Part 30 (1/2)

Syntax treats of the connection of words with each other in a sentence; and teaches the propertheir connection by the _Collection_ and the _Forh explained under the common divisions of Concord and Government

CHAPTER I

OF CONCORD

Under Concord is to be considered the agreement of the Article with its Noun;--of an Adjective with its Noun;--of a pronoun with its Antecedent;--of a Verb with its Nominative;--and of one Noun with another

SECTION I

OF THE AGREEMENT OF THE ARTICLE WITH A NOUN

_Collocation_

The article is always placed before its Noun, and next to it, unless when an Adjective intervenes

_Forrees with its Noun in Gender, Nued into _m_ before a plain labial; as, am baile _the town_, am fear _the man_ It is usually cut off before an aspirated Palatal, or labial, excepting _fh_; as, a' chaora _the sheep_, a'initial _a_ is cut off after a Preposition ending in a Vowel; as, do 'n chloich _to the stone_[94]

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A Noun, when ies in Initial For with a Consonant, the _aspirated_ forular; by a feins with _s_ followed by a vowel or by a Liquid, instead of having the _s_ aspirated, _t_ is inserted between the Article and the Noun, in the foresaid cases; and the _s_ beco with a Vowel, _t_ or _h_ is inserted between the Article and the Noun in certain Cases, viz _t_ in the No of fem Nouns, and _h_ in the nohout the other sing and plur Cases, all Nouns retain their Pri exa a Noun with the Article

_Nouns beginning with a labial or a Palatal_

Bard, _ _Plur_ _N_ am Bard, na Baird, _G_ a' Bhaird, nam Bard, _D_ a', 'n Bhard[96] na Bardaibh

Cluas, fe_ _Plur_ _N_ a' Chluas, na Cluasan, _G_ na Cluaise, nan Cluas, _D_ a', 'n Chluais na Cluasaibh

{139} _Nouns beginning with f_

Fleasgach, ach, na Fleasgaich, _G_ an Fhleasgaich, naaich

Fid, f a _Turf_

_Sing_ _Plur_ _N_ an Fhid, na Foidean, _G_ na Fide, na with a Lingual_

Dorus, _ _Plur_ _N_ an Dorus, na Dorsan, _G_ an Doruis, nan Dorsa, _D_ an, 'n Dorus, na Dorsaibh