Is the "f" typically pronounced or silent in the second-person singular conditional? For example "déarfá"?

GRMA

Redwolf

It is silent in Cois Fhairrge dialect, but pronounced like th in the rest of Connemara, i.e., as if spelt déarthá.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

GRMA (agus grma as ucht an ceartúchán fosta!)

Same thing in Donegal [ˈdʲɛːɾha]

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

That's interesting, it's pronounced in Munster /dʹiarfɑ:/.

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

Except in Ring where it is also /d'iarha:/

It also used to be a 'thá" or "theá" termination in Cork Irish for the imperfect subjunctive i.e. after dá. The modh coinníollach is used after "dá" usually today.

see dá nglánthá, http://corkirish.wordpress.com/verb-con ... n/glanaim/

Cian.

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Please wait for corrections/ more input from other forum members before acting on advice

Yes indeed, in traditional grammar:
Dá nglanthá do sheomra, thabharfá an t-airgead duit.

With the imperfect/past subjunctive in the conditional clause and the conditional in the main clause.
(Sorry Redwolf, you probably don't want more grammar!)

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal