+Idf is no longer used with base form .. just +DefArt after article …

Moirfeolaíocht na nAinmfhocail Gaeilge (Morphology of Irish Nouns)

FEMININE NOUN continuation classes Weak Plurals : Broad singular is made slender; plural already broad

Weak Plurals : Broaden

Singular already slender; plural is made broad

gamhain - gamhna (gs), midheamhain - midheamhna (gs)

Strong Plurals : +(e)anna

tóin -> tóineanna scoth -> scothanna EXCEPTION: an chuid -> na codanna see FIX file EXCEPTION: an raith -> na rathanna see FIX file

Strong Plurals : +í

an bhearna -> na bearnaí an eala -> na healaí

Strong Plurals : Athrú e -> í

an aicme -> na haicmí (classes) an táille -> na táillí (fees)

Strong Plurals :

various ending in vowel ! plurals +nna

Strong Plurals : Leathnú +acha

an bheoir -> na beoracha (beers)

Gen Sg : Coim + ach

an chathaoir -> na cathaoireacha (chairs) (Note long vowel aoi is not sync. an cathair -> na cathracha

Gen Sg : Coim + a samhail -> samhla anacair -> anacra

Gen Sg : Coim + Slen + e crithir - critre fothair - foithre

MASCULINE NOUN continuation classes

WEAK PLURALS (i.e. where the nominative and genitive plurals are different) TYPE 1 Nom pl. ends in conson. eg cat : cait, fear : fir, marcach: marcaigh

TYPE 2 Nom pl. formed by adding -a eg cos : cosa, úll : úlla

(TYPE 3) Nom pl. formed by adding -ta eg

2nd Declension sliabh -> na sléibhte

3rd Declension Strong Plurals : +í as in Nm7 but singular are different

eg. bádóir -> na bádóirí

Strong Plurals : +anna

eg. an bláth -> na bláthanna

Strong Plurals : +aí

gen briocht -> breachta Strong Plurals : +aí briocht -> briochtaí

Strong Plurals : +anna eg. an bláth -> na bláthanna

^Lea,broadening, is required, in gen sg: io -> ea (bior, crios) and this is done using ^Ath (change) pl bior -> bioranna

Strong Plurals : Athrú +anna (io->ea) eg. an cith -> na ceathanna

^Lea,broadening, is required, in gen sg: cith -> ceatha, greim -> greama and this is done using ^Ath (change) pl also broadened cith -> ceathanna

Strong Plurals : +í

(A) nouns ending in -ín (a diminutive) smidiríní (smithereens) no singular eg. an cailín -> na cailíní (girls) eg. an báidín -> na báidíní (small boats)

(B) nouns ending in -a eg. an balla -> na ballaí (walls)

Strong Plurals : +idí an fiche -> na fichidí (the twenties) eidí needs correcting an caoga -> na caogaidí (the fifties)

INITIAL MUTATIONS NOMINATIVE SINGULAR definite article eg. an cat (m) (p38 NIG) an t-éan(m) - the bird (p39 NIG) an bhróg(f) - the shoe initial mutation for other reasons e.g. comp. preps. ar an gcnoc, poss. mo chat

^IM = initial mutation e.g. with prepositions, and possession Singular: e.g. ar an bhosca, ar an mbosca possessive markers on vowels: ár n-athair, a (f) hathair, Plural: e.g. ar bhoscaí, i mboscaí possessive e.g. ár n-aithreacha - our fathers (^C)

indefinite => no initial mutation appending the +Len & +Ecl rather than creating seperate forms … adds ^h to vowel-initial words … but adds the +hPref to all words … see fix file just vowel-initial e.g. doras, fiú etc. although no initial mutation takes place

GENITIVE SINGULAR

eg. tábhacht a n-oidhreachta eg. bia cait, bia sagairt, bia stóir, bia rúin, pobail
siopa grósaera - a grocer’s shop eg. bia an chait,an íl, bia an stóir bia an éin (the bird’s food) eg. bia an tsagairt (overgenerates tshagairt, h will be removed, eg. bia an rúin, an phobail eg. siopa an ghrósaera - the grocer’s shop VOCATIVE SINGULAR Since this is trivial (always ^Sé) it is included with Final Mutations in Voc-sg-0 and Voc-sg-1.

FINAL MUTATIONS NOMINATIVE SINGULAR

GENITIVE SINGULAR

VOCATIVE SINGULAR

ALL PLURALS

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This (part of) documentation was generated from src/fst/morphology/affixes/nouns.lexc