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ETYMOLOGY.
FOCLACHADH. 57
boirsanta co-ionan, acli sèid-
ichear am boireanta.
37. Sèidichear do-ghnà
an ginteach aonar fearanta.
38. Tha 'n gintcach aon-
ar boireantado-ghnà, ldm'us
gu-cumanta 'dunadh le e.
nine end àìike, but the femi-
nine is aspirated.
37. The genitive singular
masculine is always aspir-
ated.
38. The genitive singular
feminineis always plain, and
generally ends in e.
39. The genitive and vocative singular masculine of
adjectives are aspirated, with or without the article.
The nominative, dative, accusative, and vocative, fem-
inine are aspirated, with or without the article.
Obs. — The dative of an adjective joinerì with a deflr.ite noun
is aspirated in both szenders ; as, air a bhòrd mhr, mas. on the
hig table: anns a' chiste mhòìr fem. in the bìg chest- When the
noun wants the article, the dative masculine is plain ; as, air
bòrd niòr, on a big table.
40. The plural of adjectives of one syllable ends in a,
and in e when the preccding vowel is small. The plural
of adjectives of two or more syllables generally ends like
the nominative singular.
FIRST DECLENSION.
EXAMPLES. SAMPLAIKEAN.
Bàn, fair.
Mas. Sing. Fem. Plur. Mas. & Fem.
N. bàn, bhàn, N. bàna.
G. bhàin, bàine, G. bàna.
I). bàn, bhàin, D. bàna.
A. bàn, bhàn, A. bàna.
V. bhàin, bhàn, V. bàna.
A^so, dubh, black ; cas, steep ; caol, small ; gàrg, wild ;
gàrbh, rough ; ^ràd, quick ; rnaol, blunt ; sa.or,free; mòr,
great ; marbh, dead , lag, weak.
Like bàn, are decliued all adjectives of two or more syllables
in -ach, -ar, -or. These seldom make the genitive f'eminine in
•e, or the plural in -a ; as, cìallach, mòdhar, gràsmhor.
41. Adjectives of one syllable having -ea, -ia, -èu, or -io,
change these diphthongs like nouns in the genitive. —
SeeNo. 20.