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Adjectives of more than one syllable, and those ending
in a vowel generally have their plurals like the nominative
singular.
E.G.—Buidhe, yellow ; sunndach, lively, jolly.
Singular. Duine sunndach, a jolly man.
Plural. Daoine sunndach, jolly men.
Singular. C6ta buidhe, a yellow coat.
Plural. Cbtaichean buidhe, yellow coats.
Many of the adjectives undergo a change when i is intro¬
duced.
E.G.
Masc.
Dali,
Dearg,
Geal,
Searbh,
Ole,
blind.
red.
white.
bitter.
bad.
Gen. Masc.
Dhoill.
Dheirg.
Ghil.
Sheirbh.
Uilc.
Gen. Fern.
Doille.
Deirge.
Gile.
Seirbhe.
Uilce.
N.B.—Compare the above changes with those in the
Appendix on the “First Declension ” nouns (page 74).
Group 2,
Masc.
Nom., Dat., Acc. Glic.
Gen. Ghlic.
Voc. Ghlic.
Common plurals
Fem. Masc. Fern.
Ghlic. Tinn. Thinn.
Glice. Thinn. Tinne.
Ghlic. Thinn. Thinn.
:—Glice and Tinne.
1. In this group, also, Genitive and Vocative mascu¬
line are aspirated, and all cases except the Genitive in
the feminine.
2. The Genitive Case feminine adds final e like Group I.
The plurals also end in e. Polysyllables do not add the e
in the plural.