Chapter 2 - Nouns
§15. — Irregular Nouns
Dia, god; lá, a day; bean, a wman; bó, a cow; mí, a mnth; caora, a sheep; cró, a hovel; brú, or broinn, a womb; ceo, a fog; cré, clay, are quite irregular, and are declined as follows:
| Dia | m., God | ||
| Singular | Plural | ||
| Nom. | Dia | Nom. | Dée, déiṫe |
| Gen. | Dé | Gen. | Dia, Déiṫeaḋ |
| Dat. | Dia | Dat. | Déiḃ, Déiṫiḃ |
| Voc. | Dé, Dia | Voc. | Dée, Déiṫe |
| Lá | m., a day | ||
| Nom. | lá | Nom. | laeṫe, láiṫe, laeṫeanta |
| Gen. | lae | Gen. | leaṫeaḋ, lá |
| Dat. | lá, ló | Dat. | laeṫiḃ, láiṫiḃ |
| Voc. | lá, lae | Voc. | laeṫe, láiṫe |
| Bean | f., a woman | ||
| Nom. | bean | Nom. | mná |
| Gen. | mná | Gen. | ban |
| Dat. | mnaoi | Dat. | mnáiḃ |
| Voc. | bean | Voc. | mná |
| Bó | f., a cow | ||
| Nom. | bó | Nom | ba |
| Gen. | bó | Gen. | bó |
| Dat. | buin | Dat. | buaiḃ |
| Voc. | bó | Voc. | bó |
| Mí | f., a month | ||
| Nom. | mí | Nom. | míosa |
| Gen. | míosa, mís | Gen. | míos |
| Dat. | mís, mí | Dat. | míosaiḃ |
| Voc. | mí | Voc. | míosa |
| Caora | f., a sheep | ||
| Nom. | caora | Nom. | caoiriġ |
| Gen. | caoraċ | Gen. | caoraċ |
| Dat. | caora | Dat. | caorċaiḃ |
| Voc. | caora | Voc. | caorċa |
| Cró | m., a hut | ||
| Nom. | cró | No. | craiṫe, cróiṫe |
| Gen. | cró | Gen. | cró |
| Dat. | cró | Dat. | craoiṫiḃ, cróiṫiḃ |
| Voc | cró | Voc. | craoiṫe |
| Brú | f., the womb | ||
| Nom. | brú | Nom | bronna |
| Gen. | bruinne, bronn | Gen. | bronn |
| Dat. | broinn | Dat. | bronnaiḃ |
| Voc. | brú | Voc. | bronna |
Ceo, a fog, makes ceoiġ and ciaċ inthe genetive singular. Cré, f., clay, in the singular is declined thus:
| Nom. | cré | ||
| Gen. | criaḋ | ||
| Dat. | cré | ||
| Voc. | cré |
It would be well for the learner to practise himself in affixing the article to nouns. The changes and eclipses which are caused by the article have been stated in §8. We give a few nouns here illustrative of the rules:—
| an t-aṫair | the father | an t-asal | the ass |
| an t-easbog | the bishop | an fear | the man |
| an óiġ | the virgin | an mac | the son |
| an eala | the swan | an ḃean | the woman |
| an ġeug | the branch | an sliaḃ | the mountains |
| an sagart | the priest | an t-súil | the eye |
| an sionnaċ | thefox | an t-slat | the rod |
| an t-aingeal | the angel |
The gender of these nouuns can be easily known by observing the influence of the article upon them.
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