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AN GAODHAL.
ell : as, áit, place.
Sing.
Plur.
N A.
an áit
na h-áite.
Gen.
na h-áite,
na n-áit.
Dat.
do 'n áit,
do na h-áitibh.
Voc.
a áit,
a aite.
The preposition do is used before
the article just for illustration; any o¬
ther preposition would do just as well
EFFECT of the article on FEMININE
nouns:
109. Nominative case: The article
aspirates the first consonant, unless
that be d or t; as an mhaidin (wad in)
an tír, an deifir. When the noun be¬
gins with s, the form ant is used ; as,
ant shúil, an tsúil, the eye. As all
words of this declension are feminine
we cannot use the form ant before
words beginning with a vowel, as an
t-aill (except im, which is masculine :
an t-im (tim)].
110. Genitive case : the article na
prefixes h to vowels, as bárr na h-
aille (hal'-ĕ), the top of the cliff
111. Dative case. The article with
a preposition eclipses as noted under
first declension.
112 GENITIVE PLURAL is eclipsed
by the article as usual.
113 IMPORTANT omission of the
article. In the phrase, capall Pead¬
air, (padh'-ir), Peter's horse, (the)
horse of Peter; seol an bháid (the) sail
of the boat ; seol mo bháid, (the) sail of
my boat, we notice that when one
noun is followed by another in the ge¬
nitive case, if the second one be a pro¬
per noun, or have the article or poss¬
essives mo, do etc., the first cannot
have the article.
114. lár (Laur) middle láir, a mare.
Do bhí an láir 'na seasamh ar lár an
bhóthair, nó, ar lár na sráide (srau'-
dĕ), agus do bhí an tsráid (traud) glan
Atá an t im ins an gcrúisgín so. Do
bhí solus mór in a shúilibh. Is milis feur
na páirce so. An bhfuil na capaill ins
na páircibh? Níl na diallaide ar na
capallaibh Thug sé luach na ndiallaid
(nee'-al-id) do 'n fhear.
115. Put the butter on the bread,
and put the bread in your pocket.
(The) taste of the bread. The bread
is in my pocket, with the butter. (The)
bridle of the mare is lost. We are not
on the right road. (The) music of the
birds. The tree is in (the) middle of
the field.
Genitive ;
N.A. an t-im, the butter.
Gen. an ime
Dat. do 'n im etc.
LESSON XII.
THIRD DECLENSION.
116. Forms the genitive case sin¬
gular by adding -a to the nominative.
Some words of this declension are
masculine and some feminine. Most
of them can be easily known by their
terminations
Example
Fíon, wine, masculine.
117.
Sing.
Plur.
NA an fíon,
na fíona.
Gen. an fhíona (eenă)
na bhfíon (veen
Dat do 'n fhíon,
do na fíonaibh (-iv)
Voc a fhíon.
a fhíona.
Example:
118. canamhain, a dialect, feminine.
Sing.
Plur.
N A canamhain
-amhna.
Gen. canamhna (-oona)
-amhain.
Dat. canamhain.
-amhnaibh.
Voc a chanmhain.
-amhna.
All words ending in -amhain, -amhail,
-ail, -ain are thus declined. As bliadh¬
ain, bliadhna (blee'-a-nă Samhain, Samh¬
na.
119, Remember that mo, my; do,
thy; a, his cause aspiration. Ar, our;
