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ETYMOLOGY.
FOCLACHADH.
Thus, decline salrn, a psalm ; sìolag, a
twig ; snàthad, a needle ; srad, a sparh ; sròn
slatag, a
16. A definite noun mas-
culine or feminine beginning
with d, I, n, r, s, t, aspirates
Dùn, mas. a heap.
Indefinite.
Plural.
dùnàn, dùin.
dhùn.
dùnaibh.
a dhùna,-àn.
16. Cha sèidich ainmear
fearanta no boireanta, 'tòis-
eachadh le d, l, n, r, s, t, car
sam-bith; mar,
An dùn, mas. the heap.
Dbfinite.
Plural.
na dunàn.
nan dùn.
Singular.
N. an dùn.
6r. an dùin
fris an dùn,
' 1 do 'n dùn,
fna dùnaibh.
\na dùnaibh.
m. a poem ; dòran, an otter ; durrag, /. a worm ;
tàsg, m. a ghost ; tùr, m. tower ; tunnag, /.
Singular.
N. dùn,
G. dùin,
D. dùn,
V. a dhùin
So, dàn,
sonas, m.fortune;
a duck.
Obs. — When a masculine noun of the fìrst declension is made plural
by -an, it is marked with the acute ; thus, dùnàn to distinguish it
from masculine diminutives which all end in -an, for dùnan may
signify either heaps or a little heap. All masculine as well as fem-
inine nouns might be pluralized by adding -an, but to avoid the
ambiguity which may arise from using the syllable -an, both as a
plural and as a diminutive termination, the n is frequently cut off ;
as, dùna for duiìdn* For the same reason the plural of many mas-
culine nouns is lengthened by inserting ch before an ; as, tobar, a well,
pl. tobraicAean. This form of the plural is not marked with the
acute.
NOUNS BEGINNING WITH
L, N, R.
Lùs, mas. an herb.
N.
G.
D.
V. a
Singular.
lùs,
luis,
lus,
luis,
Sing.
Plural.
lùsàn, lijsa.
'lus, 'lusa.
lusaibh, -an.
i 'lusa, -àn.
LÀMH,/m. a hand.
Nom. and Acc. Gen. Dat.
làmh, làimhe, làimh,
AlNMEARAN a' TOISEACH ADH LE
L, N, R.
An lùs, mas. the herb.
Singular. Plural.
N. an lùs, na lùsàn.
O.
ris an lus, Jnalusaibh.
do 'n lus, ^ na lusaibh.
Plur. làmhan, 'làmh,
làmhan,
Voc.
a 'làmh.
a 'làmha.
* The particle -an forming a diminutive is genei-ally pronounced with greater
emphasis; as, ^iìnan', a small keap. In forming tlie plural its souud is less
stroDg and partly obscure, siinilar to short u ; as, dùnàn, heaps.