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| English jib || || <span style="color: #008000;">sioba/seibe</span> || <span style="color: #6600CC;">gib</span> ||

| English jib || || <span style="color: #008000;">sioba/seibe</span> || <span style="color: #6600CC;">gib</span> ||

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| English ''jot'' (poss. L. <span style="color: #6600CC;">iota</span>)<sup>2</sup> || a bit || <span style="color: #008000;">tiota</span><sup>2</sup> || <span style="color: #6600CC;">giota</span> ||

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| English ''jot'' (poss. L. <span style="color: #6600CC;">iota</span>)<sup>2</sup> || a bit || <span style="color: #008000;">tiota</span><sup>2</sup> || <span style="color: #6600CC;">giota/siota</span> ||

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| English ''joust'' ||  || <span style="color: #008000;"></span> || <span style="color: #6600CC;">giústáil</span> ||

| English ''joust'' ||  || <span style="color: #008000;"></span> || <span style="color: #6600CC;">giústáil</span> ||

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<sup>1</sup> So basically some areas dropped the h- and some turned it to t-, which is also the explanation for those awful spellings with <span style="color: #008000;">t-H</span> or weird <span style="color: #008000;">t-</span> initials you sometimes see on Gaelic street signs like <span style="color: #008000;">An t-Òb/Muinntir an t-Òb</span> (Leverburgh on Harris for example). It's nothing of the sort, it's just a case of <span style="color: #008000;">tòb</span> i.e. the place is actually called <span style="color: #008000;">An Tòb</span> - which makes <span style="color: #008000;">muinntir an Tòb</span> a totally regular form without any need for grammatical contortions.<br>

<sup>1</sup> So basically some areas dropped the h- and some turned it to t-, which is also the explanation for those awful spellings with <span style="color: #008000;">t-H</span> or weird <span style="color: #008000;">t-</span> initials you sometimes see on Gaelic street signs like <span style="color: #008000;">An t-Òb/Muinntir an t-Òb</span> (Leverburgh on Harris for example). It's nothing of the sort, it's just a case of <span style="color: #008000;">tòb</span> i.e. the place is actually called <span style="color: #008000;">An Tòb</span> - which makes <span style="color: #008000;">muinntir an Tòb</span> a totally regular form without any need for grammatical contortions.<br>

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<sup>2</sup> Although <span style="color: #008000;">tiota</span> in Gaelic is conceivable a case of the <span style="color: #008000;">t</span> of the definite article latching onto the noun i.e. <span style="color: #008000;">an t-iota > an tiota</span>. But with Irish <span style="color: #6600CC;">giota</span> clearly a backformation, it could equally be <span style="color: #6600CC;">iota</span> > *thiota > <span style="color: #008000;">tiota</span>.<br>

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<sup>2</sup> Although <span style="color: #008000;">tiota</span> in Gaelic is conceivable a case of the <span style="color: #008000;">t</span> of the definite article latching onto the noun i.e. <span style="color: #008000;">an t-iota > an tiota</span>. Irish <span style="color: #6600CC;">giota</span> suggests a backformation from <span style="color: #6600CC;">iota</span> > *thiota > <span style="color: #008000;">tiota</span>. But Irish also has <span style="color: #6600CC;">siota</span>... it's a bit of a chicken and egg question...<br>

<sup>3</sup> It depends on the timing - modern English has a /j/ at the start of ''use'' but the original loan from Norman French <span style="color: #6600CC;">us</span> did not have this initial /j/. So if it is a really old loan, the <span style="color: #008000;">ù</span> just represents English /u/. If it's a more recent loan, it's a backformation of /ju/ » /uː/.

<sup>3</sup> It depends on the timing - modern English has a /j/ at the start of ''use'' but the original loan from Norman French <span style="color: #6600CC;">us</span> did not have this initial /j/. So if it is a really old loan, the <span style="color: #008000;">ù</span> just represents English /u/. If it's a more recent loan, it's a backformation of /ju/ » /uː/.

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Prosthetic f, backformation or eagal and feagal