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Masculine.
Singular.
Nom. At) c-inj,* (on tthim) the butter
Gen. At) irrje, (on im-e) of the butter
Dat. bo't) ^rt), (ddhon im) to the butter
Ace. At) c-]rt), #/e butter
Voc. A jn), butter
Abl. le]f At) ]ti), ^z7^ *Ae butter.
(No Plural.)
Singular.
Masculine.
Plural.
Nom. At) beAt)u5A&, (bann-oo) TJA beAi)uigce, (ban-eethe
blessing
he) /Ae blesssings
Gen. AH beAi)ir|3ce,(onvann- DA ti)-beAi)u3A&, (naw
ee-ha) of the blessing mann-oo) of 'the blessings
Dat. bo't) be At) 115 At>, ^o /Ae bo t)A beA^u^qb, ^o ^
Ace.
blessing
blessings
At) bei)\i'5&'6 )
the blessing v&be&yvi'sze, the blessings
Voc. A be AT) 115 Ab, O blessing A beA^ujgce, O blessings
Abl. ten* At) ti)-beAi)U5A&, le^ T)A beAi)ui5C|b, with
with the blessing the blessings.
III.
DECLENSION.
Masculines and feminines which take a broad increase
in the genitive singular. The dative and ablative
are like the nominative in form.f
* In Minister this is
pronounced frt) ; in Connaught
and Ulster -\nj.
In like manner, for the most part,
decline rl]Ab, a mountain, genitive fle^be, of a
mountain ; nominative plural rl|bce In Munster
it is
pronounced ?lj*> genitive rl&, plural rlece.
Also A]i)tt),
a name, genitive -Ait^roe, of a name.
f If the characteristic vowel in a diphthong or
triphthong be j, it will, in the genitive, be dropped
or substituted by A, in conformity with the rule
" slender with slender, &c." to correspond with the
broad increase, as n>u|lleoi|t, (mooill-o'Mr) a miller^ gen.
(mooill-o-raw) ;
5]tefti), (greim) a bit, gen.