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GAELIC GRAMMAR.
330. It is usual in grammars to give the Dat. Plur.
in ibh; but that is so very uncommon in modern written
and spoken practice—the Scriptures excepted—that it
may be classed among Obsolete Inflections.
331. Masculine Nouns introduce i before the Final
Consonant to form the Glen, and Yoc. Sing., and the
Nom. and Dat. Plur. The Yoc. Plur. adds a to the
Nom. Sing. The Gen. Plur. without the Art. is formed
by Aspirating the Nom. Sing.
332. Feminine Nouns introduce i before the Final
Consonant in the Gen. and Dat. Sing., at the same time
adding e to the Gen. They form the Plur. by adding
an in all the cases, which is frequently elided in the
Gen. The Yoc. is formed by Aspirating the Nom. both
in the Sing, and Plur. respectively.
333. Change of Vowel.—Some nouns in forming
their cases suffer a Change of Yowel wherever i is
introduced, as follows:—
334. O changes to u, as in toll, hull; tonn, tuinn; gob, guib;
sop, snip; tom, tuim; doc, duic; tore, tuirc; crodh, cmidh;
long, luing, etc. So also dag (dog), chug ; cam, ciiirn.
335. A before ll and nn changes to o, as, dall, doill; dann,
cloinn, etc. So also dach (clock), doick; cas (cos), coise. ;
etc.
336. Ed changes to Hi before l, as, ced, ciiiil; sedl,
siuil.
337. Eu changes to d> before l, n and r, as, bead, bedil; eun,
edin; feur, fedir; etc. So also leu,-:, ledis; glens, glebis. But
geiuj, geig ; breug, breig ; etc.
338. la changes to e, as, iasg, eisg; Ml, Ml; fiadh, feidh;
grian, grdn; Dia, De ; etc. But sgian, Gen. sgiine, or sgme;
biadh, Gen. bidh.
339. Ea gives place to », as leac, lie : cearc, circ; fear, fir;
preas, pris ; ceann, cinn ; etc. But each, eich : fearg, feirg; etc.
340. lo gives place to i, as, s'ioI, dl; lion, lin; etc.