Prepositions with Nasal Mutation

Letter	→	Result	Example
Voiceless Stops
IN+C	→	I CH	cerin → sui cherin like the mounds
IN+P	→	I PH	perian → sui pheriain like the hobbits
IN+T	→	I TH	talan → sui thelain like the tree-houses
Voiced Stops
IN+B	→	I M	bâd → sui maid like the paths
IN+D	→	I N	dath → sui naith like the abysses
IN+DR	→	IN DR	draug → suin droeg like the wolves
IN+G	→	I Ñ	galadh → sui ñelaidh like the trees
IN+GL	→	IÑ GL	glân → suiñ glain like the hems
IN+GR	→	IÑ GR	graw → suiñ groe like the bears
IN+GW	→	IÑ GW	gwaun → suiñ gwoen like the geese
Fricatives
IN+F	→	I F	falas → sui felais like the shores
IN+H	→	I CH	ham → sui chaim like the chairs
IN+S	→	I S	sigil → sui sigil like the necklaces
IN+TH	→	I TH	tham → sui thaim like the halls
Nasal
IN+M	→	I M	mirian → sui miriain like the silver coins
IN+M	→	I N	ninglor → sui ningloer like the golden water-lilies
Voiced Approximants
IN+L	→	I L	lass → sui laiss like the leaves
IN+R	→	IDH R	raef → suidh raef like the nets
Voiceless Approximants
IN+HW	→	I CHW	hwand → sui chwaind like the sponges
IN+LH	→	ITH L	lhaw → suith law like the pair of ears
IN+RH	→	ITH R	rhoss → suith ross like the whisper
Ancient Nasal-Stops
IN+B	→	I MB	bauglir → sui mbauglir like the tyrants
IN+D	→	I ND	dîr → sui ndîr like the men
IN+G	→	I ÑG	golovir → sui ñgelevir like the Silmarils

These prepositions cause Nasal mutation because they end with N.

These prepositions combine with the plural "the," and thus use Nasal Mutation. The rest of the prepositions do not combine with "the."

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