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Nouns have been reduced down to a basic singular/plural distinction, with the gender distinction effectively lost, only being maintained by the pronouns used for the words. Nouns have also dropped their definite forms in favor of an independent article, {{l|snon|hi}}.
Nouns have been reduced down to a basic singular/plural distinction, with the gender distinction effectively lost, only being maintained by the pronouns used for the words. Nouns have also dropped their definite forms in favor of an independent article, {{l|snon|hi}}.


Plurals of native words are almost always formed with -ar, though remnants of umlaut also exist. A great many irregular nouns from Gàidhlig exist though, as they almost always loan the plural form as well.
Plurals of native words are almost always formed with -ar, though remnants of umlaut also exist. Nouns from Gàidhlig most often instead use {{l|snon|-an}}.