The Scottish Celtic review

THESCOTTISH CELTIC PtEYIEW.No. 2.—N0VEMBER, 1881.THE LAWS OF AUSLAUT IN IRISH.Contimtedfrom Page 40.( Translated from an important paper by Prnfr. WindUch, of Ltipiiij, in the Beitr.zur Geschichle tier Deiitschen Sprac/ie und Lileratitr, N'ol. iv., 1S77, andrevised hy the Author.)P..LOSS OF ORIGINAL I'lN'AL SYLLABLES.Every final syllable formed diftereutly [from those of which wotreated in the first part of this article] is lost a.s an indejjendeiitsyllable—not only every final .sj'Uable which consisted originallyof a short or a long vowel, or of a diphthong, but also everyfinal syllable which consisted of a short vowel with s or t, orof a short or long vowel with a nasal. But there still remainboth regressive and progressive effects of the once existing.syllable : regressive, when its vowel, in the form which it lastassumed, has thrown its reflex into the preceding syllable, whichhas taken place invariably when the vowel was i; progressive,when an original vocalic auslaut, in certain combinations capableof being formulated, aspirates the anlaut of the following word,and when an original nasal auslaut is preserved at the beginningof the following word, if that word begins with a vowel or amedial.a. TERMINATIONS \V1TH S- AUSLAUT.I. as stood originally in auslaut. Before this syllable disappeared,its vowel, iu some cases, was preserved as a (withperhaps a leaning towards o) ; but, in other cases, it wasweakened to e or The agreement with Greek and Latin in?'.this weakening of the vowel, is very striking.