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The noun and its modifiers such as adjectives are marked with genetive case:

:{|
|Tha
|mi
|a'
|sireadh
|an
|leabhair
|hig
|ghuirm.
|-
|be.PRES.IND
|1s
|PROG
|searching.VN
|ART
|book.GEN
|small.GEN
|blue.GEN
|-
|colspan="2"| 'I am looking for the small blue book.'
|}

When more than two nouns are combined together, the last noun gets genetive case:

:{|
|Doras
|na
|sgoile(adh)
|-
|door
|ART
|school.GEN
|-
|colspan="2"| 'The door of the school'
|}

:{|
|Doras
|oifis
|ceannard
|na
|sgoile(adh)
|-
|door
|office
|head
|ART
|school.GEN
|-
|colspan="2"| 'The office door of the head of the school'
|}