Part 10 (2/2)

OF ADJECTIVES

An adjective is a word used along with a noun, to express sonified by the noun

Adjectives undergo changes which es are , and partly on the termination, and es on the beginning arean initial consonant The nuuished by changes on the terender is marked partly by the initial form, partly by the termination

Adjectives whereof the characteristic vowel is broad, follow, {56} in most of their inflections, the form of nouns of the first declension, and may be termed Adjectives of the first declension Those adjectives whereof the characteristic vowel is small, may be called Adjectives of the second declension

_Exareat_

Singular Plural _Mas_ _Fem_ _Com Gend_ _Nom_ Mor, Mhor, Mora

_Gen_ Mhoir, Moire, Mora

_Dat_ Mor, Mhoir, Mora

_Voc_ Mhoir, Mhor, Mora

_Formation of the Cases of Adjectives of the First Declension_

_Singular_

_Noender is, in termination, like the masculine

The other cases, bothto the rules already given for for the cases of nouns of the first declension Take the following examples in adjectives:--

_Genitive_--_General rule_ Marbh _dead_, g sss m

fhadalaich, f fadalaich

_Particular rules_ 1 Sona _happy_, g ssss earr

3 Breagh _fine_, g s ha

4 Crion _little_, _di s uir s

ss m mhoill, f moille; like the nouns crann, clann

6 Cinnteach _certain_, g sss e; deas _ready_, g ss ile

7 Geur _sharp_, g s

8 Liath _hoary_, g ssss m

bhuidhir, f buidhir