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Somewhat similarly are declined taiamh, m. .ind f., earth, g.
tahnhainn ; hrii, f., belly, g. hronn, d. in-oiini, v. lilirit, pi. Iironna .
'johha and Qohhainn, m., smith, g. (/olthainn, pi. ijoiithnean : cii, m.,
dog, g. ro/«, d. rii, V. rJioiìì, pi. ro*», g. co)i .• /«i, f., cow, g. and d. hoin,
or iio, V. /</;<;. pi. /;/(, g. pi. hho.
ti. Masculine or Common Sfem>t luith suffixed e Geii.
About ;i dozen nouns have this inflection, which is as.
follows : —
tigh, m., a house.
SÌHijukiì . Plural.
N. tigh tighean
G. tighe thighean
D. tigh tighean, tighibh
V. thigh thighean
So ìf'-aiiììi, m., heaven, g. nèimhe, or nèimli : nyh, m., egg ; ìììi, m.,
butter, g. imr- : fir, f. and m., land; and (jh-ann, m., glen, g. ijliimc,
with sliidih, m., moor, g. sleihhe or .s/dibh, which both take a / in the
plural — ijli'iii/if'iii. and ■sl'-Uikteaii : to which add (dnm, m., name, g.
aiiitiii:, {)1. <ùìtmi(t,n or (ilitmcauiiaii.
IV. — lUHEGULAH IjECI-ENSION.
Here belong hcdii, f., wife, g. w?i/V, hinatlia, d. mnaoi, v.
hln'on, \\. pi. iiniiithnìi, g. /;/<(//;, d. innaxluin or mnathaibli, v.
viUwit/iiiit : (h-nfh, f., drink, g. dihhe : <ie icli, a drink, has
tiie gen. in (/ror7< or thorJut .• duint', man, pi. daoine ; leaha
or Leabaidh. f., bed, g. ii-itpa, pi. lecqiaickean ; heinn, f.,
hill, g. beinne, n. pi. bfanatan, g. bheann, x. bheanntan ; la, m.,
day, g. /(<</i!a, pi. làithean. Two plurals in r occur — r-t^rA, king,
pi. righrean, and gniomh, m., deed, g. gmomha, pi. gniomkarra
or gnlomharan, which are allied by termination to the abstract
nouns Itigrldlt, youths, youth, and macraidh, young men.
Some r/ steins are peculiar — cnraid, m., friend, pi. chirdean :
nà/mhaid, foe, g. nhmhaid, pi. nhimhdean ; bràighe, f., neck,
upper part, g. brh^jhad (Braid-Albann in dat. or locative), pi.
bringlwannan or hrùighean ; and trnigh, f., shore, g. tràghad,
frdighc, pi. tràighean.
thp: article.
The base form of the Definite Article in Gaelic is an in the
singiilar and na in the plural In the foUowing paradigm the
sign + means ]jreceding, and s pure means s preceding a vowel
or the liipiids /, n, r.