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===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
The plural of nouns is always ''-a/-e'' if the noun ends in a C, or ''- | The plural of nouns is always ''-a/-e'' if the noun ends in a C, or ''-nn'' if the noun ends in a V. | ||
*''scain'' 'a friend', ''scaine'' 'friends' | *''scain'' 'a friend', ''scaine'' 'friends' | ||
*''bùta'' 'a cave', '' | *''bùta'' 'a cave', ''bùtann'' 'caves' | ||
There are some irregular plurals: | There are some irregular plurals: | ||
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The definite article is ''an''-L for singular nouns and ''na''-N for plural nouns. One may drop the definite article in the singular (leaving behind just the lenition), and also in the plural (leaving behind the eclipsis) if the initial C of the noun is "eclipsable" (i.e. is one of ''∅, p, t, c, b, d, g, f, s''). If the noun cannot eclipse, the ''na'' is always used: ''na scaine'' 'the friends'. | The definite article is ''an''-L for singular nouns and ''na''-N for plural nouns. One may drop the definite article in the singular (leaving behind just the lenition), and also in the plural (leaving behind the eclipsis) if the initial C of the noun is "eclipsable" (i.e. is one of ''∅, p, t, c, b, d, g, f, s''). If the noun cannot eclipse, the ''na'' is always used: ''na scaine'' 'the friends'. | ||
Colloquial Bhlaoighne may also drop the plural suffix for definite plural nouns: ''na scain'' or ''mbùta'' for ''na scaine'' or ''(na) | Colloquial Bhlaoighne may also drop the plural suffix for definite plural nouns: ''na scain'' or ''mbùta'' for ''na scaine'' or ''(na) mbùtann'' is often heard. | ||
Personal names and place names do not always obey mutation rules. | Personal names and place names do not always obey mutation rules. | ||
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casual Bhlaoighne could overgeneralize 'an' into an emphatic particle | casual Bhlaoighne could overgeneralize 'an' into an emphatic particle | ||
shàr = the cat | |||
an | an shàr = THE cat | ||
an | an sàr = (specifically) a cat | ||
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