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===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
==== Declension ==== | |||
The An Bhlaoighne nominal system has ten declensions. | The An Bhlaoighne nominal system has ten declensions. | ||
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There's also a 'grab bag' class of nouns that begin with consonants that can't be mutated. The gender of a noun in this class is determined solely by meaning, and there is no way to differentiate between its definite and indefinite form. | There's also a 'grab bag' class of nouns that begin with consonants that can't be mutated. The gender of a noun in this class is determined solely by meaning, and there is no way to differentiate between its definite and indefinite form. | ||
==== Construct state ==== | |||
LIke Hebrew but unlike Irish, An Bhlaoighne has construct state but no case. A noun in construct state always lenites the following noun unless there is an article in between. The construct can be irregular, but is regularly formed in the following ways: | LIke Hebrew but unlike Irish, An Bhlaoighne has construct state but no case. A noun in construct state always lenites the following noun unless there is an article in between. The construct can be irregular, but is regularly formed in the following ways: | ||
* If the noun ends in a consonant, the construct state is formed by ''adding'' ''-a/-e''. | * If the noun ends in a consonant, the construct state is formed by ''adding'' ''-a/-e''. | ||
* If the noun ends in an unstressed ''-a/-e'', the construct is formed by ''removing'' ''-a/-e''. | * If the noun ends in an unstressed ''-a/-e'', the construct is formed by ''removing'' ''-a/-e''. | ||
* Monosyllabic open-syllable nouns are more irregular: ''dó'' 'city', construct state ''dá''. | * Monosyllabic open-syllable nouns are more irregular: ''dó'' 'city', construct state ''dá''. | ||
==== Placing the article in a construct chain ==== | |||
Prescriptively, a construct chain usually has the article placed before the whole chain: ''an Chló Fhábh'' 'Clofabin River', but when a suffix is added the article is placed right before the last word: ''Cló an Fhábhaí'' Clofabian (person), and the article forces the last word to decline the same way as the ''first'' noun in the chain. | |||
Noun possession | Descriptively, the article is always placed before the whole chain (which mutates the first noun according to its declension), and lenition triggered by preceding construct state nouns is applied as usual. | ||
==== Possessive suffixes ==== | |||
Noun possession suffixes are similar to preposition inflection (as in Hebrew): | |||
''pairín'' 'house(s)': ''pairíniúr, pairíniq, pairínear, pairíneannsa, pairíneann, pairínil, pairínid, pairínibh, pairíneanna'' | ''pairín'' 'house(s)': ''pairíniúr, pairíniq, pairínear, pairíneannsa, pairíneann, pairínil, pairínid, pairínibh, pairíneanna'' | ||