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.CHAP. III.]THE ADJECTIVE AND NOTTN. 103by the — verb ip, it precedes tbe noun, the orderbeing: verb, adj ective, noun ;as lp bpedg anId 6, it is a fine day.3. When an adjective is ascribed to a noun bya verb of any kind, the adj ective does not agreewith the noun, i.e., the adjective is not influencedby it, either initially or inflectionally in other;words, the simple form of the adjective, withoutinflection, is used, whatever be the number orgender of the noun and the initial of the; adjectiveis neither aspirated nor eclipsed (unless underthe influence of some other word), as ip aibinn oocuain acap Do calapuipc acap t»o rhagamfnpcocaca" caetiidilne, delightful are thy harbours,and thy bays, and thy flowery lovely plains :"o^up cpoicne p6iceao ap na n-oacugao oeapg," and rams' skins dj^ed red."— (Exodus, xxv. 5).The first example (from the story of tbe Children of Usna),exhibits both an agreement according to Rule 5, page 101, anda disagreement according to the present rule. For the threeliouns are plural, and the two last adjectives which qualifythem directly are in the plural form, while the first adjectiveGibinn (modern aoibinn) which is asserted of them by lp, isin its simple form (the plural would be aibinne or aibne).In the second example cpoicne is plural, while Oeapg issingular (plural Oeapftd).Observe the difference in meaning in the following, accord-— ing to agreement or disagreement: Do pigne pe na bpaicglapa Oo pio'ne T6 na bpaic slap: iQ tlie fil ' st th e aa ;Je °-tive agrees with the noun, (both being plural), showing thatit qualifies it directly (Rule 5, p. 101 ) and that the meaning is," he made tbe green mantles ;" in the second there is noagreement, (the adjective being singular and the noun plural),showing that the adjective is connected with the noun bythe verb (Rule 3 above), and that the meaning " is, bemade the mantles green."