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§ 40. Very frequently o꞉ arises in stressed syllables containing O.Ir. e, a or o followed by bh or e, o followed by mh. The sound represented by bh, mh was a bilabial w which coalesced with the preceding vowel, the stages being . In some cases the older stage αu has been preserved. Thus in dα̃wuən, ‘world’, an alternative pronunciation to do꞉n, O.Ir. domun, which is perhaps more general, cp. G. J. 1896 p. 146; dαuwi꞉, ‘vat’, M.Ir. dabach; dʹαuwi꞉, ‘nagging’, O.Ir. debaid. (a) Examples of o꞉ < O.Ir. om, dõ꞉nαχ, ‘Sunday’, M.Ir. domnach; do꞉nəL, ‘Donald’, M.Ir. Domnall; do꞉nʹ, ‘deep’, O.Ir. domain; ko꞉gər, ‘tool’ (?); kõ꞉lə, ‘door-valve’, M.Ir. comla; kõ꞉nĩ, ‘dwell’, M.Ir. comnaide; kõ꞉r, ‘partnership’ (ə gõ꞉r fα, ‘sharing’), Meyer comar; kõ꞉rsə, ‘neighbour’, Meyer comarsa; kõ꞉rα̃꞉, ‘converse’, M.Ir. comrád; ko꞉rLʹə, ‘advice’, O.Ir. comairle; tõ꞉s, ‘measure, guess’, O.Ir. tomus. For kõ꞉nirʹ, ‘coffin’, Meyer comra see § 442. Here we may also mention the forms rõ꞉m, rõ꞉d, rõ꞉Nʹ, rõ꞉v < romham, romhad &c. < rem‑. (b) Examples of o꞉ < O.Ir. ab, go꞉r, ‘goat’, O.Ir. gabor; go꞉l, ‘groin’, O.Ir. gabul (this word is practically forgotten in the meaning of ‘fork’, for which the English word is used. J. H. however has it but pronounces it gαuwəl), cp. tα꞉ go꞉l mαiç bwæNʹə ɛgʹ ə wɔ꞉ ʃïnʹ, ‘that cow has a good bag of milk’, vɛ꞉r̥ə mʹə kick sə ꬶo꞉l ꬶydʹ, said by boys, go꞉lαχəs, ‘springing’ (of a horse), cp. Macbain gobhlachan, ‘person sitting astride’; go꞉m, imper. go꞉, O.Ir. gabimm [in the meaning of ‘take’ glαkuw is now used. The present go꞉m is chiefly heard in go꞉m pa꞉rdu꞉n didʹ, ‘excuse me’, the imperative is used to mean ‘go’, also ‘come’ as go꞉ (ə)ʃtʹαχ, ‘come in’, go꞉ əNαL, ‘come over here’. The infin., past part. and passive forms are used in the sense of ‘arrest’, note also Nʹi꞉ veiNʹ gUtʹə lʹeʃ, ‘I would not be bothered with it’]; o꞉Nʹ, ‘river’, cp. Meyer aba, gen. sing. aband; to꞉rtʹ, ‘to give’, O.Ir. tabairt (frequently shortened to tɔrtʹ), to꞉rtʹəsαχ ʃα Nʹαr, ‘observant’, to꞉rtʹαχ, ‘liberal’, to꞉rtənəs, ‘offering, gift’, Nʹi꞉ ho꞉r̥ʹə mʹə (hu꞉r̥ʹə), ‘I shall not give’, Craig writes ní thabharfaidh but this I have not heard; Lo꞉rtʹ, ‘speak’, O.Ir. labraim; sLo꞉k, ‘viscid kind of sea-weed’, Hogan slabhacán, comes from English ‘sloke’. (c) Examples of o꞉ < O.Ir. ob, go꞉, ‘smith’, O.Ir. goba; ko꞉rʹ, ‘relief’, O.Ir. cobir; ro꞉rtə, ‘spring-tide’, O.Ir. robarti; ro꞉wə, ro꞉uw, ‘warning’, M.Ir. robad. (d) Examples of o꞉ < O.Ir. eb, fʹjo꞉s, ‘excellence’, M.Ir. febas; Lʹo꞉r, ‘book’, O.Ir. lebor, also in the asseveration formed from this word, Lʹo꞉gə, i.e., by the book’ > ‘indeed’; mʹjõ꞉rʹ,
