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 Gaelic + Inuit + Hivantish + English
+Greekify Irish slender consonants
 Inuit words subject to Irishy sound changes
+word order is more flexible than in Old Irish
+Capital: Daomaist, from Hivantish "Dymuwistu" <- dhuHmo-h2westu
+Preserves Old Irish /θ ð/
+"What if Old Irish became a Balkan sprachbund language, losing infinitives etc."
+==Morphology ==
+=== Nouns ===
 Preserves a lot of case inflection in suffixed indefinite articles, via a suffixed ''áirithe'' "certain"
-word order is more flexible than in Old Irish
+Possessive suffices from OIr emphatic clitics? "his" is (lenition)--san
 *nom sg. ''ech áirithe'' > ''echar'' 'a horse'
 *gen sg. ''eich áirithi'' > ''eichri''
 *prep sg. ''euch áirithiu'' > ''echru''
-*acc sg. ''euch n-áirithe'' > ''echnar''
+*acc sg. ''euch n-áirithe'' > ''echna''
 *nom pl ''eich áirithi'' > ''eichri''
-*gen pl ''ech n-áirithe'' > ''echnar''
+*gen pl ''ech n-áirithe'' > ''echna''
-*prep pl ''echaib''
+*prep pl ''echaibh''
-*acc pl ''echu h-áirithi'' > ''echur''
+*acc pl ''echu h-áirithi'' > ''echuhar''
 Definite nouns get the OIr definite article mutations (with no preposed article) + -a(i)s:
-* nom sg ''t-echas'' 'the horse'
+* nom sg ''t-echsa'' 'the horse'
-* gen sg ''eichis''
+* gen sg ''eichse''
-* prep sg ''echas''
+* prep sg ''echsa''
-* acc sg ''n-echas''
+* acc sg ''n-echsa''
-* nom pl ''eichis''
+* voc sg ''a eich!''
-* gen pl ''n-echas''
+* nom pl ''eichse''
-* prep pl ''echaibis''
+* gen pl ''n-echsa''
+* prep pl ''echaibhse''
 * acc pl ''h-echus''
+* voc pl ''a echu!''
+==== o-stem masc. ====
+*nom sg. ''echar''
+*gen sg. ''eichri''
+*prep sg. ''echru''
+*acc sg. ''echna''
+*nom pl ''eichri''
+*gen pl ''echna''
+*prep pl ''echaibh''
+*acc pl ''echur''
+* nom sg ''t-echsa''
+* gen sg ''eichse''
+* prep sg ''echsa''
+* acc sg ''n-echsa''
+* voc sg ''a eich!''
+* nom pl ''eichse''
+* gen pl ''n-echsa''
+* prep pl ''echaibhse''
+* acc pl ''h-echus''
+* voc pl ''a echu!''
+==== ā-stem fem. ====
+* nom sg ''túathar''
+* gen sg ''túaither''
+* prep sg ''túaithri''
+* acc sg ''túathnai''
+* nom pl ''túathár''
+* gen pl ''túathna''
+* dat pl ''túathaib''
+* acc pl ''túathár''
+=== Verbs ===
+Preserves object prefixes but simplifies them; only conjunct and prototonic forms are used for most verbs
+* no-m-(L), no-t-(L), n-a-(N), no-s-(N), no-n-, no-bh-, no-s(N)- (no- can be replaced with another preverb e.g. ní-)
-Capital: Daomaist, from Hivantish "Dymuwistu" <- dhuHmo-h2westu
+Get object incorportaion from focused objects?