Noun (Gaeilge) Replace Rules

INITIAL MUTATIONS

Elaine Uí Dhonnchadha 12/12/96 - continued March 1998 and January 2001

• ^Sé : (Séimhiú) Lenition : insert “h” after certain initial consonants
• ^Urú : Eclipsis
• ^tv & ^hv : Prefix “t-“ or “h” to words with an initial vowel
• ^ts : prefix “t” to words starting with “s” followed by “l”, “n”, “r” or a vowel
• ^Poss : possessive m’, d’ etc on nouns Oct 2003 INITIAL MUTATION OF 2nd. PART OF COMPOUND

  DEFINITIONS

• define VowelAll a

  e

  i

  o

  u

  á

  é

  í

  ó

  ú

  %^AO

  %^IA

  %^AE

  %^UA

  A

  E

  I

  O

  U

  Á

  É

  Í

  Ó

  Ú ;

• define VowelLC a

  e

  i

  o

  u

  á

  é

  í

  ó

  ú

  %^AO

  %^IA

  %^AE

  %^UA ;

• define VowelUC A

  E

  I

  O

  U

  Á

  É

  Í

  Ó

  Ú ;

• define Len b

  c

  d

  f

  g

  m

  p

  t

  B

  C

  D

  F

  G

  M

  P

  T ;

• define SLen S

  s ;

• define SWord l

  n

  r ;

Rules

• read regex [..] -> h

  %^CB [m

  b

  c

  d

  f

  g

  p

  t] _

• [..] -> h

  %^CB s _ [VowelLC

  l

  n

  r]

• [..] -> %^FH h

  .#. Len _ ?+ [[%^F %^C]

  [%^M %^G]

  [%^M %^V]

  [%^F %^V]

  [%^IM]

  [%^Adj]

  [%^Verb]

  [%^VN]] ?* %^Sé

• ,,

• [..] -> %^FH h

  .#. [S

  s] _ [l

  n

  r] VowelLC ?+

• [[%^F %^C]

• [%^M %^G]

• [%^F %^V]

• [%^M %^V]

• [%^IM]

• [%^Adj]

• [%^Verb]

• [%^VN]]

• ?* %^Sé
• ,,

• [..] -> %^FH h

  .#. [S

  s] _ VowelLC ?* [[%^F %^C]

  [%^M %^G]

  [%^F %^V]

  [%^M %^V]

  [%^IM]

  [%^Adj]

  [%^Verb]

  [%^VN]] ?* %^Sé

• h -> []

  [d

  n

  t

  l

  s] ([%-

  %_]) %^CB [d

  n

  t

  l

  s] _

• %^Sé -> []
• %^Do -> []

• %^VN -> [] used for séimhiú on f without d’ e.g. a fheiceáil not a d’fheiceáil

• b -> %^FU m b , consonants
• B -> %^FU m B , consonants
• c -> %^FU g c ,
• C -> %^FU g C ,
• d -> %^FU n d ,
• D -> %^FU n D ,
• f -> %^FU b h f ,
• F -> %^FU b h F ,
• g -> %^FU n g ,
• G -> %^FU n G ,
• p -> %^FU b p ,
• P -> %^FU b P ,
• T -> %^FU d T ,

• t -> %^FU d t

  .#. _ ?+ [[%^G]

  [[%^M

  %^F] %^C]

  [%^Verb]

  [%^Adj]

  [%^IM]] ?* %^Urú Gen Pl & comp prep.

• [..] -> %^FU n %-

  .#. (%^X) _ VowelAll ?* [[%^G]

  [[%^M

  %^F] %^C]

  [%^Verb]

  [%^IM]] ?* %^Urú Gen Pl only

• [%^Urú -> []]

VOWEL PREFIXING t-, h, ts

• [..] -> %^FV t %-

  .#. (%^X) _ VowelLC ?* %^M %^C ?* %^tv

• [..] -> %^FV t

  .#. (%^X) _ VowelUC ?* %^M %^C ?* %^tv

• [%^tv -> []]

• [..] -> %^FV h

  .#. (%^X) _ VowelAll ?* [[%^F %^G]

  [%^C]

  [%^Verb]

  %^IM] ?* %^hv

• [%^hv -> []]

• s -> %^FU t s

  .#. _ (%^FH) [VowelAll

  l

  n

  r

  h] ?* [[%^F %^C]

  [%^M %^G]] ?* %^ts

• S -> %^FU t S

  .#. _ (%^FH) [VowelAll

  l

  n

  r

  h] ?* [[%^F %^C]

  [%^M %^G]] ?* %^ts

• %^FH h -> []

  .#. %^FU t [s

  S] _

• %^ts -> []

POSSESSIVE PREFIX

the following are performed in parallel as we want all forms

• [..] -> %^FV h

  .#. _ VowelAll ?+ %^Poss a hathair - her father

• [..] -> %^FV n %-

  .#. _ VowelAll ?+ %^Poss n-athair - our/your/their

• %^Poss -> []

• %^IM -> [] initial mutations caused by compound prepp, possessives etc.

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