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ACCIDENCE.
THE XOUX.
Declension.
The noun has four cases — Xominative, Genitive, Dative,
and Vocative. The Accusative is of the same form as the
Nominative.
There are two numbers — Singular and Phiral, but remains
of a Two or Dual number exist with da, which in the nom.
takes a form agreeing with the dat. sing. ; as da fkear, two
men ; da chirc, two hens, from /ear and cearc, respectively.
The Gender of a noun is known only from the influence
upon it of the Article preceding it, or from its own influence on
the Adjective following. Feminine nouns are initially aspirated,
if possible, liy the Article, and themselves aspirate the initial
consonant, if it exists, of Adjectives and other words in close
contact following. This process is reversed in the gen.,
masculine nouns showing initial aspiration and aspirating the
succeeding word, while the feminine gen. makes no other
change than its own gen. inflection. There is no distinction
of gender in the plural.
As to Declension, nouns are firstly classified according as
they form their plural, which should end in a consonant.
Nouns having i in the plural, either singly or in digraph form,
before the final consonant or consonants, belong to the Sti'ong
Declension ; nouns adding final n, broad, for the plural belong
lo the Weak Declension or to the Mixed Declension. The
Weak Declension shows no inflection for cases either in the
singular or in the plural.
J. — Strong Declension.
The root vowel or digraph in monosyllables, or in poh'-
syllables the final vowel or digraph, is broad : the gen. and voc.
sing, and nom. pi. insert i. The dat. pi. may be in ibh final,
if the word is a monosvllable. All nouns of this declension are
THE XOUX.
Declension.
The noun has four cases — Xominative, Genitive, Dative,
and Vocative. The Accusative is of the same form as the
Nominative.
There are two numbers — Singular and Phiral, but remains
of a Two or Dual number exist with da, which in the nom.
takes a form agreeing with the dat. sing. ; as da fkear, two
men ; da chirc, two hens, from /ear and cearc, respectively.
The Gender of a noun is known only from the influence
upon it of the Article preceding it, or from its own influence on
the Adjective following. Feminine nouns are initially aspirated,
if possible, liy the Article, and themselves aspirate the initial
consonant, if it exists, of Adjectives and other words in close
contact following. This process is reversed in the gen.,
masculine nouns showing initial aspiration and aspirating the
succeeding word, while the feminine gen. makes no other
change than its own gen. inflection. There is no distinction
of gender in the plural.
As to Declension, nouns are firstly classified according as
they form their plural, which should end in a consonant.
Nouns having i in the plural, either singly or in digraph form,
before the final consonant or consonants, belong to the Sti'ong
Declension ; nouns adding final n, broad, for the plural belong
lo the Weak Declension or to the Mixed Declension. The
Weak Declension shows no inflection for cases either in the
singular or in the plural.
J. — Strong Declension.
The root vowel or digraph in monosyllables, or in poh'-
syllables the final vowel or digraph, is broad : the gen. and voc.
sing, and nom. pi. insert i. The dat. pi. may be in ibh final,
if the word is a monosvllable. All nouns of this declension are
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Blair Collection > How to learn Gaelic > (17) |
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Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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