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cluas, ear cas, foot caileag, girl
Sintj. y. cluas cas caileag
G. cluaise coise caileig(e)
D. cluaÌK cois caileig
V. a chinas a chas a chaileag
Dual da chluais da chois da chaileig
Plu. N. cluasan casan caileagan
G. ciiluas chas chaileag(an)
D. chiasan, chiasaibh casan, casaibh caileagan
V. a chluasan a (.-hasan a chaileagan
The vowel changes in this declension are similar to those in the
Strong Declension, only a nearly always changes to oi in the gen.
iind dat. sing. In monosyllables the following clianges occur : —
1 () becomes ai : làmh, hand ;/. làimhe
•I ,, o/ : clach, -stone ;/. cloiche
2 ea ,, / : cearc, hen ;/. circe
ea with >■(/, /;/, (J, rh, becomes ei : creag, crar/ </. creige
creach, spoi/ ;/. creiche
3 ia becomes t'l : grian, ■■^lui ;/. greine
4 tiu ,, ?((•(/ : tuagh, axe y. tuaighe
Ò Ò ,, ni : bròg, shoe <j. brùige
o ,, 11.1 : long, ship ;/. luinge
() no ,, nol : gaoth, I'-ind ;/. gaoithe
7 10 ,, ... . . / : crioch, r'ld f/. criche
5 /■*( ,, ri : brèug, lie ;/. breige
A few nouns ending in liquids contract in the gen. : hindhcann, com-
pany, g. biddhne, d. buidhinn ; vileann, elbow, g. vUnc, coinncal, candle,
g. coinnle. Add sair/head, arrow, g. sair/hde.
2. Feminini' Slender Declendon.
Fennnine nonns whose root vowel or digraph is in i, or
"whose final syllable has / alone or in digraph, have tlie genitive
either in sutti.xed a or e, as thus :
(") sùil, eije. (h) cainnt, speech.
Singular. Pinral. Singular. Plural.
N. sùil siiilean cainnt cainntean
G. sùla shùl cainnte chainntean
D. sùil siiilean, siiilibh cainnt cainntean, cainntibh
V. a shùil a shùilean a chainnt a chainntean
(a) Of the si^iil class may be mentioned )iiil. meabt, honey ; fuil,fala,
blood ; feòil, feòla, flesh ; uaimh, iiamha, cave ; huaidh, victory, g.
huadha and huaidhe, g. pi. hlniadh. Contraction may take place in
polysyllabic nouns, as didhaidi, country, g. dkthcha, pi. dufhrhannan :
fiacail, tooth, g. Jfaria, pl.jiaclan ; feadhainn, people, g. /eadhnn.
('») Of the cainnt class, which is numerous, are guiiis, gniilv,