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3. Monosyllables characterised hy ui change ui into a or
0, and add a ; as 'muir' f. the sea^ g. s. 'mara'; 'fuil' f. bloody
g. s. 'fola' or 'fala'; *druim' f. a ridge^ g. s. 'droma.' Except
'sùil' f. the eye^ g. s. 'sùla'; 'cuid' 1. di part, g. s. *codach' or
'cuid.*
4. A few feminine polysyllables in eir form their geni-
tive like monosyllables ; as 'inneir^ f. dung, g. s. *inneire'j
'suipeir' f. supper, g. s. 'suipeire.'
5. The following dissyllables seem to have formed their
genitive like monosyllables, and then suffered a contraction.
Sometimes the characteristic vowel is retained, and some-
times it is thrown away: the final e of the genitive being
converted into n, when requisite to suit an antecedent broad
vowel.
Amhainn, f. a river, g. s. zivahne, contracted/or zxahdAnne.
Aghainn "> ^ . , , .
*' Sf. 2L pan, g. s. aighne, , aghamne
Aghann y
Banais f. a weddings g. s. bainse, banaise
Coluinn f. the body, g. s. colna, colla, coluinne
Ti\xi\\2.\c\ii. 2. country, g. s. duthcha, duthaiche
Fiacail f. a tooth, g. s. fiacla, fiiacaile
Gamhuinn m. z steer, g. s. gamhna, gamhuinne
Gualainnf.thej-/«o«/(!/^;-,g.s. guaille, gualainne
Madainn f. morning, g. s. maidne, madainne
Obair f. work, g. s. oibre, obaire
Uilinn f. the elbow, g. s. uille, uilinne
6. The following nouns form their genitive by dropping
the characteristic small vowel; 'athair' m. 2. father, g. s.
*athar'; 'mathair' f. ^.mother, g. s. 'mathar'; 'brathair' m. a
brother, g. s.'brathar'; 'namhaid m.-axienefny, g. s. *namhad.'
»Cnaim;h' f. a bone, g. s. 'cnamha'; 'uaimh' f. a cave, g. s.
*uamha.' 'Mil' f. honey, has g. s. 'meala.'
•7. A few monosyllables ending in a vowel have their
genitive like the nominative ; as 'ni' m. a thing, *ti' m. a
person, 're' m. the moon ; to which add *righ' m. a king.