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Lenited ''g'' disappears before a consonant, becomes ''w'' before words in ''go-, gu-, goo-'' and becomes ''h-'' before other vowels, e.g. ''gre'' "flock" → ''i re'' "his flock", ''gur'' "man, husband" → ''i wur'' "his husband", ''geryadour'' "dictionary" → ''i heryadour'' "his dictionary". | |||
Examples: | |||
* Lenition: ''i benn'' "his head", ''de dat'' "your dad", ''i gi'' "his dog", ''er vanon'' "the lady", ''du Dhin Edin'' "to Edinburgh", ''war hat'' "on a road", ''i wrek'' "his wife", ''a vamm!'' "mum!". | |||
* Spirantisation: ''i fenn'' "her head", ''tri that'' "three dads", ''teyr chath'' "three cats". | |||
* Nasalisation: ''naw manon'' "nine ladies", ''in Nin Edin'' "in Edinburgh", ''mung ngat'' "my road" | |||
* Aspiration: ''i h'ewidir'' "her uncle", ''an h'oungorn'' "our unicorn". | |||
For brevity, words routinely causing mutations will be marked with superscript letters in this article: <sup>L</sup> for lenition, <sup>S</sup> for spirantisation, <sup>N</sup> for nasalisation and <sup>H</sup> for aspiration. | For brevity, words routinely causing mutations will be marked with superscript letters in this article: <sup>L</sup> for lenition, <sup>S</sup> for spirantisation, <sup>N</sup> for nasalisation and <sup>H</sup> for aspiration. | ||