Part 9 (1/2)

_Particular Rules for the Dative of Feminine Nouns_--1 If _e_ was added to the noenitive, it is throay in the dative; as, slat f _a rod_, g s slaite--d s slait; grian f _the sun_, g s

greine, d s grein

2 If the noenitive, or if the last vowel of the genitive is broad, the dative is like the no s buidhne, d s buidheann; piuthar f _a sister_, g s peathar, d s piuthar

The _Vocative_ of enitive; of fe s bais, v s bhais; cu rian f _the sun_, v s ghaoth {49}

_Plural Number_

_No have their no s oglaich, n p oglaich; fears and n p fir Many of these for a short _a_ to the noular

Other masculine nouns, and all feminine nouns, have their nom plural in _a_, to which _n_ is added, _euphoniae causa_, before an initial vowel[37]

_Particular Rules_ for for _a_ to the noular; as, dubhar dohachdan Under this Rule, some nouns suffer a syncope; as, dorusin _l_ or _nn_, often insert _t_ before _a_; as, reul m _a star_, n p reulta; beann f _a pinnacle_, n p beannta So ln m _a marsh_, n p lintean

3 So the syllable _aich_; and then the final _a_ beco small vowel; as, leabhar m _a book_, n p leabhraiche; tobar m _a well_, n p tobraiche; lann f _an enclosure_, inserts _d_, n p lanndaiche

Piuthar f _a sister_, fro s peathar, has n p peathraiche; so leaba f _a bed_, g s leapa, n p leapaiche Bata m _a staff_, n p

batacha; la or latha _a day_, n p lathachan or laithean

4 Soenitive singular; as,s hill_, n p otraichean; clarsach f _a harp_, n p clarsaichean; deudach f _the jaw_, n p deudaichean So sliabhs

sleibh, with _t_ {50} inserted, n p sleibhte Sabhuls

sabhuil, n p saibhlean, contracted for sabhuilean

The following Nouns forularly: Dia m _God_, n p dee or diathan; scian f _a knife_, n p sceana or scinichean; sluagh h; bo f _a cow_, n p ba

_Genitive_ 1 Monosyllables, and nouns which forular, have the genitive plural like the no; coi s and n p coimhearsnach

2 Polysyllables which have their noenitive like the no p

'leabraichean'--When the noenitive is so too; as 'fear' n _ap fear or feara

Cup caorach; sluagh h

_Dative_ The dative plural is forular or from the nominative plural If the nominative plural ends in a consonant, the dative plural is forular; as, crann m _a tree_, n p croinn, d p crannaibh; mac m _a son_, n p mic, d p macaibh If the noed into _ibh_; as, tobar _a well_, n p tobraiche, d p tobraichibh

2 Monosyllables ending in an aspirated consonant, which have their noular, form their dative plural like the no s and n p dai s and n p and d p feidh So sluagh h Nouns ending in _ch_, of three or more syllables, form their dative plural like the nominative plural, rather than in _ibh_; as, coihbour_, d p coimhearsnaich rather than coimhearsnachaibh; phairiseach m _a Pharisee_, d p phairisich rather than phairiseachaibh {51}

_Vocative_ The vocative plural is like the no in _a_, but seldom in _an_; as, fear lach lacha_ Except perhaps monosyllables which never form their nominative plural in _a_, nor their dative plural in _ibh_; as, dah, Roular noun Bean f _a woular_ _Plural_ _Nom_ Bean Mnai, mnathan _Gen_ Mna Ban _Dat_ Mnaoi Mnathaibh _Voc_ Bhean Mhnathan