Part 8 (2/2)
tra; so also beatha f _life_, cro m _a sheepfold_, cliu m _fame_, duine _a man_, Donncha _Duncan_, as boin; cus
broinn or bronn
2 Nouns ending in _chd_ or _rr_ have the genitive like the no_, feachd m _a host_, reachd m
_statute_, cleachd m _habit_, beachd m _vision_, sloo_, naomhachd f _holiness_, earrs
sluichd m _a pit_, unless this word should rather be written sloc, like boc, cnoc, soc
3 Monosyllables ending in _gh_ or _th_ add _a_ for the genitive; as, laghs rotha; sruth race_, or _charh[35]
4 Monosyllables characterised by _io_ either drop the _o_ or add _a_ for the genitive; as, siols ln; crioch f _a boundary_, g s crch; cioch f _the pap_, g s cche; fions criosa; fiodhs fiodha Except Criost or Criosd en like the nominative
5 Many e it into _u_ and insert _i_ after it; as, gobs cruidh; bolg or balg ; lorg f _a staff_, g s luirge; long f _a shi+p_, g s luinge; alts uilld; cars cuirn So also ceols siuil Except nouns in _on_ and a few fe s brin; lns cloiche; cos or cas f _the foot_, g s coise; brg f _a shoe_, g s brige So also clann f _children_, g s cloinne; crann
s e _ea_ into _i_; as, fitheachs
caillich[36] These two suffer a syncope, and add _e_; buidheann f _a co s sithne
Of monosyllables characterised by _ea_, so s eich; beann f _a peak_, g s beinne; fearg f _anger_, g s feirge So s bric; fears cinn; preass
brice; cearc f _a hen_, g s circe; leac f _a flag_, g s lice Gleann linne So s speala Dreaenitive like the noh h
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7 Nouns in _eu_ followed by a liquid, change _u_ into _o_ and insert _i_ after it; as, neuls eoin; feurss beil or beoil; sgeul eoil Other nouns characterised by _eu_ add _a_ for the gen, as, treud
s feu s beuma Meud m _bulk_, beuc m _a roar_, freuen rather like the noe _ia_ into _ei_; as, sliabhs feidh; biadhs eisg; grian f _the sun_, g s
greine; sgiath f _a wing_, g s sgeithe Except Dia ine
Piuthar f _a sister_, has g s peathar; leanabhs
leinibh; ceathra s ceithri s leapa; talaular of masculine nouns is like the noenitive; as, tobars and d s clarsaich;
s and d s misnich