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18<br />

Feminine.<br />

Singular.<br />

Plural.<br />

N. At) c-fUc, (on tthloth) the t)A fUcA or<br />

?W (naw slotth-a) the rods<br />

G. t)A fl^ce, (naw sloth-e) i}A fUc, o/<br />

tffo rocfe<br />

0/* the rod<br />

D. bo'n c-fU^c, (ddhim bo i)A fi*CA1&yfot& rocfc<br />

tthloith)fo the rod<br />

A. At) c-fUc, Me roc? i)A fUcA, the rods<br />

V. A fU^c, (awhlotth) O rod A flACA, O rods<br />

A. le^f* At) c-flAjc, ^/A /7e le^f I>A -plACA^b,<br />

rod<br />

rods<br />

with the<br />

(kee-ur) a comb, genitive cj^te, (kee-re) <strong>of</strong> a comb;<br />

c^All, (kee"-ull) sense, gen. c^jlle, (kayll-e) <strong>of</strong> sense.<br />

Those nouns, whose characteristic vowels are broad,<br />

are inflected in the dative, which is the same as the<br />

genitive with the omission <strong>of</strong> the increase, as lam,<br />

(llawv) a hand, gen. lajrbe, (llaw-ve) dat. I Aim ; Ttjeuft,<br />

(may^-ur) a finger, gen. nj^^te, (may-rre) dat. rrj&m,<br />

(may-ir.) This class <strong>of</strong> nouns takes a broad increase<br />

in the plural, as CJOJICA, (ttheer-ha) countries; COTA,<br />

(kus-a) feet; cfAjiA, (keer-a) combs; lAri)A, (llawv-a)<br />

hands ; meujtA, (may^-ur-a)^^^^, &c. A few masculine<br />

nouns will take a small increase in the gen. sing.<br />

as -\n), (im)butter, gen. jnje (im-e); rt|Ab, (slee^-uv) a<br />

mountain, gen. rl&ibe (shllay-ve) ; A^rrj, (an-im) a<br />

name, gen. A^me (an-im-e.) Participial nouns which<br />

terminate in UTJA&J will, in the gen. make ijce, as<br />

beAfjujAb, (bann-oo) a blessing, gen. beAi)u|5ce(bannee-he)<br />

these are all <strong>of</strong> the<br />

;<br />

masculine. The syllables<br />

u3A& <strong>of</strong> these are pronounced as one syllable like oo,<br />

as beAi)u5; the gen.<br />

is<br />

pronounced beAi)-e-ce in<br />

Munster ; beAi)-j-ce in Connaught, and in Ulster<br />

beAi)-|6. Nouns which end in AC will, in the gen.<br />

make ^ge, as 5eAUc, (gal-augh) a moon, gen. seAUige,<br />

^gal-ee-e.) Also participial nouns <strong>of</strong> two syllables,<br />

which end in BAD, as Tt}]tleA6, (mill-oo) destruction,<br />

gen. millce, (rnill-tthe) 5&]lleA&, (gay-Hew) submission,<br />

gen. 5&lUce, (gay"-ill-tthe.)

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