Dental-Cluster Mutation Limits
Mutation is constrained in some dental clusters. Teach the actual constructions and attested forms instead of applying a universal replace-initial rule.
How It Works
Mutation is constrained in some dental clusters. Teach the actual constructions and attested forms instead of applying a universal replace-initial rule.
Dental restrictions apply to particular grammatical sequences. After an in an ordinary feminine common-case phrase, d and t do not acquire lenition, so an doras's masculine shape is not evidence that every unlenited noun is masculine. Aon and the prefix an- have their own dental restrictions; learn the construction, not a universal ban on adjacent dental sounds.
Examples (3)
- Tá an deoch fuar.
The drink is cold.
- Tá an teanga beo.
The language is alive.
- Tá sí an-deas.
She is very nice.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Revisit a known mutation trigger to learn its dental restrictions.
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