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===Epenthesis===
===Epenthesis===
Like Dhannuá, Finian also exhibits anaptyxis (the addition of vowel sounds) but in more widespread environments. Finian does not appear to allow syllable onset clusters nor consonant clusters between word boundaries inserting a vowel to break these up (''a'', ''i''). Finian  ''v'''a'''lar'' "flower" is the typical example showing a-insertion between v and l, cf. Dhannuán ''bhlór'' with no intruding ''a''. A similar phenomenon appears to occur at word boundaries, when consonant-final words encounter another consonant right after an i-insertion occurs between them, as in the question ''ist an '''i'''sa mii'' (lit. 'is that at me?', "Do I have it?") with the ''i'' inserted before ''sa''. This does not occur in with ''sa'' but with ''mii'' in the answer: ''sa ist imii'' (lit. 'that one is at me', "I have it").  
Like Dhannuá, Finian also exhibits anaptyxis but in more widespread environments. Finian does not appear to allow syllable onset clusters nor consonant clusters over word boundaries inserting a vowel to break these up (''a'' and ''i''). Finian  ''v'''a'''lar'' "flower" is the typical example showing a-insertion between etymological ''*vl-'', cf. Dhannuán ''bhlór'' with no intruding ''a''. A similar phenomenon seems to occur over word boundaries. When consonant-final words collide with a consonant-initial word, an i-insertion occurs between them, as in the question ''ist an '''i'''sa mii'' (lit. 'is that at me?', "Do I have it?") with the ''i'' inserted before ''sa''. This does not occur in with ''sa'' but with ''mii'' in the answer: ''sa ist imii'' (lit. 'that one is at me', "I have it").


===Verbs===
===Verbs===

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