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Some Consonant Clusters in Irish (thbhl, thbh, thbhr, thchl, thfh, and ch-chl) Posted by on Dec 21, 2019

(le Róislín) Irish can have up to five consonants in a row, something we rarely encounter in English.  These situations usually occur because a prefix has been added to a word, so the seemingly simple “cleas” (trick) can become “droch-chleas” when we add the prefix “droch-” (bad).  In this case, with “ch” followed by “ch,”…

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Cairn Chonsan le “sf-“ agus “sv-“ Posted by on Jan 23, 2011

In this blog, we don’t have to deal with the question of “séimhiú” or “gan séimhiú” since the consonant clusters “sf-“ and “sv-“ are never lenited.  But they’re intriguing nonetheless, so let’s take a further look.  I recently mentioned “sfioncs” and “svaeid,” as samplaí.  Those two words comprise about cúig faoin gcéad of the total…

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