Caibidil a Ceathair Déag: 

Initial Mutations(na hAthruithe Tosaigh)


Initial mutations are changes in the beginnings of words which serve a grammatical purpose. Such alterations to the beginnings of words appear at first unusual and do not occur in the German or English languages. They are although typical for all modern living celtic languages.

Lenition (séimhiú)
  Lenition
  Appearance
  Features
  Usage

Eclipsis (urú)
  Eclipsis
  Appearance
  Features
  Usage




Prefixes (na réamhlitreacha)
  Prefixes
  t-prefix
  h-prefix
  n-prefix
  d'-prefix

Causes of the Initial Mutations
  Causes


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