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THE INFLECTIONS OF WORDS.
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326. A few nouns have their Gender unsettled, and
some few are Grammatically of one Gender, while the
objects of which they are the name, are of the opposite
Sex. In regard to the latter the Adjective agrees with
the Noun in Gender, while the Pronoun agrees with the
Sex.
327. Nouns are divided into Two Declensions regu¬
lated by the Final Vowel. The First Declension
includes all nouns whose Final Vowel is Low (Broad).
The Second Declension includes all nouns whose Final
Vowel is High (Small).
328. PARADIGMS OF THE FIRST DECLENSION.
Nouns or One Syllable.
Masc. (a) Fem.
Without the Article.
Sing. Plur.
N. clar. cl&i£.
G. clair. chlar.
D. clar. clair.
With the Article!
As*. N. clar. A*, clair.
^ ’ G. chlair./uuv clar.
^ D. chlar. ti*/clair.
’ V. chlair. chlara.
Sing. Plur.
brog, brogan.
broige. bhr6g(an).
brbig. brogan.
193) and Voc. Part. (IT 179).
#-■ bhr6g. Jm, brbgan.
7UC bridge. ***, br6g(an).
Os n bhroig. Owl brogan.
l\, ’ bhrbg. bhrogan.
329. It must be understood that any Unaspirated
Case is subject to Aspiration after words which cause
Aspiration (IT 93), as, Nom. mo chlhr; Gen. mo bhrbige.
It is the Final Inflection which determines case, except
in the Gen. Plur. without the Article, which is always
Aspirated. Keeping these facts in view, it will be
unnecessary in the sequel to give Paradigms with the
Article.