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J'ersona/ or CDÌlecthe Numerals.
7 seachdnar, seven
S ochdnar, eight
9 naointar, nine
10 deichnear. ten
X.B. aonar, (i/onc-m>s.
Aoii aspirates the initial pon=onant of the next word, save (/, f,
and «. Da takes the dual number, which corresponds in term %\ ith the
dat. sin?, aspirated ; as da /hire, but the adjective is not; inflected —
da chirr hhrcac except gen. and dative dual : /e da chirr hhric.
The numerals fichead. riad, nùlc, and muiUioa are nouns, and
govern the gen. pi. unaspirared of the noun, as fichtad fear, twenty
men. The Collective numerals govern the ^en. pi. aspirated, as dithis
mhnr. two sons.
The expression " and a half " is done by " ;jn iefh," as ciad gu leth,
one hundred and a half, that is 150. loraadh means " many a."
THE PROXOUX.
I. — Personal Proxoux.s.
Singular. Plural.
■^iìnphi. h.ìnphafic. Simjjle. Emphatic.
1 mi mise siini sinne
2 til, tlui tnsa, thiisa sibh sibhse
S 0, i, h", she e.>san, ise iad, thei/ iadsan
The addition of /7(t'//( = self, adds more emphasis: mi /hèin = I
myself.
1 1. — Po-SSESSIYE PrOXOUXS.
Singu'ar. Plural.
1 nio, m', my ar, ar n- ( + vowel}, our
2 do, d', thy lihtu- ('iti"), bhtiv u- ( + vowel), i/our
-3 a, ' (aspirating), his an, am ( + b, f, vi, j)), their
a, a h-, 'h- ( + vowel), her
Emphatic Form.
Singular. Plural.
1 Mo chn-isa, my ni' athair-sa ar cii-ne ar n-atliair-ne
'2 do chù-.sa, thi/ d' athair-sa bliur cù-se bliur n-athair-se
dor/
3 a chu-san, his 'athair-san an cii-sau an athair-san
doff
a cù-se, her dwj a li-athair-.se
These emphatic particles come last when an adjective qualifies the
subject, as mo chit dubh-sa, my black dog ; ra each bua/hti'i, my own
white horse.