Moirfeolaíocht na nAinmfhocail Gaeilge (Morphology of Irish Nouns)
E. Uí Dhonnchadha January 2001 April 2003: ^IM general initial mutation flag REFERENCES
- (1) New Irish Grammar by The Christian Brothers
- (2) Gramadach na Gaeilge agus Litriú na Gaeilge - An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
- (3) Foclóir Póca - An Gúm
- (4) Nuachúrsa Gaeilge na mBráithre Críostaí
- (5) Gléacht & Ó Dónaill Irish-English Dictionary
GENERAL NOTES
- Alphabet : a b c d e f g h i l m n o p r s t u + á é í ó ú.
- There are three principal cases : Nominative, Genitive and Vocative
- Nouns are inflected for number, gender and case. They can be inflected at 2.1 Gender. After the definite article “an” In the case of an initial “s”, a “t” will be placed before it (b) Masculine nouns will have “t-“ inserted before an initial vowel. 2.2 Vowel Harmony must be maintained within words ie a word must be Broad or Slender
- Number. 1st. Declension - All Masculine - nouns all end in broad consonant 2nd. Declension - All Feminine - nouns end in broad or slender consonant 3rd. Declension - Feminine & Masculine - nouns end in a broad or slender consonant. 4th. Declension - Feminine & Masculine - all end in a vowel or “ín”
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LEXICON Nouns We immediately split into C- and (f)v- initial
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Domhnach Nm1-5; Sunday
- baint Nf2-SINGULAR;
- bealach Nm1-5; way, road
- binn Nf2-2; peak
- bruas Nm1-2; (thick) lip
- bás Nm1-6;
- ceart Nm1-2; right
- cliath Nf2-2;
- cogadh Nm1-5;
- coinneáil Nf3-SINGULAR;
- cor Nm1-2;
- cág Nm1-2; jackdaw etc. etc
- deoir Nf2-2; tear
- glór Nm1-4; voice
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gnáth Nm1-2;
- múr Nm1-4; wall, shower
- réir Nf2-SINGULAR;
- spéis Nf2-SINGULAR;
- suim Nf2-SINGULAR;
- teilifís Nf2-SINGULAR;
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titim Nf2-SINGULAR;
- airgeadas Nm1-SINGULAR;
- amhras Nm1-SINGULAR;
- aon Nm1-3; one, ace
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aonar Nm1-SINGULAR;
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fionn Nm1-2; fair, white
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imirt Nf3-4; -SINGULAR;
- áireamh Nm1-SINGULAR;
- ál Nm1-3; clutch, brood etc.
- éisteacht Nf3-SINGULAR;
- íol Nm1-2; idol
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