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ETYMOLOGY.
FOCLACHADH. 37
The declension of nouns and adjectives is chiefly efFected by
inserting the letrer i, aspirating an initial consonant, and chang-
ing a final diphthong in the ntminative singular.
GENERAL RULES FOR FORMING
THE CASES OF AN IN-
DEFINITE NOUN OF THE
FIRST DECLENSION.
1. The nominative,dative,
and accusative singular of
noims masculine, are alike.
2. The genitive and voca-
tive singular of nouns mas-
culine are alike, but the
vocative is aspirated.
3. The nominatìve and
accusative plural are like
the genitive singular.
4. The genitive plural is
generally formed by aspir-
ating the nominative sin-
gular.
5. The dative plaral gen-
eraìly ends in ibh ;* but in
some 5io ims it is like the
nominative.
6. The vocative plural ge-
nerally ends in a.
FIRST DECLENSION.
A noun of the First de-
clension forms its genitive
singnìar by inserting the let-
ter i betvveen the last vowel
and the next consonant after
it in the nominative ; as,
bàrd, gen. bàerd.
RIAILTEAN CUMANT' A CHU-
MADH CHAR AINMEIR NEO-
CHINNTICH DE 'n CHEUD
TÈARNADH.
1. Tha ainmeach, doir-
tach agus cusparach aonar,
àinmearn fearanta co-ionan.
2. Tha ginteach agus
gairmeach aonar àinmearan
fearanta co-ionan, ach sèid-
ichear an gairmeach.
3. Tha an t-ainmeach 'us
an cusparach iomadh, co-
ionan ris a' ghinteach aonar.
4. Nithear an ginteach
iomadh mar a's trice, le
seideachadh an ainmich
aonair.
5. Dìmaidh an doirtach
iomadh mar a's trice le ibh ;
ach 'an cuid a dh-ainmear-
an, tha è ionan ris an ain-
meach.
6. Dhnaidh an gairmeach
iomadh mar a's trice le a.
a'cheud tèarnadh.
c Ni ainmear de 'n Cheud
tèarnadh à ghinteach aonar
leis an litir.f, a chur a-stigh
eadar an fhuaimraig dheir-
eannaich agus anath chònn-
raig 'na dèigh anns an ain-
meach; mar, òran,^m. bram.
* In the spoken language the dative plural commonly terniinates like the nomi-
native. The tenuination ibh or aibh is principally contìned to the written language.