(i) Imperative/present indic. triallmaid (II, 1) - imperative, or 1 pl. pres. indic.?
(ii) Pres./fut. confusion Pres. indic. used as future marbhmai[d]-n[e] (II, 11, and similar forms in 13, 23)
cha dtig (II, 22, 24)
cha deyd - cha dtéid (IX, 227)
Future used as pres. adéar-sa (II, 29)
MS Ne hy'nassit - ní h-<inneósad> (VI, 19) but retained MS Ni hy'nosit (VI, 35)
(iii) Erosion of subjunctive forms MS Dane vaga - D n bhfaicthea (III, 9)
MS Da wacca - Da <bhfaicthea> (XI, 81, 129)
(iv) Retention of subjunctive forms MS gi [superscr.] wayassi - go bhfaghasa (VI, 66)
MS Mir a 3ana ma - Mura dhéana mé (VI, 61)
MS a waym bas - [d]a bhfagham bás (VI, 154)
MS Co westmist - go bhfeasmaois (VII, 39)
(v) Unusual forms of endings 1 pl pres. indic. MS Marmy' – Marbhmai[d]-n[e] (II, 11)
MS Tuttmy' - tuitmi[d]-n[e](II, 23)
MS varmon - mharbhmai[d]-n[e] (II, 13)
(vi) Loss of -g of ag before vb n MS a doll - a' dol (V, 16, 18)
MS a moskleit - a' mosgladh (V, 40)
MS a brat a 3illi - a' breith (VI, 64)
MS a tarring clochk - a' tarraing cloch (IV, 27)
MS a shelgi - a' sealg (XVII, 79)
(vii) Copula (a) dob becomes a b' MS a barri - a b'fhearr (V, 29, 46)
MS a bar - a b'fhearr (XIII, 103)
but retained - MS di balin - do b' álainn (V, 36)
MS di bimmi - do b'iomadh (V, 38)
MS di bi raa - do bu réidh (VI, 44)
(vii) Substantive Classical form of 3 sg preterite retained – MS di weit - do bhí (V, 50)
MS di wee - do bhí (X, 86)
Bha (as in Scottish Gaelic) MS ne wai 3aw - na bha dh' ágh (VI, 12)
MS a waa marve - a bha marbh (VI, 122)
(viii) Relative do reduced to a MS Noyr a hwyt - 'Nuair a shuidheadh (V, 37) MS a roynit - a rinne (V, 57) MS a ronyt - a rinne (V, 65) MS a l<e>gga woyn (VI, 140) MS Nor a 3oyf - 'Nuair a ghabh (VII, 13) MS Mor <a> chonik - Mar a chunnaic (VII, 45) MS mir a weissit - mar a bhíos-sa (XI, 105) MS a ne - a ní (XI, 62) MS a quhym< > - a chuadhm<ar> (XVI, 1) MS a 3arwe - a dhearbhadh (XVI, 124) (ix) Loss of relative do MS dwn we ann - duin[e] [a] bhí ann (XVI, 3)
(x) Duplication of preverb do MS di 3agamir - do dh'fhágamar (VI, 91, 99)
MS a 3aik sin - a dh'fhág sinn (VI, 96)
MS a chasgir sin - a chasgair sinn (VI, 102)
MS di 3aig sin - do dh'fhág sinn (VI, 107)
MS say 3aigsin - 's é dh'fhág sinn (VI, 138)
MS a dowri - a d'fheóraich (IX, 94)
MS di 3obbredir - do dh'fhóbradar (IX, 212)
(xi) Lenition of preverb do to dh’ MS 3arremay - dh'áirmheadh (VI, 141)
MS 3earemir - Dh'iarramar (XVI, 5)
MS 3earemar - Dh'iarramar (XVI, 121)
but MS Dearemar - D' iarramar (XVI, 9, and indicated by abbreviations in XVI, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29)
(xii) Reduction of preverb do MS a saych - a s[h]aich (VII, 72)
MS (a le<n>s a har) - <do leanas-sa siar> (IX, 41)
(xiii) Loss of preverb do MS chur - [do] chuir (VIII, 18)
(xiv) Retention of preverb do in dependent position MS nat dorrimir - nach d'fhuaramar (XVI, 11)
MS nat d[ ] - nach d'[fhuaramar] (XVI, 11, 15, 19)
but MS nat forrimir - nach fuaramar (XVI, 7)
(xv) Lenition of past pass. following preverb MS di churri - do chuireadh (VIII, 15)
(xiv) Analytic verb forms MS Neir cleacht m‚ - Níor c[h]leacht mé (IX, 5)
MS Di (royn missin) - Do rinn mé sin (IX, 13)
MS Char 3ult ay - Char dhiúlt ‚ (XIII, 61)
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