Theai in this phrase is generally pronounced asái (which is expected before the consonant clusterrd), even though in the wordairde itself, theai is pronounced/iː/,/ai/, or/ɔ/ ~/ɞ/ in the spoken dialects.
inairde
- aloft,above,upraised
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- ^Ó Cuív, Brian (1968),The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies,→ISBN, section 406, page123; reprinted1988
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- ^Quiggin, E. C. (1906),A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press,§ 60, page26
