bhig

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Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

bhig

  1. Lenited form of big.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bhig bhhig mbhig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 43
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 30