Blair Collection > Argyleshire pronouncing Gaelic dictionary

RUDIMENTS OF GAELIC GRAMMAR.
Plural Number of Adjectives of one
syllable, adds a to the nominative singular
masculine ; and then follows the general
rules for the rest of the case. See exam-
ples, last page; as, fear mòr, a great
man ; fir mhùra, great men ; bean mhor, a
great woman; mnathan mora, grcai wo-
men ; eun mòr, coin mhòra, geàdh mòr,
geoidh mhòra, a great ooosE, great geesz.
The Second Declension of Adjectives,
like that of nouns,«is characterised by i,
and obser\^es the same rules through all
their variations, which, in both declen-
sions, consist chiefly in changes of the ini-
tial form and terminations, depending on
the circumstance, whether used with, or
without, the article, and of what gender.
Examples.
Singular. Plural,
Fearmarbh, a dead Fir mharbha, dead
man. men.
Fhir mhairbh, of a Feara, -aibh marbh,
dead man. of dead men.
Fhear marbh, to a Fearaibh marbha, to
dead man. dead men.
O fhir mhairbh, Fhearbhaibh -a mar-
dead man. bha, dead men.
Am fear marbh, the Na fir mharbha, the
dead man. dead men.
An fhir mhairbh, of Nam feara marbha,
the dead man. of tiie dead men.
An 'n fhear mharbh, Na fearaibh marbha,
to the dead man. to the dead men.
Bean mhath, a ^ood Mnathanmatha.^flod
womaru women.
Mna maith, of a ^ood Ban matha, of good
woman. women.
Mnaoi mhaithe, to Mnàibh mathaibh,<o
the good woman, good women.
Bhean mhath, Mnathan matha,
good woma n, good women.
A' bhean mhath, the good woman. G. ^a.
mna. maith, of the good woman. D. An 'n
mnaoi mhaith, t o the good woman, V. A'
bhean mhath, the good woman.
Plural. Na mnathan matha, the good
women. Nam ban matha, of the good women.
Na mnathaibh or muaibh matha, to the
good women. O mna mnatha matha, the
good women.
Eun binn, a melodic
s bird.
Eun binn, a melodi.
Otis bird.
Eoin bhinn, of a
melodious bird.
Eun bhinn, to the
melodious bird.
Eoin bhinn, melo.
dious bird.
Eoin bhinne, the me-
lodious birds.
Eun binne, of melo-
dious birds.
Eoin eunaibh binne,
to melodious birds,
Eoin or eunaibh
binne, 0, &c
A t-eun binn, the melodious bird. An eoin
bhiim, of the melodious bird. An 'n eun
bhinn, to the melodious bird. An t>eun.
binn, the melodious bird '.
Bad Beag, a little tuft. Masc.
Bad beag, a little Badan beaga, little
tuft. tufts.