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3. Ogham q in all positions becomes MS. c, rh. 



4. The other initial consonants are those of 3is. Irish of all periods. 



5. Of final consonants, s only is noted ; it disappears before the latest 

 Ogham forms appear, but may be written artificially, as in Gosochtas 223, and 

 perhaps in the genitives in -ais. 



6. Where plural genitives are noted as possible, final n is absent. 



7. Between vowels, early Celtic -v is still found in oghams, but disappears 

 in MSS. 'Lvigw.vvecG2ill2 = Lugach.^ Rittavvecas 69 = i2-?^/;/<(-//. Cattuvvirr 69, 

 Cattvvirr 112 = Catlmr-us L. Arm., Caithcr in genealogies (= gen. written 

 (7rti;/i/rBB 218/3-^37). 



8. When Ogham intervocalic v persists in MS. forms, it is almost certainly 

 an alternative writing for aspirate b. Dovatuci J, 1895, p. 27, 123 = nom. 

 DuUhocli, L. Arm. later DvMliach. Luguvve 3 (nom.) = Lughe. Valuvi 242 

 = Fciilhi. Cf. Gaulish LatoUos, Vindohios, Ogham Ditibeas, Dolatibi, Eracobi. 

 This V may belong to the later notation only. 



9. *avias, gen. avi = 0. I, cme, gen. aui, ]\Iid. I. ?/«, Mod. I. 6 (ua), gen. 

 ui, i. 



10. Iva-, as an element in personal names (Gaulish ivo-, Irish co, ' yew/ 

 late Latin ivus, French if; see Holder s.v. ehuros, Irish ibar, iuhhar, which 

 seems to have a different origin or history; cf. Ivomagus, Ivorix), becomes 

 EvO' in Evolenggi, iu-, io-, eu-, eo- \ lulenge 47 = *Ivalengias = MS. Eolainge 

 nom. Eolaing; Ivageni, J, 1908, p. 54 = logen-amis, Adamnan, Evgcn AU, 

 Eogan, Eoghan ; Ivacattos = Eocliado (0 hEochadha, anglicized Haughey, 

 Hoey, etc.). 



11. biva- = heo, bivi- = U : Bivaidonas, nom. *Bivaidus = Bcoaid, Bcoid. 

 Bodibeve = Ogham Bocib . . . read Boddib [ivi ?] in bilingual (Latin and 

 Ogham) inscr. Llanwinio, Carmarthenshire = nom. Buaidheo ; Biviti 80, nom. 

 *Bivitias = Bithe-us, Bitte-us, Biethe-us, L. Arm. ; Luguduc- maqi Maqi-Bi 184, 

 late Ogham for *Bivi = U gen. of bed. 



12. Ogham v after d (aspirate) becomes ]\[S. h (aspirate) in Medvvi J, 1898, 

 p. 230, nom. Medb (masc.) L. Arm. So doubtless after I, n, r. 



13. Ogham q becomes MS. c and ch. qv is once found, Q,vecea 210. q is 

 regularly subject to palatalization by e and 1, hence probably had the sounds 

 kv and ho, but the group qr appears to resist palatalization. Luguqritt 27 

 = 0. I. Luccreth, Mid. I. Luccra(ijd; qrimitir 56 = cruimtMr; ftritti 27 = nom. 

 Cruth, L. Arm. Cf . Cruithni - Prctani, crann = Welsh 2»'C'ii, cruimh = Welsh 

 X>ryf, 0. Welsh lorem. 



1 Lugach gen. seventeen times Bl3 216-223. Cf. JlatLufjach, of the Fiana, Ber Liigach, Bar 

 Lugachf a female name. - Read Lugudec P 



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