Labhrás wrote:
-ach -> -aigh
-each -> -igh
preabarnach -> ag preabarnaigh
béiceach -> ag béicigh
Search for "caol le caol agus leathan le leathan", the most important spelling rule in Irish.
Pronunciation depends on dialect.
In Cork probably /ig´/ (with a palatalized g
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A palatalized g (slender g) is a
voiced palatal plosive.
Though it is not that strongly palatalized in Irish, it is rather a voiced
palatovelar plosive (more similar to "gy" than "dy")
I think g is often slender in English. Slenderisation is not phonemic in English, but it just turns out we have some slender consonants. Eg. in the word "king", both consonants are slender. And in the word "wig" you have slender g. It is in fact hard for native speakers of English to pronounce the broad c and g in Irish, eg. cuin (dogs) is liable to come out as "cin" (= decide, determine).