Re: Gaelic names (was: names in conlangs)

Quoting Thomas Leigh <thomas@...>:

> Sgrìobh Elliott Lash:
> > The _i_ is a mark of palatalization on the following
> > consonant:
> >
> > Donnchadh mac Fearchair  /donxa mak fjarxarj/
> > Fearchar  mac Domhnaill  /fjarxar mak do~nalj/
> >
> >  (note that that's VERY approximate, don't quote me on
> > the pronunciation of the final <-dh> and the
> > pronunciation of the double <n> or <l>. Also, <j> is
> > meant to show palatalization and probably should be
> > written differently in sampa, maybe r_j, f_j, l_j.
>
> You've missed the lenition; masculine names are both lenited and
> slenderized in the genitive:
>
> Donnchadh MacFhearchair ["d_tOn_t@x@G ma~x"k_hE4@x@D] "Duncan
> Farquharson", lit. "Donald son of Farquhar"
'Fh' is silent?

                                                    Andreas

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