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40 ETYMOLOGY.
FOCLACHADH.
hyphen before it in tìie geni-
tive and dative
tlms,
singular
roirahe amis a' ghinteach
'us anns an doirtach aonar ;
mar-so,
Solus, mas. light.
Indefinite.
Singular.
N. solus,
O. soluis,
D. solus.
V. a sholuis.
Plural.
soluis.
sholus.
solusaibh.
a sholusa.
An solus, mas. the light.
Definite.
Singular. Plural.
N. an solus, na soluis.
G. ant-soluis,* nan solus.
( ris an t-solus, f na solusaibh.
' \ do 'n t-solus, \ na solusaibh.
Thus, decline sàbh, a saw ; saor, a carpenter ; saoghal, a
world; siùcar, sitgar ; sluagh, people ; snothach, sap ; sràbh,
a straw.
OF FEMININE NOUNS.
RULES FOR THE CASES.
10. The nominative, ac-
cusative, and vocative sin-
gular of nouns feminine are
alike ; but the vocative is
aspirated.
11. The genitive and da-
tive singular of nouns fem-
inine are alike ; but the
genitive ends in e.
12. The nominativc pluraì
is formed from the nomina-
tive singular by adding àn
and sometimes a.
AINMEARAN BOIREANTA.
RlAILTEAN NAN CAR.
10. Tha ainmeach, cus-
parach agus gairmeach
aonar ainmearan boireanta
co-ionan ; ach seidichear an
gairmeach.
11. Tha ginteach agus
doirtach aonar àinmearan
boireanta co-ionan ; acli
dùnaidh an ginteach le e.
12. Nithear an t-ainmeach
iomacìh o 'n ainmeach aonar
le an, agus air uairìbh le a,
a chur ris.
Obs. — The other cases of the plural are formed like those of
lìiasculine nouns. See rules 4, 5, and 6.
13. Sèidichidh ainmear
13. A definite noun fem-
inine aspirates the nomina-
tive, dative, and accusative
sìngular; thus,
cìnnteach boireanta, an t-
ainmeach, an doirtach agus
an cusparach aonar; mar-so,
* For the sound of s after t-, see Exercises on Orthography, page 26,— No. 39.