Verb_Lenition

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Indicative verb-forms:
 * ~  ||||~ specific/generic ||
 * ~  ||~ dependent ||~ independent ||
 * ~ past ||= //**-**// ||= **lenis** ||
 * ~ non-past ||= //**-**// ||= **fortis*** ||
 * ~ conditional ||= //**-**// ||= **lenis** ||

Imperative verb-forms: **fortis***

=1. Fortis and lenis verb-forms=

a. Every independent verb-form is either lenis or fortis.

b. Definitions.

2. Independent indicative verb-forms

b. Independent past- and conditional tense verb-forms are always lenis.

c. Independent future-tense verb-forms are generally fortis.

Exceptions: the ones which don't take an -(a)idh suffix: //**bheir**// (will give), //**nì**// (will do), //**thig**// (will come), //**gheibh**// (will get), //**chì**// (will see), //**their**// (will say), //**thèid**// (will go).

also: bheirear, etc.

Relative future verb-forms (coz of the relative particles a and na).

3. Dependent indicative verb-forms

4. Imperative verb forms

d. Imperative verbs are generally fortis.

Exceptions: thoir, thig.

e. Dependent verbs - depends on the preceding particle.

c. There is one important difference between what we can call **v-lenition** and normal lenition. When the result of lenition is a word that begins with a (surface) vowel, then a ** //dh// ** syllable onset is prefixed to it.

For example:
 * ** //ionnsaich// ** (to learn) v-lenites to ** //dh'ionnsaich// ** (learned).
 * **//òl//** (to drink) v-lenites to //**dh'òl**// (drank).

Notably this also happens when the verbal root starts with an F, followed by a vowel -
 * //**fosgail**// (to open) v-lenites to //**dh'fhosgail**// (opened), since the pronunciation of //fhosgail// starts with a vowel.
 * //**fàg**// (to leave) v-lenites to //**dh'fhàg**// (left).
 * but: //**freagair**// (to reply) v-lenites to //**fhreagair**// (replied), whose pronunciation does not start with a vowel, rather than //***dh'fhreagair**//.