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Table 5.1: Lenition in Irish Basic hci hgi hti hdi hpi hbi
consonant /k k / /g g / /t t / /d d / /p p / /b b /
Mutated consonant hchi /x x / hghi /G G / hthi /h h / hdhi /G G / hphi /f f / hbhi /w v/
Fricatives
hsi hfi
/s s / /f f /
hshi hfhi
/h h / /∅ j /
Nasals
hni hmi
/n n / /m m /
hni hmhi
/n/ /w ˜ v/
Laterals
hli
/l l /
hli
/l l /
Vibrants
hri
/r r /
hri
/r /
Plosives
´ Siadhail, 1989: 112) (Source: O
4. Lenition between two dental segments (i.e. lenition of a dental preceded by another dental) may be blocked in certain contexts; the segments involved include t, d, r, l, n. A relevant example is the blocking of lenition after the article, as shown in (21).
(21) Irish (Wigger, 2000 4-03-10) an(L)
d´ uchan
ART.NOM.F.SG potato blight(F).NOM.SG
‘the potato blight’
However, lenition between two dentals might be preserved between the head noun and an attributive dependent (adjective or noun), as in (22).