Part 31 (2/2)

_N_ An t-Oglach dileas, Na h-Oglaich dhileas

_G_ An Oglaich dhilis, Nan Oglach dileas

_D_ An Oglach dhileas, Na h-Oglachaibh dileas

Clarsach fhonnmhor, f _a Tuneful Harp_

_Without the Article_

_N_ Clarsach fhonnmhor, Clarsaichean fonnmhor

_G_ Clarsaich fhonnmhoir, Chlarsach fonnmhor

_D_ Clarsaich fhonnmhoir, Clarsaichibh fonnmhor

_V_ Chlarsach fhonnmhor, Chlarsaiche fonnmhor

_With the Article_

_N_ A' Chlarsach fhonnmhor, Na Clarsaichean fonnmhor

_G_ Na Clarsaich fonnmhoir, Nan Clarsach fonnmhor

_D_ A', 'n Chlarsaich fhonn with a Lingual, and preceded by a Noun terual, retains its priular cases; for the sake, it would see frohean donn _a brown hean dhonn; a' choin duibh _of the black dog_, instead of a' choin dhuibh; air a' chois deis _on his right foot_, instead of air a chois dheis

II A Noun preceded by an Adjective assuh hill_, cruaidh dheuchainn _a hard trial_

1 A Noun preceded by a Nuers_; to which add ioach craobh _every tree_--Except aon _one_, da _two_; ceud _first_; as, aon fhear _one man_, da chraoibh _two trees_

2 A Noun preceded by any of the following Possessive pronouns, a _her_, ar _our_, bhur _your_, an _their_, is in the primary {146} Form; as, a mathair _her mother_, ar brathair _our brother_ When the Possessive pronoun a _her_, precedes a Noun or an Adjective beginning with a vowel, _h_ is inserted between them; as, a h-athair, _her father_, a h-aon mhac _her only son_ The Possessive pronouns ar _our_, bhur _your_, usually take _n_ between the with a vowel; as, ar n-athair _our father_, bhur n-aran _your bread_ Perhaps a distinction ought to be_n_ only after ar, and not after bhur[99] This would serve often to distinguish the one word fro, where they are ready to be confounded by bhur being pronounced ur

3 A Noun beginning with a Lingual, preceded by an Adjective ending in _n_, is in the prih _old people_

SECTION III

OF THE AGREEMENT OF A pronOUN WITH ITS ANTECEDENT

The Personal and Possessive pronouns follow the _Number_ of their Antecedents, _ie_ of the Nouns which they represent Those of the 3d Pers Sing follow also the Gender of their antecedent; as, sheas a'bhean aig _a_ chosaibh, agus thoisich _i air aruaig _a_ cinn, _the woan to wet them with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head_, Luke vii 38 They folloever, not the Gender of the Antecedent, but the sex of the creature signified by the Antecedent, in those words in which sex and Gender disagree, as, an gobhlan-gaoithe mar an ceudn' do sholair nead dh'i fein _the s too hath provided a nest for herself_, Psal lxxxiv 3 Gobhlan-gaoithe _a s_, is a mas Noun, as appears by the mas Article: but as it is the dam that is spoken of, the reference is liocas air a fireanachadh leis a cloinn _Wisdom {147} is justified by her children_, Matt xi 19 Gliocas is a mas noun; but as Wisdoimen of the Possessive pronoun is adapted to that idea[100] See also Prov ix 1-3 In this sentence Och nach b' i mhaduinn e, Deut xxviii 67, the forender, as referring to the fem noun _end because referring to no expressed antecedent

If the Antecedent be a sentence, or clause of a sentence, the pronoun is of the 3d Pers Sing us cha n-aithnichteadh orra _e_, _the lean cattle ate up the fat cattle, and could not be known by them_

If the Antecedent be a collective Noun, the pronoun is of the 3d Pers

Plur as, thoir aithne do 'n t-sluagh, d' eagal gu e the people lest they break in_, Exod xix 21