Moirfeolaíocht na nAinmfhocail Gaeilge (Morphology of Irish Nouns)

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

beithir - beithre (gs) Sync + e

Weak Plurals : Broaden

Singular already slender; plural is made broad

Weak Plurals :

Weak Plurals :

STRONG PLURALS

STRONG PLURALS

STRONG PLURALS

STRONG PLURALS

STRONG PLURALS

Gen Sg = Sync + Slen + e STRONG PLURALS

3rd Declension Strong Plurals : +aí

an bheannacht -> na beannachtaí

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 : Broaden +anna

an chuid -> na codanna see FIX file an raith -> na rathanna an laith -> na lathanna an luaith -> na luathanna

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 Strong Plurals : Coimriú +eacha

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

Gen Sg : Coim + a Strong Plurals : Coimriú +(e)acha samhail -> samhla anacair -> anacra

Gen Sg : Coim + Slen + e Strong Plurals : Coimriú +(e)acha crithir - critre fothair - foithre

tarraingt - tarraingthe - tarraingtí

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

sliocht - sleachta gs & pl

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)

01/04/08

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

GS +the

GS +te

GS +tha PL +thaí bascadh - basctha - bascthaí

GS +ta

moladh / gs = molta / pl = moltaí

INITIAL MUTATIONS NOMINATIVE SINGULAR

^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)

adds ^h to vowel-initial words … but adds the +hPref to all words … see fix file

GENITIVE SINGULAR

VOCATIVE SINGULAR Since this is trivial (always ^Sé) it is included with Final Mutations in Voc-sg-0 and Voc-sg-1.

ALL PLURALS Note: Vocative Plural does not require Def & Idf but it is easier to generate them and remove all Voc Pl Idfs at the end (the Def form is correct although the Def marker is unnecessary)

FINAL MUTATIONS NOMINATIVE SINGULAR

GENITIVE SINGULAR

VOCATIVE SINGULAR

ALL PLURALS

when it is a place name as well as the usual inflections for propernouns (4 classes) we want to generate an adjectival form e.g. Beilg - Beilgeach

new 5-6-2024 Place and Personal name files both use Nf1-Prop and Nm1-Prop etc.

masc nouns - slenderise

fem nouns - slenderise and add e

fem nouns - broaden and add a

fem nouns - no change

masc nouns - no change

fem nouns - Albain/na hAlban

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