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V)àrd, (/ bard.
Xom.
Gen.
Dat.
Voc.
Sin'ju/ar.
bàrd
bàird
liàrd
a bliàird
Ph.ira/.
bàird
bhàrd
bàird, bàvdai])h
a bhàrda
The filial vowel is usually a singly or in digraph. Diminutives and
other nouns in -an, and most derivatives in -ach, belong to this
declension : aran, bread, gen. and voc. sing., and nom. pi.
ba/arh, g. hnfaich.
In monosyllables the following changes takt
vowel or digraph in forming the plural : —
pi. aram •
place on the
1 rt becomes . . . . (
a „ .... I
a with lifjuids becomes
2 ta becomes ....
ea with licjuids becomes
3 ia becomes ....
A ua ,, . .
iin> :
becomes
aoi
a with rd,
6 o becomes
7 ao ,,
8 eò ,, .... iiii :
9 «0 ,, .... ; :
10 Ù, n ,, ... iii. Hi :
11 ewwith liquids becomeseò/:
gràdh, lore
cat, cat
fait, hair
each, horiie
ceann, head
tiadh, fZp^r
uan, inml)
Ù1, drinkiin/
òrd, hammi I
boc, linrk
laogh, (•«//■
ceòl, itiiisic
siol, need
CÙ1, back-
bèul, moufli
<j. gràidh
7. cait
';/. fuilt
g. eich
ij. cinn
;/. feidh
I/, uain
;</. nil
I/, iiird
;/. buic
g. laoigh
g. ciiiil
.'/• sil
g. ciiil
g, beòil
Polysyllables usually have a' or ea as the fin'il vowel ; a becomes ai
in the genitive ; ea becomes «, save before liquids, when ca becomes
et. E.g. coi/earh, cock, g. coUirh. Polysyllables in io liave i.
Strong Devi. Nun)ii< weakened in the Plural.
bealach, a pass ; Ion, ei mead.
Sing. i\^., D. bealach lòu
G. bealaich loin
r. a l)liealaich a loin
Pin. iV., D. l>ealaicheaii lòiiiteau
G. bhealach Ion
V. a ])healaicheau a lointean
Polysyllabic nouns, especially in -ach (nearly all in -lack) and -an,
are apt to be thus declined. Derivatives in -a.s, -vs, and -adh, belong
here usually, as do even monosyllables in n, which takes a / before the
plural ii. So ìiroiì/earh, bosom, g. broi/lich ; saogh(d, world, pi.
saoghalan ; cnan, sea, pi. aianfan : doriis, door, has the pi. dorsan ,-
aingeaf, angel, has ainglean,: while dos, bunch, tassel, has g. doh and
pi. dmn or dom.n.
Xom.
Gen.
Dat.
Voc.
Sin'ju/ar.
bàrd
bàird
liàrd
a bliàird
Ph.ira/.
bàird
bhàrd
bàird, bàvdai])h
a bhàrda
The filial vowel is usually a singly or in digraph. Diminutives and
other nouns in -an, and most derivatives in -ach, belong to this
declension : aran, bread, gen. and voc. sing., and nom. pi.
ba/arh, g. hnfaich.
In monosyllables the following changes takt
vowel or digraph in forming the plural : —
pi. aram •
place on the
1 rt becomes . . . . (
a „ .... I
a with lifjuids becomes
2 ta becomes ....
ea with licjuids becomes
3 ia becomes ....
A ua ,, . .
iin> :
becomes
aoi
a with rd,
6 o becomes
7 ao ,,
8 eò ,, .... iiii :
9 «0 ,, .... ; :
10 Ù, n ,, ... iii. Hi :
11 ewwith liquids becomeseò/:
gràdh, lore
cat, cat
fait, hair
each, horiie
ceann, head
tiadh, fZp^r
uan, inml)
Ù1, drinkiin/
òrd, hammi I
boc, linrk
laogh, (•«//■
ceòl, itiiisic
siol, need
CÙ1, back-
bèul, moufli
<j. gràidh
7. cait
';/. fuilt
g. eich
ij. cinn
;/. feidh
I/, uain
;</. nil
I/, iiird
;/. buic
g. laoigh
g. ciiiil
.'/• sil
g. ciiil
g, beòil
Polysyllables usually have a' or ea as the fin'il vowel ; a becomes ai
in the genitive ; ea becomes «, save before liquids, when ca becomes
et. E.g. coi/earh, cock, g. coUirh. Polysyllables in io liave i.
Strong Devi. Nun)ii< weakened in the Plural.
bealach, a pass ; Ion, ei mead.
Sing. i\^., D. bealach lòu
G. bealaich loin
r. a l)liealaich a loin
Pin. iV., D. l>ealaicheaii lòiiiteau
G. bhealach Ion
V. a ])healaicheau a lointean
Polysyllabic nouns, especially in -ach (nearly all in -lack) and -an,
are apt to be thus declined. Derivatives in -a.s, -vs, and -adh, belong
here usually, as do even monosyllables in n, which takes a / before the
plural ii. So ìiroiì/earh, bosom, g. broi/lich ; saogh(d, world, pi.
saoghalan ; cnan, sea, pi. aianfan : doriis, door, has the pi. dorsan ,-
aingeaf, angel, has ainglean,: while dos, bunch, tassel, has g. doh and
pi. dmn or dom.n.
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Description | A selection of items from a collection of 320 volumes and 30 pamphlets of literary and religious works in Scottish Gaelic. From the personal library of Hew Morrison, the first City Librarian of Edinburgh. |
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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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