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44 ETYMOLOGY. FOCLACHADH.
Nom. Sing. Nom. Plur. Dat. Plur.
Peacadh, sin, peacmnan, peacaibh, or peacannaibh.
Tobar, a loell, tohraichean, tobraibh, or tobraichihh.
Bàta, a boat. bàtaichean, bàtaibh, or bàtaichibh.
Obs. — Trisyllables and tlie terminations -bh, -dh, -Ibh, -mh, &c. seldom make
the dative in -ibh.
6- — The vocative plural is always aspirated ; it is of the same
size as the nominative, and commonly ends in -a; and in -e, if
the preceding vowel is small.
■ach and -each into -ichean.
18. Feminine nouns of more than one syllable in -ach or -each
add an to the genitive sing. ; as, gruagach, a maid, gen. -aiche ;
pl. gruagaichean : maigheach, a liare, gen. -iche ; pl. maighich-
ean. — Also, amhach, buarach, boglach, ceàrdach, closach,
dùdach, làrach, lùireach, &c.
Except. — Cailleach, an oldwoman, vetida; pl cailleachan.
1. — The following masculine nouns in -ach, &c. form the
plural by adding -ean to the genitive sing. , as, teaghlach, m.
and f. a family gen. -aich ; pl. teaghlaichean. — So, aodach,
bealach, boslach, cladach, cùibhreach, dòrlach, fireach, mionach,
mullach, monadh, òtrach, soitheach, tulach.
Special bules for the Riailtean araid air-son
GENITIVE SINGULAR. a' GHINTICH AONAIR.
MONOSYLLABLES. AONSMIDEAN.
19. Some nouns having a or o in the nominative singular,
change a or o into ui in the genitive, and are then declined
through the other cases according to the general rules ; thus,
Balg, mas. a bag.
Nom. Gen. Dat. Acc. Voc.
Sing. Balg, builg, balg, balg, a bhuilg.
Plur. Buiig, bhalg, balgaibh, builg, a bhalga.
LdNG,/m. a ship.
Sing. Ldng, luinge, lùing, ldng, a 'ldng,
Plur. Longan, 'ldng, longaibh, longan, a 'longa, or -an.
The follovving are nearly all the nouns which form their
genitive according to this rule. These are for the most part
masculine : —
A into ui. — As, àllt, gen. ùillt, a streamlet ; alt, ajoint ; balt,
anamannan. Might we not as well say animabus for animae? Since the termina-
tion -ibh is generally adopted for the dative plural, it oughtto be strictly adhered
to in that sense by every person, and never confounded with the nominative.