) Loss of final consonants and consonant groups

MS Di chonna - Do chunna[ic] (III, 1; cf. 3, 5)

MS gi - ga[ch] (VI, 67, 74, 166 twice; VIII, 5, 6)

MS boya - beodha[cht] (IX, 17, 21, 29, 33)


but cf. git (VI, 142)