"Blianta, míonna, seachtainí, laethanta agus uaireanta."
Translation:Years, months, weeks, days and hours.
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is "laethanta" the exception to the rule "caol le caol agus leathan le leathan"?
You're right! There is a tiny handful of words that don't follow this rule. Another exception would be ospidéal hospital. Also, the rule doesn't apply to compound words (like UaSirideain's great example breithlá).
'ae' is how 'é' is written when it is between two broad consonants, so the consonants next to it are understood to be broad.
"Breithlá" is another exception, but it's clearly two separate words "breith (birth)" and "lá (day)" put together.
By the same rule, I wonder does "thanta" mean anything on it's own...
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As far as I know in this case the exception is not because laethanta is a compound but because "ae" is being treated as a single broad vowel and therefore the vowel after the "th" is broad also. The same thing happens in several other (non-compound) words such as "Gaeltacht" and "aerach".
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Sorry - just saw AnLonDubhBeag's post saying pretty much the same thing. By the way - has anyone got any idea what the story is behind "ospidéal" breaking the rule?