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“An bhfuil torthaí ón gcailín?” or “An bhfuil torthaí ón chailín?” Hi dear Irish speakers! :) Recently I saw this phrase: “An bhfuil torthaí ón gcailín?” - “Does the girl want fruits?”. But as I know ón = ó + an, and causes lenition. But here it is eclipsed. Is it right, please? And if it must be eclipsed, could you refer me to a rule about it, please? Thank you all!

Apr 24, 2017 2:13 PM

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Both are correct. It depends on the dialect. In the north of Ireland (Ulster Irish, and perhaps also the Irish of north Mayo) lenition occurs after preposition+article, in the south eclipsis occurs, although even many southern dialects lenite after "sa" ("i" + "an") and "don" ("do" + "an").

April 26, 2017

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