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Her and H-Prefixing

Level 1

Possessive a meaning her does not lenite consonants: a bád. Before a vowel it prefixes h: a hathair.

How It Works

Possessive a meaning her does not lenite consonants: a bád. Before a vowel it prefixes h: a hathair.

A meaning her leaves ordinary consonant initials unlenited. Before a vowel it adds h, as in a hathair. Compare her boat a bád with his boat a bhád; the possessor changes even though the written possessive itself is identical.

Examples (3)

  1. Seo a bád.

    This is her boat.

  2. Tá a mála anseo.

    Her bag is here.

  3. Tá a hathair sa bhaile.

    Her father is at home.

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aLevel 1Her and H-Prefixing

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Distinguish her possession from the homographic leniting his pattern.

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