Editing Interpunct (section)

=== Old Irish ===
In many linguistic works discussing [[Old Irish]] (but not in actual Old Irish manuscripts), the interpunct is used to separate a pretonic preverbal element from the stressed syllable of the verb, e.g. {{lang|sga|do·beir}} "gives". It is also used in citing the verb forms used after such preverbal elements (the [[prototonic]] forms), e.g. {{lang|sga|·beir}} "carries", to distinguish them from forms used without preverbs, e.g. {{lang|sga|beirid}} "carries".<ref>{{cite book| page=25| title=A Grammar of Old Irish| first=Rudolf| last=Thurneysen|author-link=Rudolf Thurneysen| others=trans. D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin| year=1946| publisher=Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies| isbn=1-85500-161-6}}</ref> In other works, the [[hyphen]] ({{lang|sga|do-beir}}, {{lang|sga|-beir}}) or [[colon (punctuation)|colon]] ({{lang|sga|do:beir}}, {{lang|sga|:beir}}) may be used for this purpose.