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ETYMOLOGY.
FOCLACHADH. 47
mìadh, mìann, rìan, trìall, trìan : bèud, bèus, cèud, èud, leud,
meud, &c.
21. The terminations, -èug, -èum, -èur,*m nouns and ad-
jectives, change èu into èi ; and make the plural of mascuHnes
in -annan ; as, cèum, m. a step, gen. cèim, (plural, cèum-
annan). Also, bèum. brèun, brèug, fèum, gèug, gèum, gèur,
lèum, pèur, tèum, trèun: but some of these make their gen.
also according to No. 27.
DISSYLLABLES- DA-SMID.
-ea of dissyllables into ei.
22. The diphthong ea in the last syllable of a noun, is gener-
ally changed into ei, in the genitive ; thus,
Cailèag, fem. a girl.
Nom. & Acc. Gen. Dat. Voc.
Sing. Caileag, caiieige, caileig, a chaileag.
Plur. Caileagan, chaileag, caileagaibh, a chaileagan.
Saighdear, mas. a soldier.
Sing. Saighdear, saighdeir, saighdear, a shaighdeir.
Plur. Saighdearàn, shaighdear, saighdearaibh, a shaighdeara.
Also, bùidheag, /. a linnet ; duilleag, /. a leaf ; cuigeal, /.
adistaff; sùidheag,/. a rasp ; piseag,/.-«. kitten. — Tàillear,
m. a tailor ; ministear, m. a minister ; buideal, m. a casJc ;
cuilean, m. a whelp ; isean, m. a gosling ; eilean, m. an island.
Obs. — The termination -ear, is sotnetimes written, -ir and -eir
in the nominative, thus, both the nominative and genitive of a
few nouns end in -ir, -eir. The proper termination of the no-
minative is -ear.
-each into -ich, and -eann, -ionn into -inn.
23. The terminations -each* and -eann, or -ionn, change ea
and io into i, in the genitive ; as, eileach, m. a mill-dam, gen.
eilich ; muileann or muilionn
lean_, or muìllean.
Coileach
Nom. & Acc. Gen.
S. coileach, coilich,*
jP. coilich, choileach,
C raidhneach, feffi. a skeleton
S. craidhneach, craidhniche, craidhnich
i miLL, gen., muilinn ; pl. muìn-
mas. a cock.
Dat.
coileach,
coilich,
Voc.
a choilich.
a choileacha.
sceletos.
a chraidhneach.
P.craidhnichean, chraidhneach, craidhnichean, achraidhneacha.t
* In several nouns and adjectives of two syllables, the termination -each h
changed into eich, in the genitive ; but c is not always added to the gen. feminine.
t The examples under No. 18, and all similar ones, are declined like craidhneach.