g

gort, ivy, the seventh letter of the Gaelic alphabet now in use. When this letter is followed by one or more of the vowels a, o, u, it sounds nearly like g in gap, goose or rather, it is sounded harder than g and not so hard as c. G at the end of a word, if preceded by one or more of the vowels a, o, u or a liquid, sounds most frequently like k in rook, hook, as, rug, bore, thug, gave; (pron. rook, hook). Gh, before a, o or u has an aspirated power, to which there is no correspondent sound in English, but when followed by e or i, it sounds like y in ye, as, gheibh, will get. Gh, at the end of words or syllables is seldom pronounced at all, as, faigh, get; rìoghachd, a kingdom. When g is preceded by i or followed by e or i, it has a mellow sound, like g in girl, as, gin, produce; géire, sharpness. In conversation g is often elided in agam, agad, againn, agaibh. In Arran it is elided also in Gilleasbaig, Eanraig, thàinig, Dòmhnas Càsg (Easter Sunday) and in sealg in latha shealg na cuthaige; is preserved in Sasgann, though not in Sasannach and in some instances it has become t or d after s at the end of a syllable, as uiste (for uisge, water); sothaistean (for sothaisgean, primrose).

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