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Chris Dixon
| Posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 04:40 pm: |
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A chairde, Ceist agam oraibh. Anyone have any thoughts as to why bean has a slender b, whereas the b is broad in all of the associated compounds - such as bandochtúir, bangharda and so on? All suggestions gratefully received. Le buíochas. |
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Fear na mBróg
| Posted on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 02:43 am: |
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an bhean ainm na mná na mná ainmneacha na mban That probably has allot to do with it. In anyways, I've never heard anyone pronounce "bean" with a y-glide, ie. slender b, so removing the e makes sense. |
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Chris Dixon
| Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 03:06 pm: |
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A chara, Go raibh maith agat as do chúnamh. I suspected that the range of broad voiced bilabials that you find in various related forms would have something to do with it. Like you, I don't really hear the word initial "b" as slender - although the "bh" obviously is. One aspect that struck me as strange though was the use of what is, syntactically, a genitive plural form as a fairly standard prefix. Is it not much more common to find genitive forms as the second element in a compound? Gabhaim pardún agat as an teachtaireacht seo i mBéarla. Níl móran Gaeilge agam, ach tuigim Gaeilge shimplí... agus tá mé ag foghlaim! Le gach dea-ghuí! |
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