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Isn't it: leog dom féin?
I think it's probably both, I picked a contrived example off of teanglann:
https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/%C3%A9irigh_d%C3%ADom.
But with your example of leog/lig, you've got me thinking of another question regarding the terminal 'gh' sounds.
Namely, how does this work with those first conjugation verbs that end in (a)igh - suigh, léigh, dóigh etc.
For léigh and dóigh I guess the long vowel means that the terminal g sound should work in the same way as outlined in my original post, right?
léigh - 'léas', 'léis', 'léigh sé' = [l'e:s, l'e:s', l'e: s'e:] but 'léigh séan é' = [l'e:g' s'ɑ:n e:]
dóigh - 'dhós', 'dhóis', 'dhóigh sé' = [ɣo:s, ɣos', ɣo: s'e:] but also 'dhóigh séan é' = [ɣo:g' s'ɑ:n e:]
But I'll be honest, in both cases for the 3rd person with a noun, dropping the 'g' sounds better to my ear (dhóigh séan é = [ɣo: s'ɑ:n e:]).
I suppose I'd like to confirm the munstery-ness of dropping the 'g' in this instance, as it may be some Galway-ness slipping into my Irish.
'suigh' I'm slightly more stumped by though since there's no long vowel and it's monosyllabic.
In the past tense, certainly we get these: [hi:s, hi:s', hig s'e:] - But do we also get [hi s'e:] in the 3rd person or dare I say [hi: s'e:]???
I don't think we get either in Munster, and the same thing for something like 'nigh', I would never ever expect the 'g' sound to drop.
But I'm prone to being wrong and would love some confirmation on my ramblings above!
Bonus question, 'I sat down' = 'shuíos síos' = [hi:s s'i:s]. Presumably there's a sandhi here where the latter of the 's' sounds wins out and we get [hi:s'i:s]?
But would that not then end up sounding the exact same as 'shuís síos', so would a native just opt to keep a firm distinction between the 's' sounds or just avoid the welded form altogether in this case e.g. shuigh mé síos?
Brain dump done, thanks for listening.