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Forfeda
The (sing. ) are the "additional" letters of the Ogham alphabet, beyond the basic inventory of twenty signs. Their name derives from ("wood", a term also used for Ogham letters) and the prefix ("additional"). The most important of these are five which were arranged in their own or class, and were invented in the Old Irish period, several centuries after the peak of Ogham usage. They appear to have represented sounds felt to be missing from the original alphabet, maybe é(o), ó(i), ú(i), p and ch.
Article summary
The (sing. ) are the "additional" letters of the Ogham alphabet, beyond the basic inventory of twenty signs. Their name derives from ("wood", a term also used for Ogham letters) and the prefix ("additional"). The most important of these are five which were arranged in their own or class, and were invented in the Old Irish period, several centuries after the peak of Ogham usage. They appear to have represented sounds felt to be missing from the original alphabet, maybe é(o), ó(i), ú(i), p and ch.
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