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OLD-IRISH PARADIGMS
PLURAL
N.V.A. córai
G. córae n-, coir n-
D. córaib
NoTE I. — In the G. Sg. the form is also used substantivally
e.g. in diuit Sg. 221^1.
NOTE 2. — In the N.A. Pl. Neut. fudumne appears sub-
stantivally Wb. 5^=1 6, 8^6, butfudumnaiMl. 81^4, cf. Ml. 81=15,
118^9.
NoTE 3. — In the G. Pl. when the adjective is used sub-
stantivally the longer forms are employed ; otherwise the
shorter form is already in O. Ir. almost universal.
NoTE 4. — In the plural ísel, úasal, díles, and daingen are
inflected like -i- stems : N. Pl. ísli, úaisli, dílsi, daingni.
4. Stems in -u-
The material is insufficient for a complete paradigm. In the
plural they are declined like -i- stems.
dub, black.
PLURAL
N.A. dubai
D. dubaib
Similarly follus, clear, G. Sg. M. N. follais, F. foilse
Pl. N.A. foilsi, D.foilsib.
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