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96 syntax. [part in.4. When the noun in the genitive is a propername, its initial is generally aspirated, eventhough the articlo is not used; as pliocc 5' 1a01D, ^>" the race of Gaodhal ;" cloioeaiii TTIhanannain,"the sword of Manannan."Exception :— In this case, and c often resist aspiration(p. 34) as; Gipe lngean Dealbaoic, " Eire, the daughter ofDealbhaoth."5. If the governed noun be in the genitiveplural, its initial is eclipsed with the article,(for which seepage 18); and the initial is generallyaspirated, if the articlo is not used as; Daingenmac" n-Uipneac, the fortress of [the]sons ofUsna;" buioean cupao, "acompany of knights;"biap ban, '"two women" (or rather "a pair ofwomen").Even in the absence of the article however, an eclipsissometimes occurs; as naoi naonbap bo bf 05 ceaccb'lappaib cfopa agup cdna b-peap n-Cipionn, " nine timesnine persons who were coming to demand the taxes andtributes of the men of Erin."Sometimes also, in the absence of the article, the noun inthe genitive plural is neither aspirated nor eclipsed.6. When two nouns come together signifyingthe same thing (or in apposition), they generallyagree in case; as "Nua&a QipjioOldiii mac6accaig mic Gaoaplairii," Nuadha Silver-hand,son of Eachtach, son of Eadarlamh;" na o-cpfb-pmneariina, mac Gocaio, "of the three Finnavnas,sons of Eochad."Here, in the first example, Nuaba is nominative, and so ismac, which is in apposition to it ; Gaccaio" is genitive, andso is the next word, mic, which is in apposition to it. Inthe second example, pinnearimais in the genitive (plural),and mac also, in opposition to it, is in the genitive (plural).For exceptions to this Eule, see " Idioms," No. 33, p. 129.See also next rule.7. The last rule is not always observed:departures from it are .sometimes found, even ingood Irish writings j as, pdinni&ebui&e opoamap