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Somewhat similarly are declined falainh, m. and f., earth, g.
talmhainn ; hrk, f., belly, g. hronn, d. hroinn, v. bhrii, pi. bromia ,
ijohha and gohhaiim, m., smith, ^. (johhavm, pi. (joihhnean ■ cii, m.,
dog, g. roiii, d. rii, V. r/(0(», pi. coin, g. cow ,• /)r>, f., cow, g. and d. hoin,
or lid, V. Iihn, pi. h(t, g. pi. /</to.
6. Masculine or Common Stems with suffixed e Geii.
About a dozen nouns have this inflection, which is as
follows : —
tigh, m., a house.
Sinyuku . Plural.
N. tigh tighean
G. tighe thighean
D. tigh tighcan, tighil)h
V. thigh thighean
So nvamh, m., heaven, g. nnmha, or nèimh ; wjh, m., egg ; \m, m.,
butter, g. i?wc ,- fir, f. and m., land ; and ghann, m., glen, g. ij/iiiin',
with sliaiih, m., moor, g. xitihhe or sle.ihh, which both take a ^ in the
plural — 'j/i-nnn/riii and -s/i'ihhteaii : to which add ain.m, m., name, g.
aiitmc, pi. niiinican or niiimcaimaii.
. IV. — Irregular Declension.
Here helong //r'rt«, f., wife, g. mnn, r/inat/ia, d. mmioi, v.
hheini, n. pL lìnnif/nuì, g. /Vi^n;, il. mndrhan or mnathaihh, v.
mÌLìvitìinn : (ìcovìi, f., drink, g. (lihhe : tie icli, a drink, has
the gen. in Jror/t or deoi-ha ; duine, man, pi. daoine ; Leaha
or ieabaidh, f., bed, g. /e«pa, pi. ieajiuichean ; heinn, i.,
hill, g. beinne, n. pi. hi-amitan, g. iiheann, v. Jiheanntan ; la, m.,
day, g. /a^/if/, pi. Inillican. Two plurals in r occur — rr^A, king,
pi. righrean, and i/ìùouih, ni., deed, g. griiomha, pk gnwmharra
or gnlomharan, which are allied by termination to the abstract
nouns oigridh, youths, youth, and macraidh, young men.
Some rf stems are peculiar — caraid, m., friend, pi. càirdean ;
nàmhaid, foe, g. nhmhaid, pi. nnimhdean ; hràighe, f., neck,
upper part, g. bràghad (Braid-Albann in dat. or locative), pi.
brèdgheannaìi or brdighean : and tniigh, f., sliore, g. tràghnd,
.fràighe, pi. f)-()ighen)i.
THE ARTICLE.
The base form of the Detinite Article in (iaelic is an in the
singular and na in the plural In the following paradigm the
sign + means preceding, and .s />?6;'e means s preceding a vowel
or the liquids /, n, r.