Irish Nouns: A Reference Guide

Contents......Page 6
Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 10
A Note on Errata......Page 11
Abbreviations......Page 12
What is case?......Page 14
What is a declension?......Page 16
Plural types......Page 17
Initial consonant changes and prefixes......Page 18
Articles, mutations, gender, number, and case......Page 24
Prepositions with and without articles......Page 25
Mutations without determiners......Page 26
Broad/slender and vowel changes......Page 27
Syncope......Page 29
An important note about vocatives, rare plurals, and rare words......Page 30
2 Inflecting Irish Nouns: Singular Declensions......Page 32
Declension class B: Genitive formed by attenuation......Page 35
Group B1: Attenuation with orthographic -i-......Page 36
Group B2: Attenuation by orthographic vowel change......Page 37
Declension class D: Suffixation of Schwa /e/ (-e or -a)......Page 39
Group D3: Orthographic vowel change and suffix -e......Page 40
Group D4: Attenuation and suffix -e; irregular prepositional form......Page 41
Group D6: Suffix -a......Page 42
Group D8: Suffix -a plus broadening by orthographic vowel change......Page 43
Group D9: Final irt → eartha, final airt → artha......Page 44
Group D11: Final -aingt → -aingthe......Page 45
Declension class E: Genitive ends in broad -d......Page 46
Group G1: Suffix -each......Page 47
Group G3: Broadening, syncope and suffix -ach......Page 48
Group H1: Attenuation of final -Vch......Page 49
Declension class I: -ú → -(a)ithe......Page 51
Declension class J: Irregular nouns......Page 52
Plural type 1: Attenuation......Page 53
w1.1: Weak plural, attenuation with -i-......Page 54
w1.2: Weak plural, attenuation by orthographic vowel change......Page 55
w1.3: Forms ending in -ch; -(a)igh......Page 56
w2.2: Suffix -a......Page 57
w2.3: Suffix -a and broadening......Page 58
w2.4: Irregular forms with weak -a or -e suffix......Page 59
s3.1: Suffix -í......Page 61
s3.2: Suffix -d, suffix -í, and attenuate......Page 62
s3.5: Suffix -aí......Page 63
s3.7: Change -(e)adh → -(a)í and (e)ach → -(a)í......Page 64
Plural type 4: Suffixation of -eanna, -anna, -onna, -nna......Page 65
s4.3: Suffix -anna with broadening......Page 66
s4.6: Irregular forms with -(e)anna suffix......Page 67
s5.2: Suffix -eacha and syncope......Page 68
s5.4: Suffix -acha with broadening......Page 69
s5.7: Suffix -ocha......Page 70
s6.1: Suffix -(i)te, attenuate if necessary......Page 71
s6.4: Suffix -(i)the......Page 72
s6.6: Suffix -tha, broaden if necessary......Page 73
s6.9: Other irregular forms with -ta/-te/-tha/-the......Page 74
Irregular Nouns......Page 75
4 Pronouns......Page 76
5 Verbal Nouns......Page 79
6 1,200 Irish Nouns......Page 90
7 10,000 Irish nouns......Page 158
Mutations......Page 294
a0: No change in the plural......Page 295
a7: Irregular adjectival plurals......Page 296
2,700 Adjectives......Page 297
Appendix A: Mapping Between Declensional Systems......Page 348
A1 Traditional five-declension system → New ten-declension system......Page 349
A2 New ten-declension system → Traditional five-declension system......Page 350
A3 Declension class predictable by ending of stem......Page 351
A4 Plural type predictable on the basis of the stem ending......Page 352
Appendix B: The International Phonetic Alphabet and Irish......Page 353
Quick Reference Sheet......Page 359
References......Page 362