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Ogham Letter E - Eadhadh

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Eadhadh is the Irish name of the nineteenth letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚓ.

In Old Irish, the letter name was Edad. Its phonetic value is [e]. The original meaning of the letter name is unknown, but it is likely an artificially altered pairing with Idad, much like Gothic pairþra, qairþra.

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Symmetric, Closed shape, Monochrome, Contains straight lines, Has no crossing lines.

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Ogham Letter E - Eadhadh is part of the Ogham Alphabeth group.

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