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CO-'RIANACHADH FHOCAL.
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2. — The Past or Perfect participle in -te or -ta is construed
with nouns like Adjectives ; as, dorus dùinte, a closed door.
Cas bAriste, a brohen leg. Daimh b/iìadhta, fed or fatted oxen.
Tighean gealaichte, white-washed houses. — See p. 50.
Rule VI. An Adjective
combined with a plural case
of a noun, formed like the
genitive singular, is always
aspirated; as,
Riailt VI. Sèidichear do-
ghnà Buadhar co-naisgte ri
car iomadh ainmeir deante
cosmhail ris a' ghinteach
aonar 5 mar,
Eich g&eala, white horses. Na daimh dAonna, the hrown oxen.
Eòin bAeaga, little birds. Na h-òglaich dAìleas, thefaithful servants.
1. — An Adjective qualifying a plural noun ending in -an,
-a, -e, -ibh, or the genitive plural like the nominative singular,
is always plain : as, bkràdn or bàrda beag«, little poets : bàrd-
aibh beaga, a bhàrda beaga, nam bàrd beaga, but bàerd bAeaga.
2. — Compound Nouns, of which the first term governs the
second in the genitive singuìar, follow the construction of Ad-
jectives in the aspirations of the second term ; as, a' chearc-
thomain, the partridge. Na circe-tomain, of the partridge.
Na cearcan-tomain. Ceann-suidhe, a president ; a' chìnn-
sAuidhe, ofthe president. Na eìnn-sAuidhe, nan ceann-suidhe.
— See p. 62, No. XI.
Obs. — If the first term of a Compound forms its genitive
singular by adding -e and the second begins with a vowel or fh
pure, the fìrst term drops the final -e of the genitive ; as, slat-
ìasgaich, a fishing-rod ; Gen. na slait-ìasgaich (not slaite).
Tigh-òsda, an inn ; Gen. an tigh-òsda (not tighe). Tigh-
fuinne, a bahehouse ; Gen. an tigh-fhuinne (not tighe).
3. — An Adjective beginning with d- preceded by a noun mas-
culine or feminine ending in -n, or -t, is always plain in both num-
bers ; as, An nighean c?ònn, the brown-haired girl. Na coin
<?ubha, ilie black dogs. Qe.it doxm.
4 — An Adjective referring to two or more nouns, takes the
gender of the noun next it ; as, làr agus each bàn, a white mare
and white liorse. Each agus làr bhàn.
5. — The collective nouns clann, muinntear, òigridh, &c, have
sometimes a plural adjective in the nominative ; as, clànn
bheag^ ; muinntear oga. But in the other cases, their adjective
is in the singular ; as. " cluith na cloinne bige."