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Some pollysyllables in -ar ;ire apt to make the plural in contracted
-tcheaii : hahhar, m. and f., book, pi. hahhraichean : but Jiriathnr,
^^orcl. pi. hriathran.
II. — Weak Declension.
Xouns ending in a vowel, in -cAc/, and in -air, denoting
agents or instruments, are of the Weak Declension. They are
of either gender.
gillc, ill., a lad.
Singular. Plural.
Nom. gille gillean
Gen. gille ghillean
Dat. gille gillean
Voc. a ghille a ghillean
There is usually an inserted <h, /h, or nn, between the final vowel
ana the -an of the plural. In words ha\ing liquids before their final
vowel a t is inserted in a few cases. When the last vowel of the root
is slender the tendency is to flank the inserted ch with broad vowels,
and fire rtr-ta : thus Ixita, bàtaichean ; ìiliadhna, bliadhnaicheav, ;
cridhe, i-ridheachan.
III. — Mixed Declension.
In this declension the singular is Strong, or lias inflections
as the Strong Declension has, while the plural is Weak, and
ends in broad n.
1. The Feminine Broad Declension.
Feminine nouns whose A'owel or digraph, if monosyllal)ic, is
broad, or whose final vowel or digraph is broad, are thus
declined : —