sentences:  Gaelic spelling rules require that maol, following creach, be lenited; that is, an h is inserted after the first letter, providing the first letter is a consonant (and not an "l", "n", or "r").This h makes the preceding consonant silent, or changes its sound ("mh", or "bh", for instance, are silent or sound like an English "v" or "w").Gaelic spelling rules also require that, with the first letter lenited, the last vowel should be slender (an "i", or an "e").