LABIALS.
P.
1. Plain. Like p in English; as, poll a pool, pill return.
2. Aspirated. Like ph or f in English; as, a' phuill of the pool, phill returned[[11]].
B.
1. Plain. Like b in English; as, baile a town, beo alive.
2. Aspirated. Like v in English, as, bhuail struck. In the end of a syllable the articulation is sometimes feeble, and often passes into the vocal sound of u[[12]]; as in marbh[[13]] dead, garbh rough, dabhach a vat.
M.
1. Plain. Like m in English; as, mac a son, cam crooked.
2. Aspirated. Somewhat like v in English, but more feeble and nasal; as, mhathair O mother, lamh the hand. The sound mh has the same relation to that of bh, as the sound of m has to that of b. Sometimes, like bh, it becomes a vocal sound like a nasal u; as, in damh an ox, samhradh summer: and sometimes the articulation becomes so feeble as not to be perceived; as, comhradh speech, domhainn deep.