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AFAIK, mná is never actually pronounced in this way, it’s either [mena] with an epenthetic schwa or [mra].
by macleginn 4y ago
AFAIK, mná is never actually pronounced in this way, it’s either [mena] with an epenthetic schwa or [mra].
- dorchadas 4y agoAt least in Kerry, there's a tendency for /mna:/ (Ó Sé Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne, 33) and he explicitly states (32) that both /mn/ and /m'n'/ are legal consonant clusters at the beginning of words, no epenthesis (he gives 'don mbeannacht' as an example for the other, where the vowel is dropped). I'd suspect the rest of Munster to be the same.
- macleginn 4y agoCool, thanks! But word-final -mnt is a slightly different thing anyway.